Tres Cantos Open Lab Foundation

Analysis

Tres Cantos Open Lab Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in June 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07301222). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Tres Cantos Open Lab Foundation reported income of £5.9m and spending of £1.5m, leaving 74% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5.3m to £5.9m (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 520%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Tres Cantos Open Lab Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Care for Veterans (£5.9m), Lepra (£5.9m) and Breckenbrough School Limited (£5.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94% and investments 5.8%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £621k. Reserves of £6.5m would cover about 49 months of spending at that rate.