OSMANI TRUST

Registered charity 1129282 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OSMANI DEVELOPMENT TRUST, OT, ODT

Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a net surplus of £211,323 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £999,260. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £452,530, which the trustees confirm are in surplus of their stated policy target of three months of operational costs (approximately £215,000). The trustees and auditors have confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of operational costs (held: £453k)
Therefore, the minimum target for reserves is equivalent to 3 months of operational costs, which is approximately £215,000. — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Abacus Partners (Ldn) LLP.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Osmani Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£1.7m
Cost of raising funds
£143
Reserves (reported)
£453k
Employees
26

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Newham · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.9m£1.7m
31/03/2024£1.7m£1.4m
31/03/2023£1.8m£1.6m
31/03/2022£1.3m£1.1m
31/03/2021£797k£729k

Common questions

Is OSMANI TRUST financially healthy?

The accounts state a net surplus of £211,323 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £999,260. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £452,530, which the trustees confirm are in surplus of their stated policy target of three months of operational costs (approximately £215,000). The trustees and auditors have confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Abacus Partners (Ldn) LLP.

Who funds OSMANI TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OSMANI TRUST as a grant recipient include EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k

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