Canterbury Oast Trust

Analysis

Canterbury Oast Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in April 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01897198). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Canterbury Oast Trust reported income of £7.9m and spending of £8.9m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6.9m to £7.9m (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Canterbury Oast Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Expect Ltd (£7.8m), The Susanna Initiative (£7.9m) and Bridgewood Trust Limited (£7.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and donations and legacies 5.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £40k. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 213 people.

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.