Visionary

Registered charity 1135360 · since 2010visionary.org.uk·United Kingdom·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

Your work fits if you are a local sight loss charity that provides direct services to people with sight loss, which is the focus its website and annual report describe.
Neither source gives an annual giving figure or a grant range, so a realistic request size cannot be worked out from the published information.
No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to use the contact shown on its website and ask how to apply before you write anything.
Its development fund is for small societies, which may suit a small organisation, although the published information does not say what size of request it makes.
Organisations whose work is not local sight loss services providing direct support to people with sight loss are unlikely to fit what it describes.

Overview

Visionary is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1135360).

Visionary is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1135360), and its purpose is to promote the relief of persons who are blind or visually impaired. It supports local sight loss charities that provide direct services to people with sight loss, and it advises national research and campaign groups. It has a development fund for small societies, and its website also refers to a Development and Innovation Fund. Its annual giving and grant range are not stated.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Visionary supports local sight loss charities that provide direct services to people with sight loss. Its development fund is for small societies, and its website also refers to applications to a Development and Innovation Fund, including grant agreements, project monitoring and grant payments. It aims to help local charities strengthen the effectiveness and impact of their work by developing connections, promoting professional development, encouraging knowledge exchange and inspiring collaboration. Its wider network activity develops organisations’ skills and organisational health and shares information and best practice, with the aim of helping blind and partially sighted people access local services when and where they want them.

Themes

Sight loss services

Geographic Focus

National.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

United Kingdom

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Visionary.

Ulverscroft FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £807k Fight for SightFixed deadlinesGave £3.8M The Powell Family FoundationRollingGave £1M Vinchel FoundationNo public processGave £702k OneSight EssilorLuxottica FoundationNo public processGave £300k The Primary ClubFixed deadlinesGave £234k Sight Research UKFixed deadlinesGave £254k The Kensington + Chelsea FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £1.1M Co-op FoundationNo public processGave £2.5M The Will Charitable TrustFixed deadlinesGave £1.1M

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£341,068	£377,940	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£358,665	£381,619	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£473,387	£422,604	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£487,271	£437,811	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£399,026	£437,036	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

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.