EMMAUS OXFORD

Registered charity 1066618 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The alleviation of poverty and hardship and distress

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small overall surplus of £86,325, driven by a £190,454 contribution from its social enterprise, which offset a £104,129 deficit in the community operations. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted and undesignated funds stand at £508,162, providing a buffer above the stated policy target of £300,000 for working capital and reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee earned more than £60,000 in the band £60,001 to £70,000 (2024: None)” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee earned more than £60,000 in the band £60,001 to £70,000” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Charitable activities - Store (52% of income)
“Charitable activities - Store 618,718” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Emmaus Oxford (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £1.2m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.2m
Cost of raising funds
£72k
Reserves (reported)
£1.4m
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~14.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% 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: 6.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.2m£1.2m
31/08/2024£1.3m£1.2m
31/08/2023£1.7m£1.0m
31/08/2022£1.2m£988k
31/08/2021£1.3m£851k

Common questions

Is EMMAUS OXFORD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a small overall surplus of £86,325, driven by a £190,454 contribution from its social enterprise, which offset a £104,129 deficit in the community operations. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted and undesignated funds stand at £508,162, providing a buffer above the stated policy target of £300,000 for working capital and reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of EMMAUS OXFORD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds EMMAUS OXFORD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EMMAUS OXFORD as a grant recipient include EMMAUS U.K., SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO, THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITY, THE CHARLOTTE HEBER-PERCY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
EMMAUS U.K.FY2024£82kCapacity Development Grants
EMMAUS U.K.FY2025£50kBuild Your Community Fund
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2022£15kSocial justice
EMMAUS U.K.FY2023£10kCapacity Development Grants
THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITYFY2021£7kRelief of poverty/hardship
THE CHARLOTTE HEBER-PERCY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2025£5kHomelessness
EMMAUS U.K.FY2022£4kCapacity Development Grants
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE STANTON BALLARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1kCharitable purposes in and around the City of Oxford
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kSingle payment
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1kSingle payment
MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2023£1k
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
CHK FoundationFY2023£0
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2021£0Grants

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England10/07/2024£8kHealthy Hearts for people who have experienced homelessness
The National Lottery Community Fund16/02/2023£343kResettlement Support Fund 2.0
The National Lottery Community Fund15/05/2020£10kSupporting homeless & vulnerable people through Covid-19
Sport England06/01/2020£4kGetting homeless people active

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OAKHYRST GRANGE SCHOOL CIO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EMMAUS OXFORD£1.2m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
OAKHYRST GRANGE SCHOOL CIO FY2025£1.8m—0unclear—no doubt
EMMAUS TURVEY FY2025£2.0m£60,001 - £70,000—unclear—no doubt
EMMAUS LEEDS FY2025£849k—0unclear—no doubt
EMMAUS BRISTOL FY2025£788k—0below—no doubt
Emmaus Transformation Trust FY2025£984k—0above—no doubt

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