Oakley Relief in Need Charity

Analysis

Oakley Relief in Need Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in February 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Oakley Relief in Need Charity reported income of £17k and spending of £16k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £17k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Oakley Relief in Need Charity sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The London Irish Rifles Regimental Association Benevolent Fund (£17k), Valleys of Hope Limited (£17k) and Bethel Foundation Ministries (£17k).