Oxford Hospitals Charity

Analysis

Oxford Hospitals Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01105216). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Oxford Hospitals Charity reported income of £6.5m and spending of £5.6m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5.1m to £6.5m (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 152%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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 Hospitals 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 Tapping House (£6.5m), The Helen Hamlyn Trust (£6.5m) and Missio (£6.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 92%, investments 6.9% and charitable activities 1.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £3.2m. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 8.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.0m. Reserves of £4.7m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.