THE OPEN BIONICS FOUNDATION

Charity number: 1186502
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The charity provides financial assistance to enable people, in need of a multi-functional upper limb prosthetic device and associated professional fitting services, who would not otherwise be able to take advantage of such technology. It is able to help people of all ages worldwide, if necessary.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £196,643
Total expenditure: £156,731

People

4 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Disability
Who the charity helps:
  • People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Ireland
  • United States

Governance

Registration history:
  • 21 November 2019: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Linzi Lumbley Trustee 01 December 2024
None on record
Kathrine Westwood Trustee 01 June 2024
None on record
Josie Armitage Trustee 12 July 2023
None on record
Daniel Melville Trustee 01 April 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £468.41k £520.17k £137.67k £196.64k
Total expenditure £350.96k £304.39k £279.12k £156.73k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies N/A £520.17k N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities N/A £0 N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities N/A £0 N/A N/A
Income - Endowments N/A £0 N/A N/A
Income - Investment N/A £1 N/A N/A
Income - Other N/A £0 N/A N/A
Income - Legacies N/A £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities N/A £304.39k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds N/A £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance N/A £768 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution N/A £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management N/A £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other N/A £0 N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 31 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 31 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 30 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 30 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 06 April 2023 65 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 06 April 2023 65 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 31 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 31 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

TRUST DEED DATED 01 APR 2019

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WHO ARE IN NEED OF A PROSTHETIC LIMB OR DEVICE OR SERVICES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE FUNCTIONALITY OF AN IMPAIRED, PARTIALLY EXISTING OR NON-EXISTENT LIMB IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR: (A) THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE AND MAINTENANCE OF PROSTHETIC LIMBS OR DEVICES FOR THE SPECIFIC BENEFIT OF SUCH PERSONS; (B) THE SUPPLY OF PROSTHETIC LIMBS OR DEVICES FOR THE SPECIFIC BENEFIT OF SUCH PERSONS; (C) THE SERVICES OF A PROSTHETIST TO HELP SUCH PERSONS OBTAIN THE OPTIMUM SOCKET DESIGN AND TO BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE FULL RANGE OF PROSTHETIC FUNCTIONALITY (D) THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIFIC PROJECTS TO ENHANCE THE CAPABILITIES AND PRACTICAL USES OF PROSTHETICS AND EXO-SKELETAL DEVICES.

Contact information

Address:
38 Parkfield Road
Ruskington
SLEAFORD
Lincolnshire
NG34 9HS
Phone:
01526 834257
Email:
violetimpact@gmail.com
Website:

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