The Hung Cheng and Baroness Olga Knoop Trust for Ophthalmic Research

Analysis

The Hung Cheng and Baroness Olga Knoop Trust for Ophthalmic Research is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in October 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Hung Cheng and Baroness Olga Knoop Trust for Ophthalmic Research reported income of £20k and spending of £32k, spending 161% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £17k to £20k (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 145% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Hung Cheng and Baroness Olga Knoop Trust for Ophthalmic Research sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wake Up Ministries (£20k), Careplus (£20k) and All Pakistan Women's Association UK (£20k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.