OLSEN ANIMAL TRUST

Registered charity 1169982 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OAT

Olsen Animal Trust provides grants to charities,individuals and organisations whose aims are consistent with the Charity's objectives:- to relieve, and contribute towards ending the exploitation of animals by humans- to assist with the rescue, rehabilitation and lifetime care of exploited animals- to conserve wildlife- to educate people about the negative impact of animal exploitation

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.0m

Latest spending

£1.4m

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £338,857 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £1,625,824. The trustees confirm that these reserves meet their stated policy objective of maintaining at least £1,500,000 to fund future commitments. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The charity donated and paid £300,000 (2023: £300,000) to The Pangea Trust, a charity with Trustees in common (Mrs SJ Olsen and Mr JR L Olsen).

“The charity donated and paid £300,000 (2023: £300,000) to The Pangea Trust, a charity with Trustees in common (Mrs SJ Olsen and Mr JR L Olsen). At the year end, the charity had committed to a further £300,000 grant in the forthcoming year and this is included in creditors.” — page 19

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Born Free Foundation — “Established by and with on-going support of the Born Free Foundation, Zambia Primate Project (ZPP) is one of Africa’s most established and s…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£1.0m

Total spending

£1.4m

Reserves (reported)

£1.6m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~13.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

SUSAN JAYNE OLSENchair · trustee of 1 other charity
DAVID HIGGS
Jonathan Robert Lunau Olsen · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: China · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Guinea · Malawi · South Africa · Vietnam · Zambia · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£1.0m	£1.4m
31/12/2023	£254k	£1.5m
31/12/2022	£599k	£1.2m
31/12/2021	£156k	£998k
31/12/2020	£228k	£738k

Common questions

Is OLSEN ANIMAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £338,857 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £1,625,824. The trustees confirm that these reserves meet their stated policy objective of maintaining at least £1,500,000 to fund future commitments. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services Limited.

Who funds OLSEN ANIMAL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OLSEN ANIMAL TRUST as a grant recipient include WILDLIFE AND WELFARE.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
WILDLIFE AND WELFARE	FY2024	£10k	Ukraine Project

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 SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£200

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE OSTACCHINI FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE OSTACCHINI FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £168k
ANIMAL AID CHARITABLE TRUST income £200k
THE MARCHIG ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST income £556k
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO income £247k
THE KIT WILSON TRUST FOR ANIMAL WELFARE income £1.0m
WHITLEY ANIMAL PROTECTION TRUST income £385k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
OLSEN ANIMAL TRUST	£1.0m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE OSTACCHINI FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£168k	£59,733	1	unclear	—	no doubt
ANIMAL AID CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£200k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MARCHIG ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST FY2025	£556k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO FY2025	£247k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE KIT WILSON TRUST FOR ANIMAL WELFARE FY2025	£1.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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