Global Change Data Lab

Analysis

Global Change Data Lab is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in November 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11725483). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Global Change Data Lab reported income of £4.6m and spending of £3.2m, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.4m to £4.6m (+88%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Global Change Data Lab 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 City St George's Students' Union (£4.5m), Queen Mary's School (Baldersby) Ltd (£4.6m) and Parkside School Trust (£4.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97% and investments 2.7%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £5.2m would cover about 20 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.