Eye on the Ground
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Eye on the Ground's stated themes are clean water (such as boreholes), feeding programmes, and schools and orphanages, with Africa as its priority, though its objects allow grants anywhere in the world.
- Only charitable organisations are listed as eligible, so confirm your status before approaching it.
- No grant range is stated and no application process is publicly published, so the realistic size of a request is unknown; contact the charity directly to ask how to apply and what it usually funds before writing a full proposal.
- Its website says supporters follow projects through pictures, videos, calls with teams on the ground and visits, which may help you plan how you would show progress.
- Nothing in the annual report, register entry or website says how competitive it is or when it considers requests, so ask about timing when you make contact.
Overview
Eye on the Ground is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1181874).
Eye on the Ground is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Its formal objects let its trustees make grants to charitable organisations or exclusively charitable purposes anywhere in the world. Its website says it supports charity projects across Africa, including water boreholes, feeding programmes, and schools and orphanages. Its most recent annual giving was £549,850, according to its annual report.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The foundation describes Eye on the Ground as supporting charity projects across Africa, including water boreholes, feeding programmes, schools and orphanages. Its website gives examples of boreholes for safe village water, daily meals for children and families in partnership with local churches and community leaders, and school or orphanage buildings, teachers and supplies. It says supporters can see what happens through pictures, videos, calls with teams on the ground and visits to projects. Its formal objects allow trustees to make grants to charitable organisations or exclusively charitable purposes anywhere in the world, at their discretion.
Themes
- Clean water
- Feeding programmes
- Schools and orphanages
Geographic Focus
Any Part Of The World. Priority: Across Africa.
How to apply
No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website.
Who can apply:
- Charitable organisations
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Africa
- International
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Eye on the Ground.
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Faith In Action£104,487year to 23 January 2025
- Life Community Church Storrington£51,900year to 23 January 2025
- Life Impact International (UK)£50,000year to 23 January 2025
- Crisis UK£30,000year to 23 January 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 whose recipient could not be identified.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 23 January 2021 | £451,207 | £452,664 | — | Accounts for year to 23 January 2021 |
| year to 23 January 2022 | £234,617 | £219,559 | — | Accounts for year to 23 January 2022 |
| year to 23 January 2023 | £76,160 | £357,926 | — | Accounts for year to 23 January 2023 |
| year to 23 January 2024 | £562,815 | £431,368 | £380,223 | Accounts for year to 23 January 2024 |
| year to 23 January 2025 | £382,060 | £600,007 | £549,850 | Accounts for year to 23 January 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
In 1 of the 2 years shown, grants paid exceeded income.
- Grants paid, year to 23 January 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 23 January 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- eyeontheground.org · read on 23 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 23 January 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 23 October 2026.
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- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission
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