Oxfordshire Motor Project

Analysis

Oxfordshire Motor Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in July 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02733803). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Oxfordshire Motor Project reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.1m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £750k to £1.3m (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Oxfordshire Motor Project sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Albans Community Association (£1.3m), Westville House School (£1.3m) and The Music in Secondary Schools Trust (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and donations and legacies 2.1%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £231k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 people.