The Oak Foundation

Analysis

The Oak Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Oak Foundation reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.0m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £612k to £1.2m (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Oak Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greater Change Foundation (£1.2m), Richmond Advice and Information on Disability (Raid) (£1.2m) and London Development Trust Ltd (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £6,795 would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 53 people.