Oakwood Youth Challenge

Analysis

Oakwood Youth Challenge is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in February 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04626174). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Oakwood Youth Challenge reported income of £2.0m and spending of £1.9m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £2.0m (+88%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Oakwood Youth Challenge sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include First Steps (Bath) (£2.0m), Islington Law Centre (£2.0m) and Pakaid (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and donations and legacies 1.4%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.1%. Reserves of £322k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 people.