Philip O'donnell Charitable Trust

Analysis

Philip O'donnell Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Philip O'donnell Charitable Trust reported income of £98k and spending of £5,660, leaving 94% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £318k to £98k (-69%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 372%. Over the whole period it spent 1.6% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Philip O'donnell Charitable Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Village Africa (£98k), Hunstanton and District Food Bank (£98k) and Clubs for Young People Northamptonshire (£98k).