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OGLESBY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1026669 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Makes charitable donations primarily in the north west of England

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.0m
Latest spending
£2.5m
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves decreased to £5.6m from £6.9m, a reduction of £1.3m, as expenditure exceeded income for the year. The trustees report that these reserves are sufficient to meet the organisation's five-year funding commitments and cover all eventualities. The charity received £717,904 in philanthropic donations and drew down £1.27m from reserves to finance its charitable activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: five year funding commitments (held: £5.6m)
“The Trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level that meets the organisation’s five year funding commitments.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant to University of Manchester for CMML Leukemia Research Project; Mrs J S Oglesby is a member of the Global Leadership Board.
“During the year grants totalling £260,000 (2024: £270,000) were paid to the UoM 02: CMML Leukemia Research Project for which Mrs J S Oglesby is a member of the Global Leadership Board.” — page 22
“During the year grants totalling £438,383 (2024: £408,475) were paid to the Shared Health Foundation CIC, a community interest company for which Mrs J S Oglesby is a director and Mrs K J Vokes was a director.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant to Shared Health Foundation CIC; Mrs J S Oglesby is a director and Mrs K J Vokes was a director.
“During the year grants totalling £260,000 (2024: £270,000) were paid to the UoM 02: CMML Leukemia Research Project for which Mrs J S Oglesby is a member of the Global Leadership Board.” — page 22
“During the year grants totalling £438,383 (2024: £408,475) were paid to the Shared Health Foundation CIC, a community interest company for which Mrs J S Oglesby is a director and Mrs K J Vokes was a director.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant to Centre for Social Justice; Mrs J S Oglesby is a director.
“During the year grants totalling £260,000 (2024: £270,000) were paid to the UoM 02: CMML Leukemia Research Project for which Mrs J S Oglesby is a member of the Global Leadership Board.” — page 22
“During the year grants totalling £438,383 (2024: £408,475) were paid to the Shared Health Foundation CIC, a community interest company for which Mrs J S Oglesby is a director and Mrs K J Vokes was a director.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by KM Chartered Accountants. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£1.0m
Total spending
£2.5m
Reserves (reported)
£5.6m
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~26.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£1.0m£2.5m
30/09/2024£2.9m£3.2m
30/09/2023£120k£3.2m
30/09/2022£2.4m£2.8m
30/09/2021£1.5m£2.5m

Common questions

Is OGLESBY CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves decreased to £5.6m from £6.9m, a reduction of £1.3m, as expenditure exceeded income for the year. The trustees report that these reserves are sufficient to meet the organisation's five-year funding commitments and cover all eventualities. The charity received £717,904 in philanthropic donations and drew down £1.27m from reserves to finance its charitable activities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by KM Chartered Accountants.

Who funds OGLESBY CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OGLESBY CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include MANCHESTER CITY GALLERIES TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MANCHESTER CITY GALLERIES TRUSTFY2024£73kRefugee families sessions (expenditure portion)
MANCHESTER CITY GALLERIES TRUSTFY2024£61kWeekly sessions for refugee families

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MANCHESTER CHARITABLE TRUST LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OGLESBY CHARITABLE TRUST£1.0m——unclear—no doubt
MANCHESTER CHARITABLE TRUST LTD FY2025£154k—0above—no doubt
FUTURE SCOPE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£236k—0above—no doubt
THE SEARLE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£167k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SIR ROBERT OGDEN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2024£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH WEST YOUNG PEOPLES DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£228k—0unclear—no doubt

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