Thame Charities

Analysis

Thame Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in May 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2026, Thame Charities reported income of £24k and spending of £18k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £16k to £24k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Thame Charities sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The J L Wine Charitable Trust (£24k), The Foxglove Trust (£24k) and Teign Jazz and Blues (£24k).