Adoption UK Charity

Analysis

Adoption UK Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Banbury. It was registered in February 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09454981). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Adoption UK Charity reported income of £4.2m and spending of £4.6m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.1m to £4.2m (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Adoption UK Charity sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Southover Partnership (£4.1m), Red Balloon Educational Trust (£4.2m) and The Japanese School Limited (£4.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, donations and legacies 3.0% and trading 2.2%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.4%. Reserves of £389k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 147 people.