St Mary's College Oscott CIO

Analysis

St Mary's College Oscott CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sutton Coldfield. It was registered in May 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, St Mary's College Oscott CIO reported income of £2.3m and spending of £3.3m, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £2.6m to £2.3m (-9.6%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, St Mary's College Oscott CIO sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Floris Books Trust Limited (£2.3m), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Ebbe with Holy Trinity and St Peter Le Bailey, Oxford (£2.3m) and Woodlands Group of Churches (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 71%, investments 25% and donations and legacies 4.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £96k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.2%. Reserves of £47.9m would cover about 174 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 people.

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.