Citizens Advice Oxfordshire

Registered charity 1092539 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WEST OXFORDSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE, WEST OXFORDSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

We are Citizens Advice Oxfordshire. We aim to provide the advice people need for the problems they face and to improve the policies and practices that affect people's lives.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN OXFORDSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: THE COMMUNITY IN WEST OXFORDSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · 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 net expenditure of £11,939 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £300,982 to £289,043. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Additionally, the charity completed a merger with two other Citizens Advice entities on 1 April 2025 to form a new entity.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

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

• Arnold Clark Community Grant — “Arnold Clark Community Grant” (source page)
• Doris Field Charitable Trust — “Doris Field Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Dorothy Holmes Trust — “Dorothy Holmes Trust” (source page)
• Faringdon United Charities — “Faringdon United Charities” (source page)
• London Legal Support Trust — “London Legal Support Trust” (source page)
• Newbury Building Society — “Newbury Building Society” (source page)
• Oxford Friends Action on Poverty — “Oxford Friends Action on Poverty” (source page)
• Oxfordshire Community & Voluntary Action — “Oxfordshire Community & Voluntary Action” (source page)
• Oxfordshire Freemasons — “Oxfordshire Freemasons” (source page)
• Pye Settlement Trust — “Pye Settlement Trust” (source page)
• Stanton Ballard Trust — “Stanton Ballard Trust” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (03/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Philip Grimshaw Bakerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catherine Sarah Davidson
• Christopher Roy Blackburn · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID JOHN BETTS
• David Whalley
• Denise Helen Haylor
• Gary James Nicholls
• Iain Douglas Hamilton Lappin-Smith
• Mark Gregory Beer · trustee of 2 other charities
• Monica Cassandra Duarte Wilson
• Prof Stephen John Harrison

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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