Citizens Advice Oxfordshire

Analysis

Citizens Advice Oxfordshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in June 2002, 24 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 04361560). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice Oxfordshire reported income of £807k and spending of £819k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £556k to £807k (+45%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Citizens Advice Oxfordshire sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leicestershire Voluntary Sector Resource Agency (£806k), The JGW Patterson Foundation (£807k) and The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust Charitable Funds (£805k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and donations and legacies 5.7%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £162k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.