ODIN CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1027521 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trustees operate a grant giving policy,providing funds for such charitable objects or institution as the Trustees think fit.

Objects

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES

Area of benefit: ANY PART OF THE WORLD

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£313k
Latest spending
£348k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £354,501 for the year ended 5 April 2025, driven by investment losses of £316,370 and currency losses, despite total income of £312,893. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stand at £10,780,129, which the trustees consider adequate to support the charity's grant-giving policy and long-term objectives.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Payne Hicks Beach Trust Corporation Limited is a corporate trustee. Payne Hicks Beach LLP provides administration services and charged fees of £21,169 (2024: £22,990). A balance of £2,158 was owed to Payne Hicks Beach at year-end.
“Payne Hicks Beach conducted the day to day administration of the Charity during the year. The total fees charged for the year (including VAT and disbursements) were £21,169 (2024 - £22,990). At 5 April 2025 (including VAT and disbursements), a balance of £2,158 was owed to Payne Hicks Beach in relation to these services (2024 - £2,589).” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bright Grahame Murray. Discloses 3 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 05/06/2024, 121 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2022 (received 05/06/2024, 486 days after the 05/02/2023 due date); year ending 05/04/2021 (received 16/05/2022, 100 days after the 05/02/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2021)

Total income
£627k
Total spending
£448k
Cost of raising funds
£54k
Reserves (reported)
£10.4m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 8.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£313k£348k
05/04/2024£265k£314k
05/04/2023£251k£278k
05/04/2022£224k£260k
05/04/2021£627k£448k

Common questions

Is ODIN CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £354,501 for the year ended 5 April 2025, driven by investment losses of £316,370 and currency losses, despite total income of £312,893. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stand at £10,780,129, which the trustees consider adequate to support the charity's grant-giving policy and long-term objectives. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bright Grahame Murray.

Who funds ODIN CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ODIN CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include UNSEEN (UK).

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
UNSEEN (UK)FY2025£5kGeneral

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with O'BRIEN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ODIN CHARITABLE TRUST£313k—0above—no doubt
O'BRIEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£66k—0unclear—no doubt
TYNESIDE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£30k—0below—no doubt
G L TILLOTSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£26k—0unclear—no doubt
OUTHWAITE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£138k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£212k—0unclear—no doubt

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