Operation Christmas Box

Analysis

Operation Christmas Box is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in November 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05523632). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Operation Christmas Box reported income of £119k and spending of £135k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £71k to £119k (+66%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Operation Christmas Box sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dawes Trust (£119k), Topsham Market House Trust (£120k) and Central Fund HMS Raleigh (£118k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.