Oxford Poverty Action

Analysis

Oxford Poverty Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in July 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Oxford Poverty Action reported income of £42k and spending of £45k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £72k to £42k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Oxford Poverty Action sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Evangelical Christian Churches Ministries (£42k), Dorchester Foodbank (£42k) and Charity of Ambrose Allen (£42k).