BLACKBIRD LEYS NEIGHBOURHOOD SUPPORT SCHEME LTD

Registered charity 1050456 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGNES SMITH ADVICE CENTRE

Provision of social welfare advice and advocacy services, including welfare benefits, housing and debt advice

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £33,588 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total gross income of £370,617. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £130,281 represent approximately five months of budgeted expenditure, which aligns with their policy target of covering four to six months of operating costs.

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Oxfordshire County Council — “Oxfordshire County Council” (source page)
• Blackbird Leys Parish Council — “Blackbird Leys Parish Council” (source page)
• Henry Smith Foundation — “Henry Smith Foundation” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Garfield Weston Foundation” (source page)
• Thames Water Trust Fund — “Thames Water Trust Fund” (source page)
• Westmill Solar Co-operative Limited — “Westmill Solar Co-operative Limited” (source page)
• Iyengar Yoga with Toby Golds — “Iyengar Yoga with Toby Golds” (source page)
• Catalyst Housing Ltd — “Catalyst Housing Ltd” (source page)
• Doris Field Charitable Trust — “Doris Field Charitable Trust” (source page)
• London Legal Support Trust (Oxford Legal Walk) — “London Legal Support Trust (Oxford Legal Walk)” (source page)
• Marsh Charitable Trust — “Marsh Charitable Trust” (source page)

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• WENDY SPRAYchair
• Andrew Carver
• Beverley Elizabeth Humberstone · trustee of 1 other charity
• CATHERINE DOROTHY FOOT · trustee of 1 other charity
• CORA SPENCER
• Elizabeth Mary Cairncross
• Gillian Elizabeth Dodds
• Imade Uzoma edosomwan
• Jasper Nathanial Barnabas Smith
• Jesse Erlam
• Paul John DORNAN
• Peter Edward Nowland
• SIMON JULIAN PITKIN · 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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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WANDSWORTH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX LIMITED.

• WANDSWORTH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX LIMITED income £2.2m
• RUTLAND HOUSE COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED income £1.5m
• RUSHMOOR CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX income £1.3m
• Caring for Communities and People income £13.0m
• BIERLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LTD income £210k
• LEWISHAM CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE LIMITED income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.