The Ol Trust

Analysis

The Ol Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Loughton. It was registered in April 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Ol Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £37k, spending 222% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £19k to £17k (-12%), an average of -3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 208% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Ol Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Donald Pither Memorial Ground (£17k), Defford Village Hall (£17k) and 27th Norwich (New Costessey) Scout Group (£17k).

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.