The Odell Trust

Analysis

The Odell Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kidderminster. It was registered in December 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10371450). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Odell Trust reported income of £796k and spending of £754k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £582k to £796k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Odell Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The British Wheelchair Sports Foundation Limited (£795k), Snap Cymru (£797k) and The Almshouses of John Isbury and Jacob Hardrett (£794k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, donations and legacies 1.3% and investments 1.0%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £506k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.