Oil and Colour Chemists' Association

Analysis

Oil and Colour Chemists' Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in July 1969, 57 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 00745621). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Oil and Colour Chemists' Association reported income of £85k and spending of £159k, spending 188% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £53k to £85k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 243%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Oil and Colour Chemists' Association sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Busy Beavers Playgroup (£85k), The Linacre Institute (£85k) and Waverton Pre-School (£85k).