The Oxford Group

Analysis

The Oxford Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00355987). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Oxford Group reported income of £383k and spending of £2.0m, spending 528% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £798k to £383k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 421% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Oxford Group sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bahr (£383k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mildred's, Addiscombe (£383k) and Saint Panteleimon Greek Orthodox Community of Harrow and Districts (£383k).

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.