The Sally Odell Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Sally Odell Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Sally Odell Charitable Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £21k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,866 to £17k (+191%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 503%. Over the whole period it spent 395% 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 Sally Odell Charitable Trust sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% 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 Anlaby Village Hall (£17k), Skerries for Schools (£17k) and Association of Paediatric Emergency Medicine (UK and Ireland) (£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.