Oxford Food Hub

Registered charity 1131738 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OXFORD FOOD BANK

Collection of food from major food suppliers and delivery to providers of meals for the homeless and poorer sections of the community.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICK-POOR LIVING IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORDSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREA EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, GOODS OR SERVICES.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE PUBLIC IN NUTRITIONAL, FOOD HYGIENE PRACTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND IN THE NEED OF POOR AND MARGINALIZED PEOPLE.THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF WASTE REDUCTION, USE OF RECYCLED PRODUCTS AND THE USE OF SURPLUS.

Area of benefit: OXFORDSHIRE

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

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Registered contact address: Vale of White Horse, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased to £474,798, with unrestricted reserves at £441,864. The trustees report that the charity met its reserves policy target of maintaining nine months' running costs. The charity relies on charitable donations and grants, with no central government funding.

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 6 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

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

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~13.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Richard Parkeschair
• Jonathan Owen Nicholas
• Matthew Lebus · trustee of 3 other charities
• Nicholas John Moore
• Richard Law
• Susie Brand
• Tabitha Serle

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OXFORD HUB.

• OXFORD HUB income £452k
• OXFORDSHIRE HOMELESS MOVEMENT income £371k
• Foodshare income £179k
• THE CITY OF OXFORD CHARITY LIMITED income £443k
• CHEYLESMORE FOOD HUB income £89k
• EXETER FOOD ACTION income £136k

Side by side with its peers

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