The Oakley Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Oakley Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. 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. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Oakley Charitable Trust reported income of £79k and spending of £116k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £69k to £79k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 119% 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, The Oakley Charitable Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shottery Memorial Hall (£79k), B-C H 1971 Charitable Trust (£79k) and The Charity of Stella Symons (£79k).

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.