Response Organisation

Analysis

Response Organisation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in December 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04781936). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Response Organisation reported income of £17.6m and spending of £17.1m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £17.5m to £17.6m (+0.8%), an average of +0.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Response Organisation sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Lives Consortium (£16.6m), The Marlowe Trust (£17.7m) and St Christopher's Fellowship (£16.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and donations and legacies 1.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £210k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £624k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 224 people.