The Ogden Trust

Analysis

The Ogden Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Ogden Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £4.2m, spending 359% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £503k to £1.2m (+131%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 413% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Ogden Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Notre Dame Preparatory School (Norwich) Limited (£1.2m), Debate Mate Schools Limited (£1.2m) and Education & Employers Taskforce (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 52%, charitable activities 46% and donations and legacies 1.2%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 9.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. Reserves of £75.1m would cover about 215 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.