Oxford Conservation Volunteers

Analysis

Oxford Conservation Volunteers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in November 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Oxford Conservation Volunteers reported income of £12k and spending of £36k, spending 294% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £12k to £12k (+3.6%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 250%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Oxford Conservation Volunteers sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Deben Estuary Partnership Limited (£12k), Onenature - Commonwealth (£12k) and The East Chiltington Trust (£12k).