Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies

Analysis

Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in July 1973, 53 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 01109384). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies reported income of £816k and spending of £1.2m, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £610k to £816k (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bnos Margulis Wiznitz (£816k), Our Lady's First Steps Pre-School (£817k) and Waltham Forest Chamber of Commerce Training Trust Limited (£816k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 48%, donations and legacies 31% and charitable activities 18%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £869. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 8.9%. Reserves of £394k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 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.