Oxford Centre for Education and Research in Palliative Care: Sobell House

Analysis

Oxford Centre for Education and Research in Palliative Care: Sobell House is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Churchill Hospital. It was registered in March 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10647198). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Oxford Centre for Education and Research in Palliative Care: Sobell House reported income of £474k and spending of £405k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £408k to £474k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Oxford Centre for Education and Research in Palliative Care: Sobell House sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Fatherhood Institute (£474k), The North Staffordshire Medical Institute Limited (£474k) and Books Beyond Words (£473k).