The Otago University Trust

Analysis

The Otago University Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dormansland. It was registered in October 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Otago University Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £13k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.6m to £15k (-99%), an average of -69% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 278%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Otago University Trust sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Elizabeth Margaret Susan Cotton Charitable Trust (£15k), Boxted School Association (£15k) and Friends of Highworth (£15k).