OPTIGENE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1200710 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General Charitable Purposes. Trust is open to applications. Please submit your application to https://funding.ludlowtrust.com

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£231k

Latest spending

£251k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £513 at the end of the reporting period, a significant decrease from £19,529 in the previous year. The charity also holds bank balances of £280,388 and investments valued at £1,581,931 within the expendable endowment fund. The trustees maintain a policy of holding free reserves to cover future needs, contingencies, and risks.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks (held: £513)

“The Trustees pursue a policy of maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Ludlow Trust Company Limited (a corporate trustee) was paid £11,767 for trust administration and cash management services.

“Ludlow Trust Company Limited was paid £11,767 (2024: £12,136) for trust administration services and for cash management services during the year under review. These fees are authorised under clause 9 of the trust deed.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Duncan Roy Clark · trustee of 1 other charity
Ludlow Trust Company Ltd · trustee of 7 other charities
Michael Paul Andreou

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
28/09/2025	£231k	£251k
28/09/2024	£23k	£140k
28/09/2023	£10k	£91k

Common questions

Is OPTIGENE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £513 at the end of the reporting period, a significant decrease from £19,529 in the previous year. The charity also holds bank balances of £280,388 and investments valued at £1,581,931 within the expendable endowment fund. The trustees maintain a policy of holding free reserves to cover future needs, contingencies, and risks. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MILLIE'S WATCH.

MILLIE'S WATCH income £112k
THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST income £99k
MCGRATH TAYLOR FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £109k
THE JOAN LYNETTE DALTON CHARITABLE TRUST income £120k
THE KATHLEEN SMITH FOUNDATION income £103k
THE DISCWORLD FOUNDATION income £173k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
OPTIGENE FOUNDATION	£231k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MILLIE'S WATCH FY2025	£112k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£99k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MCGRATH TAYLOR FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£109k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JOAN LYNETTE DALTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£120k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE KATHLEEN SMITH FOUNDATION FY2025	£103k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.