Registered charity · Bristol
The Open Bionics Foundation
The Open Bionics Foundation is a registered charity (number 1186502) based in Bristol, governed by 3 trustees. Latest income £127k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 3 trustees
- Income £127k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, United States
- Website
- openbionicsfoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£127k£144k
- 2024£197k£157k
- 2023£138k£279k
Earlier years
- 2022£520k£304k
- 2021£468k£351k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
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.
Board analysis
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
- Daniel Melville since 2019
- John Steven Whitman since 2025
- Linzi Lumbley since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Daniel Melville since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Daniel Melville since 2019
- John Steven Whitman since 2025
- Linzi Lumbley since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1186502
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 01 APR 2019
- Contact on the register
- 03301 078498 · linzil@gsverde.accountants
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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