St Luke's Oxford

Analysis

St Luke's Oxford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in February 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01989868). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Luke's Oxford reported income of £4.9m and spending of £4.6m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.5m to £4.9m (+40%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, St Luke's Oxford sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chain of Hope (£4.9m), YMCA North Tyneside (£4.9m) and The Five Towns Plus Hospice Fund Limited (£4.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, trading 3.4% and donations and legacies 2.1%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £5.6m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 95 people.