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David Oluwale Memorial Association

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1151426LeedsEnvironment and conservation
Income£152k2025-03-31
Spending£147ksame year
Spent / received89%5-year average
Size in its cause82nd pctEnvironment and conservation
Registered2013Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

David Oluwale Memorial Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in March 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08107693). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, David Oluwale Memorial Association reported income of £152k and spending of £147k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £52k to £152k (+192%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 159%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, David Oluwale Memorial Association sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cambridge Carbon Footprint (£151k), The 82045 Steam Locomotive Trust (£152k) and Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust Limited (£151k).

Income and spending

£0£38k£76k£114k£152k2021 Income: £52,0502021 Spending: £37,63820212022 Income: £68,8202022 Spending: £57,60720222023 Income: £33,1832023 Spending: £39,53420232024 Income: £86,0082024 Spending: £65,34920242025 Income: £151,9012025 Spending: £147,3022025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

THE CHARITY IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING A PUBLIC GARDEN IN THE CENTRE OF LEEDS WHICH WILL FUNCTION AS A SITE OF MEMORIAL FOR DAVID OLUWALE AND A REFERENCE POINT FOR THE CHARITY'S WIDER EDUCATIONAL AND CAMPAIGNING ACTIVITIES, WHICH ARE ONGOING.

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Cambridge Carbon FootprintCambridge£151k
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Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust LimitedNewent£151k
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