The Michael O'sullivan Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Michael O'sullivan Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in February 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Michael O'sullivan Charitable Trust reported income of £380k and spending of £273k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £3.8m to £380k (-90%), an average of -44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 207%. Over the whole period it spent 16% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Michael O'sullivan Charitable Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Urbond (£379k), Survivors West Yorkshire (£381k) and North Tyneside Big Local (£379k).