The Oral and Dental Research Trust

Analysis

The Oral and Dental Research Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in November 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Oral and Dental Research Trust reported income of £58k and spending of £60k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £45k to £58k (+28%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 Oral and Dental Research Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Anand Milan Elderly Centre (£58k), Sanctuary Breaks (£58k) and The Robert Fleming Hannay Memorial Charity (£58k).

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.