OCD ACTION

Registered charity 1154202 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

OCD Action works for a society where OCD is better understood and diagnosed quickly, where appropriate treatment options are open and accessible, where support and information is readily available and where nobody feels ashamed to ask for help. We are here because OCD tears families apart and leaves people isolated and exhausted.

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Latest income
£346k
Latest spending
£420k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £74,392 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a drawdown on reserves. Total funds carried forward were £208,143, with unrestricted funds at £190,557. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Two trustees are clinicians working in the NHS, which is a related party due to the charity's work with NHS organisations.
“OCD Action works closely with a number of NHS organisations providing specialist treatment for people with OCD. Two of the Trustees, Professor David Veale and Chloe Volz, are clinicians working in the NHS.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Baginsky Cohen. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — OCD Action (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£515k
Total spending
£386k
Cost of raising funds
£106k
Reserves (reported)
£201k
Employees
6

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 20.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

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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
31/03/2025£346k£420k
31/03/2024£515k£386k
31/03/2023£307k£317k
31/03/2022£233k£304k
31/03/2021£387k£309k

Common questions

Is OCD ACTION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £74,392 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a drawdown on reserves. Total funds carried forward were £208,143, with unrestricted funds at £190,557. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Baginsky Cohen.

Who funds OCD ACTION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OCD ACTION as a grant recipient include CHK Foundation, N SETHIA FOUNDATION, THE SANDHU CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION, THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/11/2023£10kOCD in higher education: Wales.
The National Lottery Community Fund17/06/2022£9kSupport in navigating OCD treatment services
UK government05/08/2020£75kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund09/08/2018£10kGet Involved
The National Lottery Community Fund13/01/2016£165kEVEN BETTER TOGETHER
The National Lottery Community Fund16/12/2014£327kADVOCACY FOR OCD
The National Lottery Community Fund10/12/2014£9kOCD Youth Line
The National Lottery Community Fund16/10/2012£111kBetter Together
City Bridge Foundation18/07/2012£19kGrant to OCD Action
The National Lottery Community Fund17/05/2012£8kNext Steps
City Bridge Foundation08/07/2010£36kGrant to OCD Action