OCCA House

Registered charity 1067314 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OCCA The Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics, RZIM EUROPE, RZIM ZACHARIAS TRUST, THE ZACHARIAS TRUST

Education, training and religious activities

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased by £668k to £3,402,510, a move the Board attributes to a deliberate strategy of using funds to cover budget deficits while launching new projects. Per the trustees' report, total reserves represent more than four months' expenditure, exceeding the stated policy target of three months, and the charity holds significant cash balances following the sale of office properties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Thomas and Young Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03449676

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HEWINS, Ralph Rex — director, appointed 09/02/2026on trustee list
• STEER, Simon Morrison, Rev Dr. — director, appointed 20/01/2025not on trustee list
• SPENCE, Margaret Ruth — director, appointed 22/07/2024on trustee list
• HOUGHTON, Nicholas John — director, appointed 06/11/2023on trustee list
• MCINTYRE, Robert John — director, appointed 07/08/2023on trustee list
• STREET, Roderick Brian — director, appointed 13/07/2023on trustee list
• BRINDLEY, Christine — director, appointed 25/04/2022on trustee list
• SACHAK, Akeel Husein Kurban — director, appointed 15/06/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~23.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (60% 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: 5.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Roderick Brian Streetchair
• Akeel Husein Kurban Sachak · trustee of 4 other charities
• Christine Diane Brindley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Margaret Ruth Spence
• NICHOLAS JOHN HOUGHTON · trustee of 4 other charities
• Ralph Rex Hewins · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert John McIntyre
• Simom Steer

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• NICK HOUGHTON — trustee here and at THE CORNERSTONE WORKS LTD

Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FAIZAN-E-MADINA MOSQUE COMMITTEE (TRUST).

• FAIZAN-E-MADINA MOSQUE COMMITTEE (TRUST) income £536k
• The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Lancing with Coombes income £136k
• FOREST HILL COMMUNITY CHURCH income £275k
• YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
• AL RISALAH EDUCATION TRUST income £1.5m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WALCOT, BATH income £260k

Side by side with its peers

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