Oswestry Community Action

Analysis

Oswestry Community Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oswestry. It was registered in July 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03390138). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Oswestry Community Action reported income of £738k and spending of £704k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £572k to £738k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Oswestry Community Action sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Waqf Fund (£738k), Seaview Project (£738k) and Community Council of Lancashire (£738k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, investments 1.4% and donations and legacies 1.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £172k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.