Oxford Sports Council

Analysis

Oxford Sports Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in May 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Oxford Sports Council reported income of £30k and spending of £2,755, leaving 91% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,000 to £30k (+280%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 219%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Oxford Sports Council sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Monmouth Comprehensive School Boat Club (£30k), Builth Wells Outdoor Bowling Club (£30k) and Clophill Village Hall (£30k).