Oxfam GB
At a glance
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Key takeaways
- Oxfam GB does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to get a hearing; its funding is by invitation only.
- The Women's Rights Fund is open to small community organisations, so larger bodies should not expect to fit it, and its partners are invited as existing partner funding cycles end.
- The stated figure for that programme is £60,000 for each partner, split over three years, so picture a multi-year partnership rather than a one-off grant.
- Oxfam describes its relationships as collaborative and co-created, with partnerships assessed as a whole, so expect a dialogue with the charity rather than a standard form.
Overview
Oxfam GB is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 202918).
Oxfam GB is a charity registered in England and Wales (charity number 202918) that believes it can overcome poverty by fighting the injustices and inequalities that fuel it. It pursues this through humanitarian relief, development work, and advocacy and campaigning. It paid out £67,300,000 in its most recent annual report. Its Women's Rights Fund provides 3-year, flexible funding to community organisations so they can invest in their own priorities, and currently partners with 24 grassroots women's rights organisations in Kenya and the occupied Palestinian territory.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Oxfam works to overcome poverty by fighting the injustices and inequalities that fuel it. It works with and through partner organisations to pursue shared goals, basing relationships on complementarity and respect for each party’s contribution. Its approach is partner-led and collaborative, working with local partners and communities and seeking to shift power, resources and funds to partners in the Global South. Its charitable work combines humanitarian relief, development work, and advocacy and campaigning, and includes challenging inequality, confronting climate breakdown, advancing sustainable development and promoting human rights. Through the Women's Rights Fund, it supports grassroots women's rights organisations to strengthen their organisations and improve their impact, offering flexible funding for their own priorities.
Themes
- Poverty and inequality
- Humanitarian action
- Sustainable development
- Human rights
- Women's rights
- Climate action
Geographic Focus
Anywhere In The World.
How to apply
Women's Rights Fund partners are invited to join as existing partner funding cycles end.
Who can apply:
- Women's Rights Fund: Small community organisations.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Oxfam values collaborative relationships built on genuine dialogue and engagement.
- Partners are expected to co-create the partnership assessment process, methodologies and content.
- Partnerships are assessed and reviewed as a whole, rather than as individual partners.
- Requirements are adapted to context, partner and relationship type, and funding risk or flexibility.
- Decision-making and approval processes are shifted to those involved in the partnership.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- International
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £344,300,000 | £368,800,000 | £83,302,000 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £373,000,000 | £329,100,000 | £59,400,000 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £400,600,000 | £360,400,000 | £79,187,000 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £368,000,000 | £396,400,000 | £77,800,000 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £339,366,903 | £362,636,196 | £67,300,000 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2021; year to 31 March 2022; year to 31 March 2023; year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants paid out in the year.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- oxfam.org.uk/about-us · read on 23 October 2026
- oxfam.org.uk/get-involved/partner-with-oxfam · read on 23 October 2026
- oxfam.org.uk/oxfam-in-action/women-equality/womens-rights-fund · read on 23 October 2026
- oxfam.org.uk/oxfam-in-action/women-equality/womens-rights-fund/how-the-womens-rights-fund-works · read on 23 October 2026
- oxfam.org.uk · read on 23 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 23 October 2026.
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Contact
- Oxfam, 2600 John Smith Drive, Oxford Business Park South, Oxford, OX4 2JY.source
- oxfam.org.uk
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Contact
- Oxfam, 2600 John Smith Drive, Oxford Business Park South, Oxford, OX4 2JY.source
- oxfam.org.uk