HOMELESS PEOPLE AND THE OXFORD CHURCHES(GATEHOUSE)

Registered charity 1002741 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOMELESS PEOPLE AND THE OXFORD CHURCHES

To relieve poverty and hardship among homeless and needy people in or near the City of Oxford and, in particular, by the provision of a drop-in centre

Objects

To relieve poverty and financial hardship among homeless individuals and other members of the community in need through the provision of a community hub and additional support services.

Area of benefit: CITY OF OXFORD AND SUROUNDING AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £437,927, which the trustees state meets their policy target of holding between nine to twelve months of operating costs. The accounts were examined by an independent examiner who reported no material matters requiring attention. The charity has no long-term liabilities and maintains a significant permanent endowment fund to support future sustainability.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Gatehouse (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~11.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Mary Salisbury
• Deirdre Garson
• Dr Jane Jana
• Elizabeth Wade
• John Alexander Davis · trustee of 1 other charity
• Neo Tapela · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Brendan Gormley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Riki Therivel · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rupert Francis Sheppard · trustee of 2 other charities
• Timothy Nicholas Grier · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OXFORDSHIRE HOMELESS MOVEMENT.

• OXFORDSHIRE HOMELESS MOVEMENT income £371k
• HOMELESS OXFORDSHIRE LIMITED income £6.3m
• Church Homeless Charity income £421k
• CHARLES THOMPSON'S MISSION income £217k
• THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD OVERCOMERS HOUSE CHIPPENHAM income £112k
• RCCG KINGDOM OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING HACKNEY income £146k

Side by side with its peers

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