Oxfordshire Youth

Analysis

Oxfordshire Youth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in April 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Oxfordshire Youth reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.3m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £2.4m (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Youth sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northumbria Health Care National Health Service Trust Charity (£2.4m), Newcis (£2.4m) and Age UK Surrey (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 68% and donations and legacies 21%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £150k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 54 people.