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Oxfam

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £339m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Where
Afghanistan, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan and more
Website
www.oxfam.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Oxfam
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£339m£363m
  • 2024£368m£396m
  • 2023£401m£360m
Earlier years
  • 2022£373m£329m
  • 2021£344m£369m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH OXFAM IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE: 3.1.1 TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE POVERTY AND TO PROTECT THE VULNERABLE, INCLUDING THROUGH HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION3.1.2 TO ADVANCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT3.1.3 TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, IN PARTICULAR WHERE TO DO SO CONTRIBUTES TO THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY IN ALL CASES WORKING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 3.2 IN THESE OBJECTS:3.2.1 "TO PROTECT THE VULNERABLE" MEANS TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE LIFE, LIVELIHOOD, SECURITY OR HEALTH ARE AT RISK.3.2.2 "SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS AND WILL BE PROMOTED BY A. THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES, IN PARTICULAR WHERE TO DO SO CONTRIBUTES TO THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY; B. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES; C. THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION, IN PARTICULAR WHERE TO DO SO CONTRIBUTES TO THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY.3.2.3 "HUMAN RIGHTS" MEANS HUMAN RIGHTS AS DEFINED IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS, AND WILL BE PROMOTED IN PARTICULAR BY: A. EDUCATION ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS; B. INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS; C. PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS; AND D. CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW.3.2.4 EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY WILL BE PROMOTED BY: A. THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION; B. ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY; C. PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS; D. CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC; E. CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.

Grants received

39 grants · £16,811,566 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Postcode International Trust · £11,100,000 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £5,079,445 (10 grants)
  • SHAREGIFT · £384,000 (19 grants)
  • Brian Mercer Trust · £175,000 (3 grants)
  • Comic Relief · £41,010

Most recent

Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4.8y median 5.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 10Overseas Aid/famine Relief 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 14Education 6Professional services 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£339.4m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.6 in 2021

4084 from 5033 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
202918
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/10/1958AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/05/1965AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/07/1986AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/10/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/07/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/10/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/01/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/02/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/01/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/11/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/04/2009NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 04/12/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/10/2015 as amended on 12 Mar 2020 as amended on 28 Nov 2024 as amended on 19 Mar 2026
Companies House
Company number 00612172 · Active
Contact on the register
08703332444 · heretohelp@oxfam.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
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