The Evelyn Oldfield Unit

Analysis

The Evelyn Oldfield Unit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02921143). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Evelyn Oldfield Unit reported income of £11k and spending of £59k, spending 536% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £119k to £11k (-91%), an average of -45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The Evelyn Oldfield Unit sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lovedoverregenerationcompany (£11k), The Crompton-Inglefield Hall (£11k) and The Muscliff Community Association (£11k).