THE OLLIE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1167116 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The OLLIE Foundation (One Life Lost is Enough) is a registered charity funding suicide intervention skills training for adults working with young people. This training enables professionals to identify warning signs and provide a pathway to help combat suicidal thoughts.

Objects

3.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF SUICIDE IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.3.2 TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH OR THE SAVING OF LIVES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION TO PARENTS, HEALTH PRACTITIONERS, YOUTH WORKERS, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, AND OTHER PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONS AS THE CHARITY SEES FIT, IN THE SUBJECT OF SUICIDE IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.3.3 TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SICKNESS OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE, AND THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES, SUFFERING FROM BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR SUCH PERSONS.3.4 TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE, AND THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES, BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:3.4.1 ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENCY, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;3.4.2 ADVANCING EDUCATION;3.4.3 PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.3.5 TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH MAY BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: St Albans, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£227k
Latest spending
£224k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £2,701 for the year ended 30 April 2025, with total income rising to £227,047 from £114,264 in the prior year. Net assets increased to £111,837, comprising £90,233 in unrestricted funds and £21,604 in restricted funds. The trustees confirm 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

Largest income source: Donations (including gift aid) (49% of income)
“Donations (including gift aid) 109,804” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £90k)
“The trustees recognise that it is best practice for charity operations to retain funds representing at least 3 months expenditure in the charity's bank accounts for contingency purposes.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 30/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Government income: £5,700 — contracts £5,700 (1); 5% of the £114,264 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The OLLIE Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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
30/04/2025£227k£224k
30/04/2024£114k£218k
30/04/2023£199k£172k
30/04/2022£207k£133k
30/04/2021£100k£102k

Common questions

Is THE OLLIE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £2,701 for the year ended 30 April 2025, with total income rising to £227,047 from £114,264 in the prior year. Net assets increased to £111,837, comprising £90,233 in unrestricted funds and £21,604 in restricted funds. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE OLLIE FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE OLLIE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include Helping Herts, THE ANGUS LAWSON MEMORIAL TRUST, THE GRACE DEAR TRUST, WOODCOCK CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Helping HertsFY2023£118kGrants to The Ollie Foundation
THE ANGUS LAWSON MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2025£13kPathways to Success: Navigating transitions
THE GRACE DEAR TRUSTFY2025£6k
WOODCOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE OLI LEIGH TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE OLLIE FOUNDATION£227k—0unclear—no doubt
THE OLI LEIGH TRUST FY2026£37k—0unclear—material uncertainty
ONE LIFE INTERNATIONAL FY2025£76k—0unclear—no doubt
OLLIE YOUNG FOUNDATION FY2025£55k—0unclear—no doubt
OLIVE ACADEMY FY2025£67k—0unclear—no doubt
THE OLIVE TRUST FY2024£12k—0above—noted

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