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.

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

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.

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

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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

DONNA LOUISE KELLY
PIA CELIN CHERRY
Payne Hicks Beach Trust Corporation Limited · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
UNSEEN (UK)	FY2025	£5k	General

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
THE M D AND S CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£590k
LPW LIMITED	1	£291k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
CHARITWORTH LIMITED	1	£110k
THE RABBI MOSHE & LEAH DERMER FOUNDATION	1	£76k
JEG TRUST LIMITED	1	£40k
UOHC FOUNDATION LTD	1	£25k
MYR CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£21k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ.

BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ income £998k
J O CHARITABLE TRUST income £195k
THE OFENHEIM CHARITABLE TRUST income £554k
ADENFIRST LIMITED income £547k
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST income £101k
BILL BROWN'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT OF 1989 income £623k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ODIN CHARITABLE TRUST	£313k	—	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ FY2025	£998k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
J O CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£195k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE OFENHEIM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£554k	—	within	—	no doubt
ADENFIRST LIMITED FY2025	£547k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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