Oxfordshire Community Foundation

Analysis

Oxfordshire Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in April 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Oxfordshire Community Foundation reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.9m, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £3.6m to £2.1m (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Oxfordshire Community Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The North West Police Benevolent Fund (£2.1m), Chorley Youth Zone (£2.1m) and Your Voice Counts (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 85% and investments 15%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 4.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.5m. Reserves of £490k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.

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.