Oxfordshire Science Festival

Analysis

Oxfordshire Science Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in March 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07189165). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Oxfordshire Science Festival reported income of £144k and spending of £146k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £248k to £144k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Oxfordshire Science Festival 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 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grove Park Theatre (£144k), The Broomhall Centre (£144k) and Lewes Little Theatre (£144k).