Headington Action

Analysis

Headington Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in December 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, economic/community development/employment 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Headington Action reported income of £27k and spending of £28k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £27k to £27k (+1.2%), an average of +0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 243%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Headington Action sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wealden Cave & Mine Society (£27k), Smarden Sports and Leisure Association (£27k) and King Arthurs Way Community Association (£27k).

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.