Oakley and Deane Women's Institute

Analysis

Oakley and Deane Women's Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Basingstoke. It was registered in April 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Oakley and Deane Women's Institute reported income of £10k and spending of £11k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £2,818 to £10k (+271%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Oakley and Deane Women's Institute sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dorset Chamber Orchestra (£10k), Grange & District U3a (£10k) and Grassington Singers (£10k).