China Oxford Scholarship Fund

Analysis

China Oxford Scholarship Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leamington Spa. It was registered in December 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05232003). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending September 2025, China Oxford Scholarship Fund reported income of £11k and spending of £81k, spending 729% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £23k to £11k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income dropped by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 299% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, China Oxford Scholarship Fund sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Wansdyke School (£11k), St Dominic Savio Parent Teacher Association (£11k) and 2nd Farnborough Scout Group (£11k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.