THE OXFORDSHIRE BRANCH OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND

Registered charity 1093081 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OXFORDSHIRE CPRE, THE OXFORDSHIRE BRANCH OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE PROTECTION OF RURAL ENGLAND

to work for the improvement protection and preservation of the countryside of Oxfordshire

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Latest income

£371k

Latest spending

£398k

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds decreased to £385,231 from £389,061 in the prior year, resulting in a net loss in unrestricted funds of £3,830. The trustees have determined that the level of unrestricted reserves should be set at the equivalent of around six months annualised expenditure, which they estimate at £45,000. Per the trustees' report, current unrestricted reserves are significantly above this stated policy target.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months annualised expenditure (£45,000) (held: £385k)

“The Trustees have determined that the level of unrestricted reserves should be set at the equivalent of around six months annualised expenditure (£45,000).” — page 7

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04443278

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

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.

RONALD, Susan Robin Balerdi — director, appointed 17/12/2025on trustee list
POOLE, Anthony Llewellyn — director, appointed 07/06/2025on trustee list
HALLETT, Deborah Peterson — director, appointed 01/08/2024on trustee list
MARSH, David Leonard — director, appointed 30/09/2023on trustee list
MATHER, Susannah Elizabeth, Dr — director, appointed 25/06/2022on trustee list
FIELD, Olivia Mary — director, appointed 19/06/2021on trustee list
HALLETT, Deborah Peterson — secretary, appointed 07/06/2025

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Anthony Llewellyn Poole · trustee of 1 other charity
David Leonard Marsh · trustee of 1 other charity
Deborah Peterson Hallett · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Susannah Elizabeth Mather
Heneage Legge-Bourke
Olivia Mary Field
Susan Robin Balerdi Ronald

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£371k	£398k
31/12/2023	£174k	£188k
31/12/2022	£79k	£140k
31/12/2021	£181k	£135k
31/12/2020	£53k	£68k

Common questions

Is THE OXFORDSHIRE BRANCH OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds decreased to £385,231 from £389,061 in the prior year, resulting in a net loss in unrestricted funds of £3,830. The trustees have determined that the level of unrestricted reserves should be set at the equivalent of around six months annualised expenditure, which they estimate at £45,000. Per the trustees' report, current unrestricted reserves are significantly above this stated policy target. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION	1	£1.2m
King Charles III Charitable Fund	1	£680k
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£508k
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£265k
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION	1	£250k
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£85k
THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITY	1	£85k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£80k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND.

CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND income £4.3m
TIM WHITE'S COUNTRYWIDE FOUNDATION income £119k
THE KENT BRANCH OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND income £232k
THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND WILTSHIRE income £131k
OXFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £2.1m
OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST (2016) income £401k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE OXFORDSHIRE BRANCH OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND	£371k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND FY2025	£4.3m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
TIM WHITE'S COUNTRYWIDE FOUNDATION FY2025	£119k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE KENT BRANCH OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND FY2025	£232k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND WILTSHIRE FY2026	£131k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
OXFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.1m	£70,001 - £80,000	1	above	—	no doubt

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