Common questions about Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated a good charity? +
Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated scores 90 out of 100 (5 stars — Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 96% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated as a registered charity (charity number 285214). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=285214&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated's charity number? +
Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated's charity number is 285214. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated's charity rating? +
Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated scores 90 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars — Exceptional). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 96% of Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 4% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 7% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated. Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 4 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated receive? +
Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated reported £5.4m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-29). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated based? +
Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated's registered contact address is in Reading (RG1 4QS). It tells the regulator it operates in England, with a focus on poverty relief.
How much is Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 4 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated's money come from? +
Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated reported £5.4m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £5.1m (95%), donations and legacies £177k (3%), trading and fundraising events £36k (1%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated? +
The register records Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated's trustees paid? +
Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated registered as a charity? +
Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated was entered on the register on 2 September 1982. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01636098).
How does CharityCompare score Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.