Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 12
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

OCD ACTION

OCD Action works for a society where OCD is better understood and diagnosed quickly, where appropriate treatment options are open and accessible, where support and information is readily available and where nobody feels ashamed to ask for help. We are here because OCD tears families apart and leaves people isolated and exhausted.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£307£317£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£233£304£-71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£387£309£79n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£407£446£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£473£331£142n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£323£301£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£303£315£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£272£303£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£349£274£76n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

www.ocdaction.org.uk

info@ocdaction.org.uk

02072535272

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Henry Smith Charity£119,300
DCMS£74,607
CHK Foundation£25,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund£8,551
Lloyds Bank Foundation£7,164
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
CHK Foundation - CHK Main Grant
£25,000 07/09/2022
to support specified work
National Lottery Community Fund - Support in navigating OCD treatment services
£8,551 17/06/2022
The project will run a pilot providing support services for people who are affected by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and specifically those impacted by the pandemic; and these will include peer support groups and monthly webinars.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to OCD Action
£119,300 15/06/2022
24
towards two years' continuation funding of the running costs of online support groups for people from across the UK with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and related conditions.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 12/02/2021
OCD Action - Core Costs
Tudor Trust - Grant to OCD Action
£2,000 01/02/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£74,607 05/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to OCD Action
£7,164 23/07/2020
Grant to OCD Action meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to OCD Action
£13,000 10/04/2019
12
OCD Action is requesting a grant to develop a new website for the charity and its services including its online forums
Tudor Trust - Grant to OCD Action
£50,000 27/02/2019
24
over two years as continuation funding for the youth-led young people's service at a national charity for people with obsessive-compulsive disorders
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to OCD Action
£81,500 12/09/2018
24
towards two years' continuation funding of the Nationwide 'Step Forward' project providing telephone and email support and information to people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
National Lottery Community Fund - Get Involved
£9,900 09/08/2018
12
The funding will be used to provide training, mentoring and support to volunteers who are living with an obsessive compulsive disorder. The project aims to increase participants' skills, knowledge, experience and confidence.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000 26/06/2017
24
Application for Core Costs
Tudor Trust - Grant to OCD Action
£64,000 28/03/2017
24
over two years towards the salary and associated costs of the youth service manager at a UK-wide charity providing support, advocacy and information to people with OCD
National Lottery Community Fund - EVEN BETTER TOGETHER
£165,454 13/01/2016
36
This England-wide project will improve the lives of people affected by obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). The group will increase the number of independent support groups across the country, as well as providing more online services, meaning more ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - ADVOCACY FOR OCD
£327,070 16/12/2014
60
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Better Together
£111,210 16/10/2012
37
This new project aims to provide peer support groups for people with OCD across targeted areas of England. OCD is a serious anxiety-related condition where a person experiences frequent intrusive and unwelcome obsessional thoughts, often followed ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

  • ALISON CLARE THOMPSON Appointed: 2019
  • CATHERINE BENFIELD Appointed: 2023
  • CHLOE VOLZ Appointed: 2019
  • KATH HOWELL Appointed: 2017
  • NISHAN DIAS Appointed: 2023
  • PIERS WATSON (Chair) Appointed: 2016
  • PROFESSOR DAVID MIKAEL WILLIAM VEALE Appointed: 2013
  • SARAH HINDLEY Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/10/2013, number: 1154202
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

Suite 506-507 Davina House
137-149 Goswell Road
LONDON
EC1V 7ET

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF SICKNESS AND SUFFERING AMONG PEOPLE AFFECTED BY OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD) AND RELATED DISORDERS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(1) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND INFORMATION TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY OCD AND RELATED DISORDERS;(2) ADVANCING EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ABOUT OCD AND RELATED DISORDERS AND ADVANCING EDUCATION AMONG PEOPLE AFFECTED BY OCD AND RELATED DISORDERS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FAMILY MEMBERS, CARERS, TEACHERS, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND SOCIAL WORKERS, TO ENABLE THEM TO IMPROVE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF OCD AND RELATED DISORDERS AND AVAILABLE TREATMENTS;(3) PROMOTING AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY OCD AND RELATED DISORDERS; AND(4) PROMOTING, SUPPORTING AND RAISING FUNDS FOR RESEARCH INTO OCD AND RELATED DISORDERS, THE USEFUL RESULTS OF WHICH WILL BE DISSEMINATED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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