Optigene Foundation

Analysis

Optigene Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in October 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Optigene Foundation reported income of £231k and spending of £251k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from September 2023 to September 2025, income grew from £10k to £231k (+2194%), an average of +379% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 890%. Over the whole period it spent 182% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Optigene Foundation sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mental Health World Cup (£229k), Saloman Foundation (£231k) and Folkestone Nepalese Community (FNC) (£228k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.