BICESTER CHRISTIAN ACTION LIMITED

Registered charity 1132169 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCA

The charity's objects are in particular but not exclusively:a) the relief of financial hardship, poverty and distress,b) the advancement of education and training,c) to advance in life and relieve needs of young people

Objects

TO UNDERTAKE ANY PURPOSE THAT IS CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:A) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, POVERTY AND DISTRESSB) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAININGC) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE LOCAL.

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: Cherwell, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £6,873 for the year ended 30 April 2025, with total income of £210,210 against total expenditure of £203,337. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted liquid financial reserves stood at £257,873, which is in excess of the stated policy target of 12 months of expected financial operating costs. The trustees confirmed there is no material uncertainty affecting the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Belinda Clarke
• JAMES DUNNE MA, MSC
• Nicholas St John
• Peter Stoddart
• susan valerie rand

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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• THE ARC income £1.4m
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• BILSTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £84k
• CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST income £59k

Side by side with its peers

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