The South Oxford Adventure Playground CIO

Analysis

The South Oxford Adventure Playground CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in June 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The South Oxford Adventure Playground CIO reported income of £48k and spending of £49k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £48k to £48k (+0.6%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The South Oxford Adventure Playground CIO sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Thames Rowing Club Charitable Trust (£48k), Abingdon Bowling Club (£48k) and Brandon Remembrance Playing Field (£48k).