DUTCH OAK TREE FOUNDATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 6 December 2002
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 04510331
Financial period: 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
Latest income: £27,306
Latest expenditure: £449,310
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: LESTERS, MAPERTON ROAD, CHARLTON HORETHORNE, SHERBORNE, DT9 4NT

02 Activities

What the charity does

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.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 17 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 17 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £27,306
Total Gross Expenditure: £449,310

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 20 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,734
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,303,350

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 20 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,231,021

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 31 August 2022
Date Accounts Received: 31 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £477,036
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,062,452

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2020
Ar Cycle Reference: AR20
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2021
Date Annual Return Received: 27 October 2021
Total Gross Income: £22,344
Total Gross Expenditure: £817,775

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 17 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £27,306
Total Gross Expenditure: £449,310
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 31 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £477,036
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,062,452
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR20
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2020
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2021
Ar Received Date: 27 October 2021
Total Gross Income: £22,344
Total Gross Expenditure: £817,775
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Kenya
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Tanzania
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Netherlands
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: DUTCH OAK TREE FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2002-12-06T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 AUGUST 2002 AS AMENDED BY A WRITTEN RESOLUTION DATED 17 JULY 2008
Charitable 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.

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures