The Georg and Emily VON Opel Foundation

Registered charity 1172977 Registered since 2017

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Switzerland, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

3 trustees on the board

Georg VON Opel Chair since 2017
Emily VON Opel since 2017
Lucia Waldner since 2025

6.3y median 9y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Georg VON Opel Chair since 2017
Emily VON Opel since 2017

7.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Georg VON Opel Chair since 2017
Emily VON Opel since 2017
Lucia Waldner since 2025

company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Agriculture 1Arts and leisure 1Education 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

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2021

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incomespending£1.9m latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 9.9 in 2020

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

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Advice on Individual Rights in Europe (the Aire Centre) Similar size; both Other purposes
Welsh Refugee Council Similar size; both Other purposes
The Apax Foundation Similar size; both Other purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	https://www.vonopel-foundation.ch/
Phone	+41526470212
Address	Malverleys, Fullers Lane, East End, NEWBURY, Berkshire

Finances

£1,924,017 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£1,208,443	£796,440
2021	£1,774,928	£2,145,087
2022	£2,366,905	£1,807,479
2023	£1,615,815	£2,149,911
2024	£1,924,017	£1,874,647

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious ActivitiesArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritageOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR ALL PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND IN PARTICULAR WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING: - THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SUFFERING, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS; - THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; - THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH; - THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 10 JAN 2017AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 09 MAY 2017

Trustees (3)

3trustees

60median age

0aged 70+

Georg VON Opelage band 60-64 Chair since 2017
Emily VON Opel since 2017
Lucia Waldner since 2025

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