Animals · Reg 1169511
Oak Tree Animals' Charity
Charity rating & review
72/100 Clarity Score · 3 stars · Charity Commission filings · How we score
Clarity score
Needs improvement
Quick answer
Is Oak Tree Animals' Charity a good charity?
Oak Tree Animals' Charity scores 72/100 (3 stars, Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2024 (£2.6m total income, 74% of spending on charitable activities). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown.
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What does Oak Tree Animals' Charity do?
Oak Tree Animals' Charity is a registered charity (no. 1169511) working in animals in Carlisle · CA4 8JA. Its latest Charity Commission filing directs 74% of spending to charitable activities, holding roughly 11 months of reserves, though its recent accounts were filed late. Reported income has been growing (≈38% a year). CharityCompare's Clarity Score rates the organisation only from public Charity Commission accounts — accountability, financial health, efficiency and community support — not the quality or impact of its programmes.
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In short: OAK TREE ANIMALS' CHARITY scores 72 out of 100 (3 stars). 74% average program spend (3-year average). Review the pillar breakdown below.
What is Oak Tree Animals' Charity?
Oak Tree Animals' Charity has a Clarity Score of 72 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars, Needs improvement). Charity Commission registration number 1169511. Status: Registered. Primary cause area: Animals. Latest accounts year 2024: total income £2.6m, with 74% of expenditure on charitable activities. Accounts filing: late. Reserves: approximately 11 months of operating costs. 3 filing concern(s) noted on this profile. Scores are independent and based on official filings — not a donation recommendation.
Data from Charity Commission register, last updated .
Overall score
72/100
3★ · Needs improvement
Cause spend
74%
3-yr avg · charitable activities
Accountability
63/100
Finance beacon
Income
£2.6m
Latest year 2024
Reserves
11 mo
Months of running costs
Accounts filing
Late
Check register
£3.7 raised per £1 fundraising (3-yr avg) · 28% overhead · Website on register · Confidence: medium
How does OAK TREE ANIMALS' CHARITY compare?
Clarity Score percentile against similar UK charities — the share of peers OAK TREE ANIMALS' CHARITY scores higher than.
Scores higher than 30% of 2,776 charities in its income band · 72/100 vs 78 peer average (marker).
Scores higher than 30% of 370 charities in this cause · 72/100 vs 78 peer average (marker).
How reliable is Oak Tree Animals' Charity's data?
- Source
- Charity Commission (England & Wales)
- Accounts year
- 2024
- Filing date
- Profile reviewed
Medium confidence — some data missing or late
Scores reflect the latest annual accounts on the register. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Open Government Licence v3.0 .
What is Oak Tree Animals' Charity's Beacon report?
Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report.
Accountability & Transparency
Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies.
63/100
| Metric | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Filing history (5 years) 100% on-time over five years = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more = 0 pts. | 0% | 0/15 pts |
| Trustee oversight Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three). | 100% | 4 trustees · 15/15 pts |
| Declared policies Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return. | 100% | 10/10 pts |
Financial Health
Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts.
90/100
| Metric | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Reserves (months of cash) 3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years (hoarding) = 0 pts. | 100% | 11 month · 15/15 pts |
| Income stability / growth +20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between. | 80% | 8/10 pts · 3-year average |
| Liabilities to assets 0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt. | 80% | 10% · 4/5 pts |
Financial Efficiency
How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios.
50/100
| Metric | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Program expense ratio 90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below. | 60% | 74% · 6/10 pts (3-year average) |
| Fundraising efficiency ≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income). | 40% | 27p per £1 income · 4/10 pts (3-year average) |
Community Support
Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff.
100/100
| Metric | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Volunteer-to-staff ratio Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between. | 100% | 270 volunteers / 83 staff · 10/10 pts |
What is Oak Tree Animals' Charity's Clarity Score?
72/100 total · Needs improvement · 3 of 5 stars
Four pillars (40 + 30 + 20 + 10 points) from Charity Commission filings — see methodology for full weightings.
Accountability & Transparency
Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies.
63/100
Financial Health
Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts.
