The Ogle Christian Trust

Analysis

The Ogle Christian Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Ogle Christian Trust reported income of £67k and spending of £151k, spending 225% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £92k to £67k (-27%), an average of -7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 263% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Ogle Christian Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shree Jain Sangh East London and Essex (£67k), Bread of Hope (£67k) and Bumba Foundation (£67k).

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.