THE GEORG AND EMILY VON OPEL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1172977 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide for the relief of poverty or the advancement of education, health, arts culture and science, amateur sport and the advancement of the Roman Catholic faith through the making of grants.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus on incoming resources of £49,370 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in closing unrestricted funds of £363,536. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. A significant portion of costs are met personally by a trustee, and administrative services were provided pro bono.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Armstrong Watson Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Georg von Opel — Chairman (source)
• Emily von Opel — Board Member (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• GEORG VON OPELchair
• EMILY VON OPEL
• Lucia Waldner

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Switzerland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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