Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE ODELL TRUST 

The objective for which this charity is established is to provide a Recreational Day Centre to support individuals who livein Worcs or the surrounding area in recreation or other leisure time occupation. This provision sets out toimprove the conditions of life for those who have need of such facilities through disability, age, youth, infirmity, financialhardship or social circumstances.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Established: 7 years

www.odellcentre.org.uk

manager@odellcentre.org.uk

0156269683

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£641£642£-1£0£515£5159.6201
31/03/22£520£523£-3£0£528£52812.1201
31/03/21*£582£495£86£1£531£53112.9173
31/03/20£472£422£50n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/19£371£396£-25n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/18£324£367£-42£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 9.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Worcestershire,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 20 employees
  • 1 volunteer

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£19,829
Department for Work and Pensions£14,174
Co-Operative Group£2,950
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Odell Centre
£2,950 22/10/2022
We would like to expand our Earth Craft project, which helps improve the mental and physical wellbeing of adults with disabilities.
Department for Work and Pensions - THE LONE PARENT LIMMITED
£7,663 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Department for Work and Pensions - TINT GROUP LIMMITED YARD AND PARISH
£6,511 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
National Lottery Community Fund - Freedom
£9,985 11/12/2020
11
The funding will be used to run a range of physical and wellbeing activities for people living with learning disabilities or poor mental health. The project aims to support people in building ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - e-Safety
£9,844 23/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to buy IT equipment for a day centre. This will ensure the online safety of vulnerable adults.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 66-76
  • ANN MASTERS (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/12/2016, number: 1170810
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/09/2016, number: 10371450
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR23: 22 days late, AR21: 21 days late,
Main office

THE ODELL TRUST
THE ODELL CENTRE
PLIMSOLL STREET
KIDDERMINSTER
DY11 6TZ

Objectives

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF A RECREATIONAL DAY CENTRE TO FACILITATE THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION AND SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN WORCESTERSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR DISABILITY, AGE, YOUTH, INFIRMITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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