THE OLIVE TRUST

Registered charity 1181558 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Olive Trust seeks to support and empower individuals in mental health distress. Our main area of service delivery is to provide free, or low cost counselling and psychotherapy to anyone residing in Leicester/LLR.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £7,627 for the year, reducing its total funds to £32,554. The trustees note that remaining restricted funds will support operations for 10 months while they seek additional long-term funding. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £15,754, which exceeds its stated policy target of £9,000.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Junaid Vindhanichair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Abdul Gaffar Rafiq Vindhani
• Billal Rafiq Vindhani
• Leah Hood
• Shazia Rashida Osman
• Tonia Punter-Ojong
• Zuber Rafiq Vindhani

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

Operates in: Leicester City · Leicestershire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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