OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION

Registered charity 1133586 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity is responsible for promoting and assisting education in the Diocese consistent with the faith and practice of the Church of England;religious education and worship in schools; and the open admissions policy of the Diocese of Oxford. It also exists to advise governors and promote co-operation between those concerned with education in the Diocese.

Objects

1 TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION IN THE DIOCESE, BEING EDUCATION WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FAITH AND PRACTICE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND2 TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS WORSHIP IN SCHOOLS IN THE DIOCESE3 TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION OF CHURCH SCHOOLS IN THE DIOCESE AND TO ADVISE THE GOVERNORS OF SUCH SCHOOLS AND TRUSTEES OF CHURCH EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENTS AND ANY OTHER BODY OR PERSON CONCERNED ON ANY MATTER AFFECTING CHURCH SCHOOLS IN THE DIOCESE4 TO PROMOTE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE BOARD AND BODIES OR PERSONS CONCERNED IN ANY RESPECT WITH EDUCATION IN THE DIOCESEE

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.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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's free reserves totalled £1,028K, providing 7 months of reserves cover which exceeds the stated policy target of 3 to 6 months. Per the trustees' report, the Charity incurred a net operating deficit of £42K for the year, largely offset by transfers from endowment funds, resulting in a stable overall financial position with sufficient resources to meet liabilities as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 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
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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)

131 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (128 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (76% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/12/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Chris Tomes
• Dr Felix Charles Penrice Leach · trustee of 2 other charities
• Hannah Joyce Brown
• KATHY WINROW
• Lorna Mary Piper
• Matthew Geoffrey Abbott
• Michael George Mill · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michelle Marie Hastings · trustee of 1 other charity
• PETER FLORY · trustee of 4 other charities
• PETER ROSS NORMAN
• Rebecca Jane Morris
• Rev JASON PAUL ST JOHN NICOLLE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev TIMOTHY JAMES LINCOLN HARPER
• Revd Canon Mark David Bennet · trustee of 8 other charities
• Rt Revd David Thomas Bull · trustee of 3 other charities
• Sharron Tulle Marland
• TREFOR WILMOT LLEWELLYN
• The Right Revd Gavin Andrew Collins · trustee of 2 other charities
• Vivienne Angela Lister

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Buckinghamshire · Milton Keynes · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Rt Revd David Thomas Bull — trustee here and at THE OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE
• The Right Revd Gavin Andrew Collins — trustee here and at THE OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE

Known funders

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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 THE OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE.

• THE OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE income £24.9m
• MANCHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £865k
• LEICESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £452k
• DERBY DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £345k
• NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN EDUCATION BOARD income £79k
• COVENTRY DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £491k

Side by side with its peers

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