Overseas Aid for the Kids of Sierra Leone (Oaks)

Analysis

Overseas Aid for the Kids of Sierra Leone (Oaks) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in January 2005, 21 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, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Overseas Aid for the Kids of Sierra Leone (Oaks) reported income of £117k and spending of £51k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £80k to £117k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Overseas Aid for the Kids of Sierra Leone (Oaks) sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Henry Cowton (£117k), Bury Unitarian Church (£117k) and City of Refuge Foursquare Church (£117k).