Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

OAK TREE TRUST 

support for Northern Pakistan earthquake area in partnership with Midlands International Muslim Relief with special camps doing cataract operations for free ( did 197 this year(. Also supporting trelawny area of Jamaica in partnership with the charity TORA. Provided medical relief to Gaza hospital. Supplied tents direct to Haiti. Provided water wells and seed growing project in Niger with ADRA
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£30£26£5n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/12/21£24£22£2n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/12/20£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£55£35£19n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/12/18£55£19£35£0£0£0n/a05
31/12/17£57£42£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£19£15£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£17£17£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£12£19£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£19£10£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£20£13£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£23£15£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£20£10£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£5£12£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£14£3£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£94£3£91£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£3£4£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£3£4£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 31 years

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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Haiti, India, Jamaica, Nepal, Niger, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Walsall, Zimbabwe,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 4 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - north walsall community links
£6,460 19/01/2021
11
The funding will be used to create a community health hub for the local community. The project aims to provide access to vaccination clinics youth activities and mental health support during the ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-83
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/09/1993, number: 1025957
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/08/1993, number: 02843868
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

87 BELVIDERE ROAD
WALSALL
WS1 3AU

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PERSONS (IN PARTICULAR INFANTS, CHILDREN, YOUNG PERSONS AND THEIR GUARDIANS) WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF LOCAL, NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL EVENTS OR BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE MEDICAL AID ASSISTANCE AND FACILITIES FOR THOSE IN ILL HEALTH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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