Overall GiG Score: 9 ?
Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

ODI 

ODI is Britain's leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Our mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • There is a pension deficit of £1,173,957
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 59 years
(63 years as a company)

www.odi.org.uk

a.rodwell@odi.org.uk

(0)20 7922 0300

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House

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£27,943£27,285£658£0£11,391£3,6351.61960
31/03/22£27,444£29,095£-1,651£0£10,596£3,6531.52020
31/03/21£34,958£34,367£590£0£11,927£3,5431.22190
31/03/20£35,897£36,477£-580£5,561£10,960£7,4802.52080
31/03/19£37,639£37,356£283£2,360£11,390£2,4720.82065
31/03/18£35,346£38,730£-3,384£1,410£10,755£3,23312490
31/03/17£41,320£38,966£2,354£1,972£13,916£5,3961.72600
31/03/16£37,821£33,747£4,074£1,843£11,313£4,4661.62460
31/03/15£34,788£28,922£5,866£1,731£12,014£4,86722250
31/03/14£28,541£26,693£1,848£37£6,084£3,9041.82380
31/03/13£25,593£25,317£276£33£4,292£4,29221850
31/03/12£21,086£20,920£165£777£3,887£3,7142.11510
31/03/11£18,464£18,116£348£23£3,552£3,5522.41350
31/03/10£17,146£16,789£356£30£3,180£3,1802.31330
31/03/09£16,221£15,718£503£42£2,533£2,5331.91310
31/03/08£12,863£13,028£-164£39£2,198£2,19821150
31/03/07£11,862£12,032£-170£66£2,358£2,3582.41040
31/03/06£9,456£9,950£-494£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£8,657£8,273£384£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£7,238£6,957£281£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 12%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 25%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 32%
Reserves/Spending: 1.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 196 employees
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, China, Colombia, Congo (Democratic Republic), Costa Rica, Denmark, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, ....more

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
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office£871,692
Department of Health£338,761
Comic Relief£98,053
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Technical Assistance to support initial roll out of a national-wide Social Behavioral Change Communication Campaign to tackle vaccine hesitancy and promote uptake of COVID19 vaccines in Tanzania
£8,631 01/04/2021
To improve the health and socio-economic status of poor people by providing access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene services in rural areas of Tanzania. This will benefit 2.8 million people. ....more
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Research to improve conflict programming through monitoring Armed Group Control Conflict Analysis and Early Warning Systems
£94,698 01/04/2021
To produce research analysis and best practice guidance that will help to inform global policy on how development programming and policy can have the greatest impact on stability and security ....more
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Overseas Development Institute - support to the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
£721,766 01/04/2021
This programme will support the successful negotiation and implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). It will contribute to the reduction of barriers to trade across the ....more
Department of Health - ODI Fleming Fellowships Scheme
£238,761 01/04/2020
ODI Fleming Fellowships Scheme is to uplift and build the capacity of Fleming Fund partner countries in a number of core economist competencies that underpin the development of evidence based policy ....more
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Data Driven Responses to the Covid-19 Climate Change and Food Security nexus
£46,597 01/04/2020
To deliver sustainable air services to St Helena by building an airport and associated infrastructure, thereby underpinning the St Helena Governments drive towards sustainable financial ....more
Comic Relief - ODI Fellowship Scheme
£98,053 06/11/2019
24
ODI are looking to place two junior economists within the Central Banks of Branching Out's focus countries Rwanda, and Zambia on two year secondments with a remit to advancing Financial Inclusion.
Department of Health - ODI (Fleming)
£100,000 01/04/2019
ODI has delivered an acclaimed international fellowships programme that places high calibre junior economists (predominantly from the EU) into LMIC country governments
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - Open KE Fellowship to support evidenced-based policymaking for resilient recovery in the Caribbean
£144,579 01/04/2018
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=NE/S006443/1
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Shifting negative perceptions of migration and refugees
£200,000 23/05/2016
36
ODI has an unparalleled reputation for producing high quality research which enables it to influence policy and practice through its high calibre networks and partnerships. Since 2015, ODI has been ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Producing visual materials to accompany research illustrating the factors that force people to migrate
£20,000 01/12/2015
5
The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is the UK's leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. This project will allow ODI to produce a comic to help tell ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-71
  • SAMUEL SHARPE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chief Financial Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/02/1965, number: 228248
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/06/1960, number: 00661818
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

ODI
203 Blackfriars Road
LONDON
SE1 8NJ

Objectives

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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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