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THE MICHAEL O'SULLIVAN CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 326026 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supporting people with disability and/or epilepsy.

Causes: Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£380k
Latest spending
£273k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,457,707, a decrease from the previous year's £4,594,386, following a charitable fund deficit of £136,679. The trustees maintain a formal reserves policy to ensure income is distributed annually while keeping a sum aside for routine expenses. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (100% of income)
“Investment income 378,843” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: to ensure that income received is distributed annually via donation and/or grant, keeping a sum aside for routine expenses (held: £4.5m)
“The trustees have set a formal reserves policy to ensure that income received is distributed annually via donation and/or grant, keeping a sum aside for routine expenses.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2021)

Total income
£3.8m
Total spending
£22k
Cost of raising funds
£4k
Reserves (reported)
£4.4m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£380k£273k
05/04/2024£124k£177k
05/04/2023£182k£149k
05/04/2022£111k£91k
05/04/2021£3.8m£22k

Common questions

Is THE MICHAEL O'SULLIVAN CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,457,707, a decrease from the previous year's £4,594,386, following a charitable fund deficit of £136,679. The trustees maintain a formal reserves policy to ensure income is distributed annually while keeping a sum aside for routine expenses. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST1£91k
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION1£25k
THE ROZAC CHARITABLE TRUST1£9k
TALLOW CHANDLERS BENEVOLENT FUND NO 21£5k
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION1£5k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MICHAEL O'SULLIVAN CHARITABLE TRUST£380k—0unclear—no doubt
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£145k—0unclear—no doubt
OMEGA COMMUNITY LIVING LIMITED FY2025£856k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FOUR SEASONS TRUST LIMITED FY2025£425k——unclear—no doubt
THE MIKHEEV CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£396k—0unclear—no doubt
M O CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£146k—0within—no doubt

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