90/100
Financial Efficiency
How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios.
50/100
Community Support
Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff.
100/100
How much does Oak Tree Animals' Charity raise and spend?
Latest filed year 2024 · Source: Charity Commission filings
| Category | Amount | % of spend |
|---|---|---|
| Total income | £2.6m | — |
| Total expenditure | £3.0m | — |
| Charitable activities | £2.2m | 73% |
| Fundraising | £836k | 27% |
Where does the money go?
Latest accounts (2024) · £3.0m spent
- Charitable activities73% · £2.2m
- Fundraising27% · £836k
What trust indicators does Oak Tree Animals' Charity have?
Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported.
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Accounts filed on time
Filing status: late
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Trustee board size (3–12)
4 trustees on the Charity Commission register
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Workforce on register
83 employees · 270 volunteers (3:1 volunteer-to-staff)
Fundraising Regulator
Status not yet checked
Separate from our financial scores — shows whether the charity follows the Code of Fundraising Practice.
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Reg 1169511
Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission.
View on Charity Commission →Trustees & officers
- Martin Squires since 2017
- Georgina Sheilagh Lowry since 2024
- Robert Winder since 2025
- Rachel Griffiths Chair · since 2025
How we score charities +
The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically.
Accountability & Transparency
Scored from filings
40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10).
Financial Health
Scored from filings
30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises).
Financial Efficiency
Scored from filings
20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below).
Community Support
Scored from filings
10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio.
Overall score
Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated.
How have Oak Tree Animals' Charity's finances changed over five years?
- Income
- Spending
- Cause spend
Values in £ thousands · Cause spend plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission accounts
What are the key facts about Oak Tree Animals' Charity?
- Overall score
- 72/100 (3★)
- Income
- £2.6m
- Cause spend
- 74% of expenditure
- Reg number
- 1169511
- Scope
- Local (carlisle)
- Reserves
- 11 months
- Trustees
- 4
- Accounts year
- 2024
- Filing
- late
How does OAK TREE ANIMALS' CHARITY compare, and where else can you look?
Where OAK TREE ANIMALS' CHARITY sits
The causes this charity is classified under, and other charities working nearby.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Oak Tree Animals' Charity's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Oak Tree Animals' Charity a good charity? +
Oak Tree Animals' Charity scores 72 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 74% of its spending goes to charitable activities and its accounts are late. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Oak Tree Animals' Charity a legitimate charity? +
Yes — Oak Tree Animals' Charity is a legitimate registered charity (charity number 1169511). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1169511. Registration proves status; Clarity Score then summarises filing transparency on paper, not programme impact.
What is Oak Tree Animals' Charity's charity number? +
Oak Tree Animals' Charity's charity number is 1169511. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Oak Tree Animals' Charity's charity rating? +
Oak Tree Animals' Charity scores 72 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). The Clarity Score V1 sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Oak Tree Animals' Charity have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Oak Tree Animals' Charity. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (3 filing concern(s) noted on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Oak Tree Animals' Charity? +
According to its 2024 regulator filing, 74% of Oak Tree Animals' Charity's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Oak Tree Animals' Charity's overheads? +
According to its 2024 regulator filing, fundraising costs were about 26% of total expenditure and combined overheads (fundraising plus governance) were about 28% of total expenditure at Oak Tree Animals' Charity. The filings CharityCompare uses do not publish CEO or senior-staff pay, so we cannot say what Oak Tree Animals' Charity's chief executive is paid — where disclosure rules apply, senior pay appears in the trustees' annual report on the Charity Commission register.
How much income does Oak Tree Animals' Charity receive? +
Oak Tree Animals' Charity reported £2.6m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Oak Tree Animals' Charity's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: late (last filing 2026-06-24). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Oak Tree Animals' Charity based? +
Oak Tree Animals' Charity is listed at Carlisle · CA4 8JA, focused on animals.
How does CharityCompare score Oak Tree Animals' Charity? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Oak Tree Animals' Charity's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 17 July 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Oak Tree Animals' Charity's most recent accounts cover 2024. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.