ROSE HILL AND DONNINGTON ADVICE CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1123488 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of poverty of persons resident in Rose Hill and Donnington and the surrounding areas who are in conditions of need, hardship and distress, and in particular by the provision of information and advice. To offer information, advice and assistance on all matters relating to welfare benefits, and city and county and national services at both statutory and voluntary level.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN ROSE HILL AND DONNINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO WELFARE BENEFITS.

Area of benefit: ROSE HILL AND DONNINGTON

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Oxford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£144k
Latest spending
£153k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £226,756 against a policy of retaining sufficient reserves to finance planned programmes for a minimum of 18 months ahead. The charity is substantially funded by grants from Oxford City Council and notes that the principal risk is the availability of operational grants.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient unrestricted reserves to finance its planned programme and meet its future financial obligations... for a minimum of 18 months ahead (reserves figure: £227k)
“The Charity has a policy of retaining sufficient unrestricted reserves to finance its planned programme and meet its future financial obligations. For this purpose, the Trustees monitor financial performance and forecast future commitments and reserves for a minimum of 18 months ahead.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £105,955 — grants £105,955 (2); 73% of the £144,389 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Government income: £115,956 — contracts £115,956 (2); 81% of the £143,438 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £102,955 — contracts £82,955 (1), grants £20,000 (1); 31% of the £333,730 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 19/03/2024, 48 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£144k£153k
31/03/2025£143k£164k
31/03/2024£334k£131k
31/03/2023£215k£210k
31/03/2022£141k£133k

Common questions

Is ROSE HILL AND DONNINGTON ADVICE CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £226,756 against a policy of retaining sufficient reserves to finance planned programmes for a minimum of 18 months ahead. The charity is substantially funded by grants from Oxford City Council and notes that the principal risk is the availability of operational grants. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ROSE HILL AND DONNINGTON ADVICE CENTRE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ROSE HILL AND DONNINGTON ADVICE CENTRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024amount not stated

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Oxford City Council01/04/2019£86kGrant to Rose Hill and Donnington Advice Centre
Oxford City Council09/02/2017£90kGrant to Rose Hill & Donnington Advice Centre

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 CITIZENS ADVICE REIGATE AND BANSTEAD LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ROSE HILL AND DONNINGTON ADVICE CENTRE LIMITED£144k—0above—no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE REIGATE AND BANSTEAD LIMITED FY2025£487k—0above—no doubt
THE CITY OF OXFORD CHARITY LIMITED FY2025£443k—0unclear—no doubt
WOKINGHAM AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£560k—0above—no doubt
EAST BRISTOL ADVICE & INFORMATION CENTRES FY2025£52k—0unclear—no doubt
RIVERSIDE ADVICE LTD FY2025£539k—0below—no doubt

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