THE ORAL AND DENTAL RESEARCH TRUST

Registered charity 800234 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support Oral and Dental Research activity through small grant programmes and occasional seminars

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM DISEASES OF THE MOUTH JAW OR TEETH BY IN PARTICULAR PROMOTING MEDICAL AND DENTAL RESEARCH INTO THE PREVENTION TREATMENT ALLEVIATION AND CURE OF ANY SUCH DISEASE AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND BY THE PROMOTION OF POST-GRADUATE TRAINING AND THE CREATION OF FELLOWSHIPS IN HOSPITALS MEDICAL CENTRES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £1,757 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds carried forward amounting to £165,244. The trustees note that the low level of running costs has been maintained, and the charity remains dependent on sponsor support which amounted to £53,000. There are no stated reserves policy targets or material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue its activities.

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 4 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.

• Complaints handling

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Colgate — “Grants are currently provided through the Colgate, Haleon and OHI (PreViser) awards.” (source page)
• Haleon — “Grants are currently provided through the Colgate, Haleon and OHI (PreViser) awards.” (source page)
• OHI (PreViser) — “Grants are currently provided through the Colgate, Haleon and OHI (PreViser) awards.” (source page)
• SDI — “The SDI Primary Care Research Award supports practice-based research that…” (source page)
• British Society for Oral & Dental Research — “The ODRT and BSODR Crispian Scully Award in collaboration with & co-funded by the British Society for Oral & Dental Research” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DR NIGEL CARTER OBE
• DR Reena Wadia Dr
• Dr Bhupinder Dawett
• Dr Christopher Vernazza
• Dr Josefine Hirschfeld
• Dr Judith Husband
• Dr Susan Bissett
• Professor Avijit Banerjee
• Professor IAIN LESLIE CAMPBELL CHAPPLE PHD, FDS
• Professor Paul Brocklehurst
• Professor Shauna Culshaw · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Simon Whawell

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

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

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