Common questions about Oxford Institute for Energy Studies's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Oxford Institute for Energy Studies a good charity? +
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies scores 77 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 98% 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 Institute for Energy Studies a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Oxford Institute for Energy Studies as a registered charity (charity number 286084). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=286084&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 Institute for Energy Studies's charity number? +
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies's charity number is 286084. 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 Institute for Energy Studies's charity rating? +
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies scores 77 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). 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 Institute for Energy Studies have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. 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 Institute for Energy Studies? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 98% of Oxford Institute for Energy Studies'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 Institute for Energy Studies's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 2% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 3% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Oxford Institute for Energy Studies's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports 9 employees paid more than £60,000, including 3 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (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 Institute for Energy Studies receive? +
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies reported £3.3m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Oxford Institute for Energy Studies's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-06-18). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Oxford Institute for Energy Studies based? +
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies's registered contact address is in Oxford (OX2 6HJ). It tells the regulator it operates in Oxfordshire, with a focus on education.
How much is Oxford Institute for Energy Studies's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Oxford Institute for Energy Studies's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports 9 employees paid more than £60,000, including 3 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (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 Institute for Energy Studies's money come from? +
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies reported £3.3m total income for the year ending 31 December 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £2.3m (69%), donations and legacies £463k (14%), investments £375k (11%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Oxford Institute for Energy Studies? +
The register does not record Oxford Institute for Energy Studies as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are Oxford Institute for Energy Studies's trustees paid? +
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Oxford Institute for Energy Studies registered as a charity? +
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies was entered on the register on 13 January 1983. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01676971).
How does CharityCompare score Oxford Institute for Energy Studies? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Oxford Institute for Energy Studies'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 Institute for Energy Studies'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.