OCCA House

Analysis

OCCA House is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in January 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03449676). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, OCCA House reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.7m, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £2.4m to £1.1m (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 226% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, OCCA House sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Jude, Southsea (£1.1m), The Parasakthy Hindu (Saiva) Temple Trust UK (£1.1m) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul, Covent Garden (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 60%, charitable activities 22% and investments 17%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 3.4%. Reserves of £3.4m would cover about 24 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.