THE OLIVE TREE TRUST

Registered charity 1026345 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Olive Tree Trust supports small scale projects in urban areas of deprivation in Britain that encourage a sense of community, provide opportunities for the disenfranchised and dispossesed, aid regeneration of the local environment and work towards building an improved and sustainable future for its inhabitants.

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND TO MAKE SUCH DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AT SUCH TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Latest income
£32k
Latest spending
£33k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves (cash funds) were approximately £30,000 at year-end, which the trustees consider in line with their targeted objective given that running costs are kept to a minimum. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £50,981, increasing total funds carried forward to £782,531. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts or accounting records.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The income of the Trust comprises the income arising from the investment portfolio and is accounted for as received.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: c£30,000 (held: £30k)
“Cash funds at the year end were c£30,000, which is in line with the targeted objective.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£32k£33k
05/04/2024£31k£52k
05/04/2023£28k£46k
05/04/2022£23k£52k
05/04/2021£37k£37k

Common questions

Is THE OLIVE TREE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves (cash funds) were approximately £30,000 at year-end, which the trustees consider in line with their targeted objective given that running costs are kept to a minimum. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £50,981, increasing total funds carried forward to £782,531. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts or accounting records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.