The Oxford Preservation Trust

Analysis

The Oxford Preservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in February 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00225839). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Oxford Preservation Trust reported income of £797k and spending of £990k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £832k to £797k (-4.2%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 149%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Oxford Preservation Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of St Nicholas Fields (£789k), Environmental Funders Network (£798k) and Howick Trustees Limited (£789k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 42%, charitable activities 40% and investments 18%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.1%. Reserves of £7.7m would cover about 93 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.