The St Mary Magdalen Oxford Restoration and Development Trust

Analysis

The St Mary Magdalen Oxford Restoration and Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The St Mary Magdalen Oxford Restoration and Development Trust reported income of £52k and spending of £30k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,832 to £52k (+484%), an average of +55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 366%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The St Mary Magdalen Oxford Restoration and Development Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural Society (£52k), Be More Outdoors (£52k) and The Blackdown Hills Trust (£51k).