The Holly Tree Club

Analysis

The Holly Tree Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Banbury Oxon. It was registered in November 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Holly Tree Club reported income of £21k and spending of £25k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £95k to £21k (-78%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Holly Tree Club sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The East Sussex Federation of Women's Institutes CIO (£21k), Crop Innovations CIO (£21k) and Occold Recreational and Amenities Council (£21k).

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.