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Registered charity · London

ODI Global

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £35m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout London, Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia and more
Website
www.odi.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
ODI Global
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£35m£34m
  • 2024£30m£32m
  • 2023£28m£27m
Earlier years
  • 2022£27m£29m
  • 2021£35m£34m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants 26%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE STUDY AND DISCUSSION OF AND THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION UPON THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONS AND THE INFLUENCE THEREIN OF VARIOUS POLICIES, ACTIONS AND INSTITUTIONS.

Grants received

13 grants · £3,289,994 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £12,1462022-04-01
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office £1,067,9462022-04-01
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office £121,2672022-04-01
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office £8,6312021-04-01
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office £94,6982021-04-01
Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

12 trustees on the board

2.4y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (3)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 12Environment/conservation/heritage 10Overseas Aid/famine Relief 9Economic/community Development/employment 2Education/training 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 12Tech and media 4Education 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£34.8m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

193 from 219 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
26%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
228248
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/06/1960AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/06/1978AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/06/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/07/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/12/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/12/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/06/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/04/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 MAY 2017 as amended on 09 Dec 2021 as amended on 25 Oct 2024
Companies House
Company number 00661818 · Active
Contact on the register
(0)20 7922 0300 · a.rodwell@odi.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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