Oak Trust

Analysis

Oak Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Oak Trust reported income of £36k and spending of £31k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £31k to £36k (+16%), an average of +3.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Oak Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Great Hollands Community Association (£36k), Pem Charitable Trust (£36k) and The Mary Stephanie Warren-Coleman Trust (£36k).