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The Eldon Foundation

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1176361OxfordReligion
Income£11k2025-10-31
Spending£35ksame year
Spent / received91%5-year average
Size in its cause24th pctReligion
Registered2017CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Eldon Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in December 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 makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Eldon Foundation reported income of £11k and spending of £35k, spending 321% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £12k to £11k (-6.3%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 234%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Eldon Foundation sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Healing House Network (£11k), The Birmingham Shadhiliya Trust (£11k) and The Islamic Culture Centre (£11k).

Income and spending

£0£29k£58k£87k£116k2021 Income: £11,6502021 Spending: £13,08420212022 Income: £38,8722022 Spending: £35,90020222023 Income: £116,4592023 Spending: £46,61720232024 Income: £17,8202024 Spending: £47,14120242025 Income: £10,9122025 Spending: £35,0102025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Give grants and loans to registered charities in the UK working to promote Christian education specially in accordance with the teachings of St Josemaria Escriva, the founder of Opus Dei.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Healing House NetworkTrowbridge£11k
The Birmingham Shadhiliya TrustBirmingham£11k
The Islamic Culture CentrePeterborough£11k
Encourage MinistriesNorthwich£11k