The Broad Oak Trust

Analysis

The Broad Oak Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in May 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Broad Oak Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £27k, spending 202% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £11k to £13k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 154% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Broad Oak Trust sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Bulgaria (£13k), The British Druze Society (£13k) and Camden Community Centres' Consortium (£13k).