Oakhill Education Trust

Analysis

Oakhill Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancing. It was registered in January 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Oakhill Education Trust reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.6m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.9m to £1.8m (-4.2%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Oakhill Education Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Menorah Primary School (£1.8m), Chartered Institute of Credit Management (£1.8m) and Wellow House School Limited (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 72%, donations and legacies 27% and charitable activities 1.2%. Charitable activities took 22% of spending and raising funds 76%.