OXFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY CHURCHES

Registered charity 1056921 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OCC, STEPPING STONES, THE KING'S SCHOOL

To advance the Christian religion and education and to relieve poverty, hardship and distress across Oxfordshire and in many other parts of the world. This is primarily done through the activity of 11 established churches and through schools, pre-schools and outreach workers as well as supporting overseas workers.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £538,241 for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven by increased income from churches and the school. However, the trustees note that free reserves of £88,231 are significantly below the stated policy target of £500,000, a gap widened by a deficit in the trading subsidiary. Despite these reserves being low, the trustees and auditors confirm the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Oxfordshire Community Churches (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (54% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter Nigel Charles Allenchair
• Dr Jansen Philip Jacob
• Dr Neil William Townsend · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN GREEN
• STEPHEN BURCHELL MARTIN YOUNG · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sandra June COLEMAN · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Belgium · Buckinghamshire · Canada · Denmark · France · Gloucestershire · Gwynedd · Hertfordshire · India · Ireland · Japan · Kenya

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 OXFORD BIBLE CHURCH TRUST LIMITED.

• OXFORD BIBLE CHURCH TRUST LIMITED income £331k
• THE OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE income £28.0m
• THE OXFORD CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £186k
• OXFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £2.1m
• TRINITY CHURCH OXFORD income £204k
• OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST (2016) income £401k

Side by side with its peers

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