CheckMyDonation

Manchester College Oxford Chapel Society

RegisteredRegistered charity number 298701OxfordReligion
Income£26k2025-09-30
Spending£14ksame year
Spent / received54%5-year average
Size in its cause37th pctReligion
Registered1988Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Manchester College Oxford Chapel Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in February 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Manchester College Oxford Chapel Society reported income of £26k and spending of £14k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £13k to £26k (+91%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Manchester College Oxford Chapel Society sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Devizes Municipal Charities (£26k), Divine Encounter Ministry (£26k) and The Sephardi Centre Limited (£26k).

Income and spending

£0£6,718£13k£20k£27k2021 Income: £13,4502021 Spending: £9,21620212022 Income: £18,6012022 Spending: £9,69220222023 Income: £19,3602023 Spending: £10,70720232024 Income: £26,8702024 Spending: £11,67320242025 Income: £25,6682025 Spending: £14,3122025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

A Unitarian congregation meeting in-person in Harris Manchester College, Oxford chapel and online for weekly worship. We also run social/cultural activities, small groups for spiritual reflection, interfaith projects, a social justice group with community outreach and offer members pastoral support.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Devizes Municipal CharitiesWiltshire£26k
Divine Encounter MinistryBelvedere£26k
The Sephardi Centre LimitedLondon£26k
Shenley Brook End Village HallBuckinghamshire£26k