The O'sullivan Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

The O'sullivan Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The O'sullivan Family Charitable Trust reported income of £145k and spending of £732k, spending 504% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £183k to £145k (-21%), an average of -5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 341% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The O'sullivan Family Charitable Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Island Hospice and Bereavement Service (UK) (£145k), Friends of Sick Children in Malawi (£145k) and Ideas Hub Chelmsford (£145k).

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.