The Shire Oak Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Shire Oak Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in July 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Shire Oak Charitable Trust reported income of £106k and spending of £13k, leaving 88% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £8,478 to £106k (+1147%), an average of +88% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 1054%. Over the whole period it spent 67% 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 Shire Oak Charitable Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Somali Bravanese Welfare Association in Barnet (£106k), Berkshire Nurses and Relief in Sickness Trust (£106k) and Catholics for AIDS Prevention and Support (Caps) CIO (£106k).