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Cherry Tree Foundation

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 258842LondonEducation and training
Income£31k2025-04-05
Spending£35ksame year
Spent / received140%5-year average
Size in its cause60th pctEducation and training
Registered1969Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Cherry Tree Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Cherry Tree Foundation reported income of £31k and spending of £35k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £25k to £31k (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 140% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Cherry Tree Foundation sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st St Minver Scout Group (£31k), Brindishe Manor Parents, Staff and Friends Association (£31k) and Friends of Dulverton School ( Fods ) (£31k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£12k£25k£37k£49k2021 Income: £25,3372021 Spending: £33,40320212022 Income: £25,4932022 Spending: £33,80620222023 Income: £25,4902023 Spending: £41,37820232024 Income: £30,4792024 Spending: £49,41620242025 Income: £30,9242025 Spending: £34,8892025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The trustees make small one off grants for talented children (music, drama, the arts). They do not pay school fees.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
1st St Minver Scout GroupSt Columb£31k
Brindishe Manor Parents, Staff and Friends AssociationLondon£31k
Friends of Dulverton School ( Fods )London£31k
Teesdale U3aCounty Durham£31k