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.

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Latest income

£796k

Latest spending

£754k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

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

Reserves policy: 5.5 months running costs, plus an allowance for redundancy pay and other closure liabilities

“The Trustees have agreed a Reserves Policy based on 5.5 months running costs, plus an allowance for redundancy pay and other closure liabilities. For 2025 this figure has been set at £509,156.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£796k

Total spending

£754k

Reserves (reported)

£506k

Employees

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£796k	£754k
31/03/2024	£676k	£698k
31/03/2023	£641k	£642k
31/03/2022	£520k	£523k
31/03/2021	£582k	£495k

Common questions

Is THE ODELL TRUST financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE ODELL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ODELL TRUST as a grant recipient include THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND, SPORTS PARTNERSHIP HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND	FY2025	£25k	General Grant
SPORTS PARTNERSHIP HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE	FY2022	£7k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/12/2020	£10k	Freedom
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/05/2019	£10k	e-Safety
The National Lottery Community Fund	31/03/2006	£4k	feasibility study