Balliol Society

Analysis

Balliol Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Balliol Society reported income of £49k and spending of £51k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £9,971 to £49k (+390%), an average of +49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Balliol Society sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Best British Centre (£49k), Kielder Limited (£49k) and Carlisle Diocese Mothers Union (£49k).