# The Bardo Foundation UK Limited

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1216022 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1216022)
- Company number: 16585581
- Website: https://www.thebardofoundation.org
- What it funds: Health / saving of lives
- Who it helps: Children / young people
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations, Provides advocacy / advice / information, Sponsors or undertakes research
- Area of operation: Throughout England
- Other names: The Bardo Foundation UK (previous)
- Trustees: 3
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/bardo-foundation-uk

The Bardo Foundation supports people affected by osteosarcoma, a rare and aggressive bone cancer that most often affects children, teenagers, and young adults. The foundation funds high-quality, collaborative research aimed at improving survival rates and reducing the long-term physical and emotional impact of treatment.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> To relieve sickness and to preserve and protect health, in particular by providing funds to support research into childhood bone cancer, its causes, treatment and cure, and to publish the useful results of such research, as well as to support individuals affected by osteosarcoma.

## What it funds

The Bardo Foundation UK Limited is registered under the Charity Commission purposes health / saving of lives for children / young people; the register records that it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy / advice / information and sponsors or undertakes research.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as England.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from The Bardo Foundation UK Limited in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). Its website (thebardofoundation.org) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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