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Registered charity · No. 1150372 · HoveiSource and licenceOfficial record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.Register edition compiled 25 October 2026.Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.How we handle data

Oaks Trust

Income
£201k
▲ 12.0% on 2024
Expenditure
£197k
▲ 32.9% on 2024
Reserves
N/A
Small charityi
Runway
N/A
Small charityi
Spent on charitable work
N/A%
Small charityi
Trustees
7
4.0y av
Staff
N/A
Small charityi
Volunteers
70
▼ 5 volunteers on 2024
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Overview

Oaks Trust's network

8 people6 organisationsi7 listed on the board plus 1 company secretary. 6 organisations share a board member with this charity.The large node is Oaks Trust. The map shows two steps out from the public record. Hover a node to focus its connections; click one to open it.

The board

7 listed + 1 company secretaryiCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
NameRoleSinceOn the board
Amy BatemanTrustee2024
2 yrs
Andrew KnightTrustee2022
4 yrs
David WilsonTrustee2024
2 yrs
Josephine WallerTrustee2024
2 yrs
Mx SibandaTrustee2015
11 yrs
Nils De FreeseTrustee2024
2 yrs
William BigwoodTrustee2023
3 yrs
Karen LintottCompany secretary (charitable company)2026
new
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Board

The board

7 listed + 1 company secretaryiCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
NameRoleSinceOn the board
Amy BatemanTrustee2024
2 yrs
Andrew KnightTrustee2022
4 yrs
David WilsonTrustee2024
2 yrs
Josephine WallerTrustee2024
2 yrs
Mx SibandaTrustee2015
11 yrs
Nils De FreeseTrustee2024
2 yrs
William BigwoodTrustee2023
3 yrs
Karen LintottCompany secretary (charitable company)2026
new
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Former company secretaries of the charitable company: Ann Elizabeth Waller (2016-2026), Alison Helen Davis (2012-2016). Full officer list

Board DNA

iCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.
Average tenure
3.7y
median 2y
Longest tenure
11y
since 2015
Years in governance
10.2y
per person, across all their boards
Also company directors
6
also sit on company boards
Joined in the last 3 years
5
of 7 on the board

7 trustees on the board

Trustees past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (7)

Sector coverageiThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Other Charitable Purposes 7The Prevention or Relief of Poverty 7Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1

Commercial experienceiThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 12Business services 7Other services 6

Succession forecast

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Network

Network

iThe large node is Oaks Trust. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Dashed blue-grey links are company secretaries. Click any node to explore.

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Finances

5 financial years held, 2021 to 2025, years ending 31 August.

Income and expenditure

5 years · years end 31 AugustiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.
Series shown: Totals
£0£50k£100k£150k£200k£250k20252024202320222021£200.51k£47.25k

Detailed income and expenditure are filed only by charities with income over £500,000. Oaks Trust has not filed them in the years we hold, so only the totals and government income are shown.

Income and expenditure by financial year, oldest on the left, newest on the right
Financial year20212022202320242025
Totals
Total income£39.35k£55.08k£136.09k£179.10k£200.51k
Total expenditure£31.43k£98.95k£120.66k£148.43k£197.32k
Government income
Government contractsNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Government grants£8.80k£7.14k£13.98k£22.47k£47.25k
Definitions
Total income
Everything the charity received in the year, from all sources, as shown on its annual return.
Total expenditure
Everything the charity spent in the year.
Government contracts
Income from contracts with central or local government or other public bodies, as the charity declared it. Not reported means the register shows no amount (N/A), which can mean none or that the question was not answered.
Government grants
Grants received from central or local government or other public bodies, as declared.
Donations and legacies
Gifts and donations, including Gift Aid, and money left to the charity in wills.
Legacies
Money left to the charity in wills. Legacies are part of donations and legacies, not extra to them.
Charitable activities (income)
Income earned by doing the charity's work, such as fees and contracts for services.
Other trading activities
Fundraising trading, such as charity shops, events and sponsorship.
Investments
Dividends, interest and rent from the charity's investments.
Endowments
New endowment funds received in the year.
Charitable activities (expenditure)
Spending on the charity's purposes, including any grants it makes.
Raising funds
The cost of fundraising and trading.
Grants to institutions
Grants paid to other organisations. Part of spending on charitable activities.
Governance
The cost of running the charity as an organisation, such as the audit and trustee meetings.
Investment management
The cost of managing the charity's investments.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Assets, liabilities and funds

Detailed income, expenditure and assets are filed only by charities with income over £500,000. Oaks Trust has not filed them in the years we hold, so there is no balance sheet to show.

Accounts and annual returns

Register page (opens in a new tab)iPlain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.

