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ONE SMALL THING

Registered charity 1180782 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OST

One Small Thing is striving for positive change in the criminal justice system by implementing small changes in a big way. We provide trauma-informed treatment programmes for the prison and community sectors that consider the individual caught in a cycle of crime and incarceration and aim to humanise their process.

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Latest income
£4.3m
Latest spending
£3.1m
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £1,187,330 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing to £4,268,250. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £1,515,837, which the trustees consider prudent against their policy target of holding five months of operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 3.3% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“The cost to the charity of raising funds this year is £141,882 (2024: £123,929).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 5 months operating costs (held: £1.5m)
“The level of reserves is set at 5 months operating costs. However, our aim in future years is to hold reserves to cover 6 months of operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Aggregate donations from the founder of the charity and Chair Lady Edwina Grosvenor were £218,750 including gift aid (2024: £250,000).
“Aggregate donations from the founder of the charity and Chair Lady Edwina Grosvenor were £218,750 including gift aid (2024: £250,000). There are no donations from related parties which are outside the normal course of business and no other restricted donations from related parties.” — page 44
“The expense includes a management charge payable of £67,993 (2024:£64,716) to the parent company as a contribution to leadership costs and pertinent governance costs including insurance.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Management charge payable to parent company by subsidiary Hope Street Hampshire CIC.
“Aggregate donations from the founder of the charity and Chair Lady Edwina Grosvenor were £218,750 including gift aid (2024: £250,000). There are no donations from related parties which are outside the normal course of business and no other restricted donations from related parties.” — page 44
“The expense includes a management charge payable of £67,993 (2024:£64,716) to the parent company as a contribution to leadership costs and pertinent governance costs including insurance.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Hope Street Hampshire Community Interest Company
“One Small Thing is the parent company of Hope Street Hampshire Community Interest Company. Hope Street Hampshire Community Interest Company was formed to ring fence Hope Streets Supported Housing pathway. This is a wholly owned subsidiary of One Small Thing of which One Small Thing is the sole member.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — One Small Thing (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £3.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income
£4.3m
Total spending
£3.1m
Cost of raising funds
£142k
Reserves (reported)
£1.5m
Employees
38

Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% 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: 3.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4.3m£3.1m
31/03/2024£3.4m£2.7m
31/03/2023£3.8m£1.6m
31/03/2022£4.3m£1.2m
31/03/2021£3.9m£840k

Common questions

Is ONE SMALL THING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £1,187,330 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing to £4,268,250. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £1,515,837, which the trustees consider prudent against their policy target of holding five months of operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Who funds ONE SMALL THING?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ONE SMALL THING as a grant recipient include THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST, THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, THE BAND TRUST, THE BEAVERBROOK FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3.6mAdvancement of education / Public benefit
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUSTFY2025£1.5mCore Costs
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2024£1.0m
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£889k
THE BAND TRUSTFY2023£400kDisadvantaged
THE BEAVERBROOK FOUNDATIONFY2024£181k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£100k
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£100kHope Street Project —construction costs
CHK FoundationFY2023£100k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£100kCore funding
THE FIREBIRD FOUNDATIONFY2025£75kRemand
OVE ARUP PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£65k
The Goldsmiths' FoundationFY2024£58kCharity Committee - Prisoner Resettlement
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUSTFY2025£50kHope Street Revenue Funding (1st of 3 grants)
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATIONFY2022£50k
THE FIREBIRD FOUNDATIONFY2024£50kGender justice and children
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£50kSocial Welfare and Community
THE BORROWS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£40k
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2024£25kHope Street facility in Southampton
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUSTFY2023£25kHope Street Hub
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2025£25kGrant
THE BAND TRUSTFY2022£20kSpecific grantee
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20kDiscretionary Grant
THE CADOGAN CHARITYFY2024£20ksocial and welfare
THE BAND TRUSTFY2024£10kDisadvantaged
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10kDiscretionary Grants
CHK FoundationFY2023£10k
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2023£10kBee Yourself
STAPLES TRUSTFY2022£8kTowards its Hope Street project in Hampshire for women in the justice system.
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£8kTowards its Hope Street project in Hampshire for women in the justice system.
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUSTFY2024£6k
STAPLES TRUSTFY2025£5kTowards core costs at the Hope Street project.
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5kTowards its Hope Street project.
STAPLES TRUSTFY2023£5kTowards its Hope Street project in Hampshire for women in the justice system.
THE BEAVERBROOK FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5kTowards core costs at the Hope Street project.
OVE ARUP PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government17/12/2024£36kSouth Central Probation Region Grants for Rehabilitation and Age
The National Lottery Community Fund20/07/2023£796kHope Street
Barrow Cadbury Trust25/01/2023£50kInfluencing justice reform for women and children
UK government01/04/2022£150kWomen's Community Sector Organisations Core Costs Funding 2022/25
UK government01/04/2022£150kWomen's Community Sector - Core Costs Funding
UK government01/04/2022£25kWomen's Community Sector - Core Costs Funding

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MAKERS OF PLAYING CARDS CHARITY1—
This Day Foundation1£1.9m
THE SENECA TRUST1£399k
THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION1£100k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND1£65k
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC1£60k
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION1£23k
CAMDEN GIVING1£21k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ONE SMALL THING£4.3m——unclear3.3%no doubt
JUST 1 LIFE LIMITED FY2025£144k—0above—noted
ONE TO ONE CHILDREN'S FUND FY2025£2.0m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
SMALLPEICE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£2.9m——unclear—no doubt
THE ONE FOUNDATION FY2025£3.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE ONE LOVE PROJECT FY2025£118k—0unclear—no doubt

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