Oxford Centre for Training Research Advocacy and Dialogue

Analysis

Oxford Centre for Training Research Advocacy and Dialogue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06717794). It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Oxford Centre for Training Research Advocacy and Dialogue reported income of £41k and spending of £97k, spending 240% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £220k to £41k (-82%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2025, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Oxford Centre for Training Research Advocacy and Dialogue sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shrewsbury Homes for All (£41k), One Vision Partnership Limited (£41k) and The Harry and Katie Pollard Trust (£41k).

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.