Corner Oak Trust

Analysis

Corner Oak Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in January 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Corner Oak Trust reported income of £34k and spending of £31k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £42k to £34k (-20%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Corner Oak Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Central African Youth in Enfield (£34k), P R Centre Ltd (£34k) and Eltham Foursquare Gospel Church (£34k).