Dutch Oak Tree Foundation

Analysis

Dutch Oak Tree Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sherborne. It was registered in December 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04510331). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Dutch Oak Tree Foundation reported income of £37k and spending of £2.7m, spending 7333% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £477k to £37k (-92%), an average of -47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 1475%. Over the whole period it spent 1935% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dutch Oak Tree Foundation sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Madeenat Al-Elm Cultural Foundation (£37k), Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers Charitable Trust (£37k) and St Marys Association (Wimbledon) (£37k).

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.