DUTCH OAK TREE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1094958 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Makes grants to organisations and invests in projects that aim to improve the quality of life for communities outside the UK, particularly those in the developing world.

Objects

(A) TO RELIEVE PERSONS RESIDENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (WHICH, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, SHALL INCLUDE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF LOCAL, NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL DISASTER OR BY REASON OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES);(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING) OF PERSONS RESIDENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD;(C) TO ADVANCE ANY RELIGION ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD THE ADVANCEMENT OF WHICH IS A WHOLLY AND EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSE (AND INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE WORK OF ANY CHURCH OR OTHER BODY WHICH IS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE ANY SUCH RELIGION): AND (D) TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER WHOLLY AND EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT;PROVIDED THAT NONE OF THE FOREGOING OBJECTS SHALL INCLUDE:(I) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION (EXCEPT WHERE IN THE OPINION OF THE DIRECTORS THEY ADVANCE EDUCATION OR TRAINING WITHIN (B) ABOVE;(II) THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS; OR(III) THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING OF ANY ANIMAL OF ANY SPECIES.

Area of benefit: PERSONS RESIDENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of €3.5 million for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily driven by impairments and losses on programme related investments. Unrestricted reserves decreased to €2.3 million, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet financial obligations and continue activities. The auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties relating to the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Discloses 3 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHAEL HUTCHINGS OBEchair
• Jelle Peter Roodbeen
• PIETER WILLEM JACOBUS DE RIJCKE

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

Operates in: Kenya · Netherlands · Tanzania

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTERNATIONAL TREE FOUNDATION.

• INTERNATIONAL TREE FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• THE OAK FOUNDATION income £1.2m
• THE DAVID BROOKE CHARITY income £86k
• THE DANSON FOUNDATION income £32k
• ROYAL DOCKS TRUST (LONDON) income £281k
• DUNWICH TOWN TRUST income £129k

Side by side with its peers

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