The following was posted to the Own Our Oak page:
Update 19th June 2025
https://ownouroak.co.uk/
Dear Cromhall Community and supporters of Own Our Oak.
We promised to update you all after our last communication, and we apologise that it has taken longer than we expected.
Based on the pledges we received from all of you, and due to changes from the current owner to the initial agreement, we presented our best proposal. They have been considering our proposal for almost 3 weeks.
The current owner has now informed us that they have an offer from another party, that exceeds what we as a community were able to offer. Their expectation is that they will sell to this other party.
Assuming this all goes through this means the Own Our Oak will not need to be involved further. However if that sale is not successful we may get another chance later.
At this point the committee has no further information on the potential buyer and their plans for the Royal Oak, so cannot answer any questions you might have.
So, as long as the new buyer intends to keep the Royal Oak as a pub, this will be good news for everyone.
Thanks for your support,
The Own Our Oak committee