Our innovation centres

Our innovation community

Businesses that join us also become part of a thriving community of like-minded science and tech start-ups (see interviews with some of our businesses below) with events, networking and collaboration opportunities.

Set up by entrepreneurs the late Sir Martin and Lady Audrey Wood, the Trust has been running innovation centres in Oxford for nearly 40 years. Our first innovation centre on Osney Mead was the first in the region and, in fact, the UK, and a catalyst for Oxfordshire’s ecosystem of innovation incubators and science parks that we see today. We have seen many businesses – like Navenio, Perspectum, Mirada Medical and, more recently, Ultromics – flourish under our roof and we hope to see many more expand and grow.

The Trust supports local science and tech start-ups and spin-outs by providing cost effective, flexible office, technical workspace and R&D labs in our innovation centres as well as access to 1:1 business support. We also run an Escalator Support Programme for fledgling tech businesses.