The Olive Tree Trust

Analysis

The Olive Tree Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in September 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Olive Tree Trust reported income of £25k and spending of £35k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £23k to £25k (+7.4%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 156% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Olive Tree Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Westmorland Damson Association (£25k), Ilchester Nature Trust (£25k) and Haxey Church Estate (£25k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.