African Oyster Trust

Analysis

African Oyster Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in March 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05354736). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, African Oyster Trust reported income of £52k and spending of £56k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £68k to £52k (-23%), an average of -6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, African Oyster Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hamwattan Centre (£52k), Ipswich17 Good Neighbour Scheme (£52k) and The Association of Professional Sri Lankans in the UK (Apsl) (£52k).