Museum of Oxford Development Trust

Analysis

Museum of Oxford Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in July 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Museum of Oxford Development Trust reported income of £69k and spending of £47k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £39k to £69k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 238%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Museum of Oxford Development Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Siblingstogether (£69k), West Glamorgan Youth Theatre Company CIO (£69k) and York Musical Society (£69k).