Active Oxfordshire

Analysis

Active Oxfordshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in July 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Active Oxfordshire reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.0m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £923k to £2.1m (+132%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Active Oxfordshire 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include S P Lohia Foundation (£2.1m), Age Concern Cheshire (£2.1m) and The Ross Foundation (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, donations and legacies 1.2% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £102k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.