St Clare's, Oxford

Analysis

St Clare's, Oxford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in March 1987, 39 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 01986868). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, St Clare's, Oxford reported income of £17.9m and spending of £17.9m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £11.5m to £17.9m (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, St Clare's, Oxford sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association for Project Management (£17.8m), Queen Alexandra College (£17.9m) and Lucy Cavendish College in the University of Cambridge (£17.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.0%. Reserves of £35.5m would cover about 24 months of spending at that rate. It employed 216 people.

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.