The Open Bionics Foundation

Analysis

The Open Bionics Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Open Bionics Foundation reported income of £127k and spending of £144k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £468k to £127k (-73%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Open Bionics Foundation sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Church on the Way (£126k), Lydd Ex-Servicemens Club (£127k) and Pukar Disability Resource Centre (£126k).

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