The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies

Analysis

The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies reported income of £1.1m and spending of £864k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £780k to £1.1m (+46%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 161%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Howard League for Penal Reform (Incorporating the Howard Centre for Penology) (£1.1m), Safety Wellbeing and Challenging Abuse (£1.1m) and Boomerang Kids (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 85% and trading 14%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 17 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.