Reporting up to date

Every annual return and set of accounts arrived on time for 5 years.

Annual returns and accounts by financial year, newest first
Year endingDue byAnnual returnAccountsStatusDocuments
31 August 202530 June 202630 April 202630 April 2026On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF
31 August 202430 June 202511 June 202511 June 2025On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF
31 August 202330 June 20247 May 20247 May 2024On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF
31 August 202230 June 202320 April 202320 April 2023On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF
31 August 202130 June 20228 April 20228 April 2022On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF

Accounts filed at Companies House

Company 08286100 has made 13 accounts filings since 2014. Each links to the copy at Companies House where it has been published online.

Accounts filed at Companies House, newest first
Made up toFiled onTypeDocument
31 August 202522 May 2026Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)11 pages
31 August 202422 May 2025Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)16 pages
31 August 20237 May 2024Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)15 pages
31 August 20226 April 2023Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)15 pages
31 August 202114 April 2022Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)15 pages
31 December 20208 August 2021Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)15 pages
31 December 20193 November 2020Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)15 pages
31 December 201823 August 2019Full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)16 pages
31 December 201731 May 2018Full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages
31 December 20166 June 2017Full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages
31 December 20157 June 2016Full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages
31 December 20141 July 2015Full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)13 pages
31 December 20136 August 2014Dormant accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)2 pages
Definitions
Annual return
The yearly return a charity sends to the Charity Commission. It is due 10 months after the end of the financial year. Charities with income over £10,000, and every CIO, must send one.
Accounts
The accounts and trustees' annual report. Required from charities with income over £25,000 and from every CIO; otherwise shown as Not required.
On time
Received on or before the due date.
Late
Received after the due date. The number of days is counted from the due date.
Overdue
Not received, and the due date has passed. Counted to today, or to the date a removed charity left the register.
Qualified accounts
The auditor or examiner raised a reservation about the accounts.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (annual return history), Open Government Licence v3.0. The register keeps the latest five years; earlier years come from older copies we hold. Accounts documents link to the Charity Commission register and to Companies House (filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0). Days late and overdue are worked out from the dates, as of 30 October 2026.

Grants

Funding received

5 grantsiFrom grants published by funders to 360Giving. Not every funder publishes, so this is not a complete record of a charity's income.Grants awarded 20 October 2022 to 1 November 2024.
Total from published grants
£159k
£159,100
Grants
5
published to 360Giving
Funders
1
distinct funders
Latest grant
Nov 2024
1 November 2024

By year

iBy year the grant was awarded, in pounds.

Funders

1 funder
FunderGrantsTotalYears
Trussell5£159,1002022 to 2024

Grants

newest first
DateFunderTitleAmount
1 November 2024TrussellGrant to Shoreham Foodbank£12,000
26 January 2024TrussellGrant to Shoreham Foodbank£103,500
16 February 2023TrussellGrant to Shoreham Foodbank£2,600
17 November 2022TrussellGrant to Shoreham Foodbank£36,000
20 October 2022TrussellGrant to Shoreham Foodbank£5,000

Who published this data

Grant records are published by the funders named below to 360Giving, each under the open licence shown. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where that licence is shown. Governance Register has reformatted the data, removed duplicate rows and matched recipients and funders to register records; it has not changed the amounts or dates published.

About

Purposes and governing document

Register page (opens in a new tab)

Charitable objectsiAs filed with the Charity Commission. Clause breaks added for reading; the wording and capitals are unchanged.

IN PURSUANCE OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND BEYOND, THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE:-

  • 3.1

    THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY;

  • 3.2

    THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, POVERTY, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, UNEMPLOYMENT OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE;

  • 3.3

    THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH INCLUDING THROUGH EDUCATION AND COUNSELLING; AND3.4 THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION TO ASSIST IN THE PREVENTION OF POVERTY AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH.

What it does

  • General charitable purposes
  • Education/training
  • The advancement of health or saving of lives
  • Disability
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • Other charitable purposes

Who it helps

  • Children/young people
  • Elderly/old people
  • People with disabilities
  • People of a particular ethnic or racial origin
  • The general public/mankind

How it helps

  • Provides services
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
Local authorities: East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton and Hove
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 NOV 2012 as amended on 12 Jun 2026 as filed
Register history
  • 7 January 2013Registered

Policies the charity says it has

  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Governing documents at Companies House

  • 8 November 2012Incorporation documents

Read them in the filing history at Companies House (opens in a new tab)

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (governing document, classification, area of operation, register history and policies), and Companies House filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0.

About

Website
shoreham.foodbank.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Oaks Trust
Registered
2013

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