OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS GREAT BRITAIN [OAGB]

Registered charity 1059240 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NATIONAL SERVICE BOARD OF OAGB

The objectives of OAGB are to relieve sickness and preserve and protect the physical, mental and emotional health of people suffering from compulsive eating and to advance public education about compulsive overeating and this method of recovery.

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Latest income

£41k

Latest spending

£60k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £47,432 exceeded the stated prudent reserve policy of not less than £35,000. The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £19,040 for the year, primarily driven by a literature service deficit, though voluntary income increased significantly compared to the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: not less than £35,000 (held: £47k)

“It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the charity should be approximately 24 months of expenditure – routine running costs. It also covers redundancy costs of the literature worker. Our filed Annual Accounts state that at the present time this is to be not less than £35,000.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03266580

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

COHRING, Rebecca — director, appointed 18/01/2025on trustee list
AGUIAR, Ghislain — director, appointed 03/11/2024on trustee list
BRAVERMAN, Rachel Jane — director, appointed 03/11/2024on trustee list
CHALMERS, Hannah — director, appointed 03/11/2024on trustee list
TOMKINS, Robbie — director, appointed 09/12/2022not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

Hannah Chalmerschair
Ghislain Aguiar Aguiar
Rachel Braverman
Rebecca Cohring
Robert Tomkins

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
28/02/2025	£41k	£60k
29/02/2024	£37k	£47k
28/02/2023	£54k	£46k
28/02/2022	£56k	£55k
28/02/2021	£96k	£83k

Common questions

Is OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS GREAT BRITAIN [OAGB] financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £47,432 exceeded the stated prudent reserve policy of not less than £35,000. The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £19,040 for the year, primarily driven by a literature service deficit, though voluntary income increased significantly compared to the previous year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.