OPUS DEI CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1005860 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To further the charitable purposes of Opus Dei in Great Britain and elsewhere

Objects

FURTHERING THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF OPUS DEI IN GREAT BRITAIN AND ELSEWHERE

Area of benefit: GREAT BRITAIN AND ELSEWHERE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£282k

Latest spending

£256k

Registered

1991

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £25,577 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total incoming resources of £281,766. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £133,744 (carried forward accumulated fund) and has no specific forward commitments or contractual financial obligations. The trustees confirm that systems are in place to manage risks and that the charity does not expend more than it has available.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Stipend of £5,060 paid to Rev Andrew Soane

“During the year, the charity paid £5,060 to Rev Andrew Soane, a Trustee of the charity, as a stipend.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Stipend paid to trustee

“During the year, the charity paid £5,060 to Rev Andrew Soane, a Trustee of the charity, as a stipend. This was in line with his previous stipend before he became a trustee, it has also been approved by the charity commission. The charity has given an interest free loan to Rev Andrew Soane, of £7,500. This has been included on the balance sheet within debtors and will be repaid gradually over time.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Sarah Cassidy
Jose Maria Blanco Fernandez
Mercedes Zalbidea
Rev Andrew Soane

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£282k	£256k
30/09/2024	£213k	£167k
30/09/2023	£90k	£64k
30/09/2022	£86k	£95k
30/09/2021	£61k	£60k

Common questions

Is OPUS DEI CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £25,577 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total incoming resources of £281,766. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £133,744 (carried forward accumulated fund) and has no specific forward commitments or contractual financial obligations. The trustees confirm that systems are in place to manage risks and that the charity does not expend more than it has available. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SAMJO LIMITED	1	£966k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST	1	£25k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER	1	£20k
THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£12k
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION	1	£6k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PARACLETOS.

PARACLETOS income £307k
THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST SALVATION ARK PARISH income £242k
THE HOMESTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST income £279k
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
OIZER CHARITABLE TRUST income £955k
UNION OF WELSH INDEPENDENTS INCORPORATED income £674k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
OPUS DEI CHARITABLE TRUST	£282k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PARACLETOS FY2025	£307k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST SALVATION ARK PARISH FY2025	£242k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HOMESTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£279k	—	above	—	no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025	£834k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OIZER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£955k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.