THE ODELL TRUST

Registered charity 1170810 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objective for which this charity is established is to provide a Recreational Day Centre to support individuals who livein Worcs or the surrounding area in recreation or other leisure time occupation. This provision sets out toimprove the conditions of life for those who have need of such facilities through disability, age, youth, infirmity, financialhardship or social circumstances.

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF A RECREATIONAL DAY CENTRE TO FACILITATE THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION AND SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN WORCESTERSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR DISABILITY, AGE, YOUTH, INFIRMITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an overall annual surplus of £42,089 for the year ended 31 March 2025, despite significant increases in expenditures such as energy costs. The trustees report that financial stability is enabling the Trust to fund expenditures associated with the preparation for the purchase of the building, although the process is described as complicated.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ann Masterschair
• Alan Peter Wardle
• Alex Roberts
• Jennifer Doreen Perry
• Mark Bettis
• Roger Alan Smith
• Susan Forester-Morgan

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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• DOLPHIN SCHOOL TRUST income £2.2m
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• STROUD COURT COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED income £3.9m
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Side by side with its peers

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