01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC039692
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 11
- Postcode
- OX4 1AW
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Objects are to relieve poverty and promote education in the United Kingdom and abroad, and in particular (without prejudice to that generality): by the provision of education, training and re-training of the skills required for employment and self-employment, and by the provision to poor persons of assistance in the establishment of small businesses, and the provision of temporary support for appropriate small businesses. 'Appropriate' in this context shall mean small businesses owned by and primarily employing poor persons where there is otherwise insufficient alternative employment to relieve their poverty and where any such business is in danger of failure without such temporary support, but in circumstances where with such support the small business concerned shall in the opinion of the Trustees have good prospects of recovery and viability.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £3,110,663 | £2,742,731 | 11 | 2 June 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £1,797,692 | £3,337,191 | 11 | 6 August 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £2,716,348 | £2,757,657 | 11 | 25 July 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £2,639,566 | £4,098,398 | 11 | 3 August 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £4,259,213 | £2,982,557 | 11 | 26 September 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Angel Court, 81 St. Clements Street, Oxford
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.opportunity.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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