OXFORD CENTRE FOR TRAINING RESEARCH ADVOCACY AND DIALOGUE

Registered charity 1143311 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OXTRAD

Promoting religion through training, research, advocacy and dialogue bya) promoting and conducting research and disseminating the useful results thereof.b) the promotion of religious harmony for the benefit of the public by educating the public in different religious beliefs and promoting knowledge and mutual understanding and respect of the beliefs and practices of different religious faiths.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Get email alerts

Latest income
£41k
Latest spending
£97k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £127,458, which is above the charity's policy target of three months' unrestricted expenditure. The trustees consider the current level of funding adequate to support the continuation of work programs, although they note that further support is necessary for future projects.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Received From £ Sophos 1,000 R Hodgson 1,000 Stewardship Foundation 2,000 Stiftung 1,502”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months unrestricted expenditure (held: £127k)
“It is the policy of the charity to build up sufficient unrestricted funds, which, are the free reserves of the Charity, to a level which equates to approximately three months unrestricted expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donated office space and administrative support
“The Trustees of The Oxford Centre for Training, Research, Advocacy and Dialogue Ltd are indebted to Stanhill Foundation for providing office space and administrative support during the year, free of charge. The value placed on these services by the Trustees is £15,000 p.a.” — page 13
“One of the Trustees, Monsignor M J Nazir-Ali, receives a salary from the charity for his post as Executive Director; the payment of such functional salary has been approved by the Charity Cornmissioners.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee salary
“The Trustees of The Oxford Centre for Training, Research, Advocacy and Dialogue Ltd are indebted to Stanhill Foundation for providing office space and administrative support during the year, free of charge. The value placed on these services by the Trustees is £15,000 p.a.” — page 13
“One of the Trustees, Monsignor M J Nazir-Ali, receives a salary from the charity for his post as Executive Director; the payment of such functional salary has been approved by the Charity Cornmissioners.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Australia · City Of London · Germany · Kenya · Nigeria · Oxfordshire · Pakistan · Syria · Uganda · United Arab Emirates · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£41k£97k
31/05/2024£88k£115k
31/05/2023£93k£96k
31/05/2022£117k£56k
31/05/2021£220k£108k

Common questions

Is OXFORD CENTRE FOR TRAINING RESEARCH ADVOCACY AND DIALOGUE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £127,458, which is above the charity's policy target of three months' unrestricted expenditure. The trustees consider the current level of funding adequate to support the continuation of work programs, although they note that further support is necessary for future projects. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OXFORD CENTRE FOR TRAINING RESEARCH ADVOCACY AND DIALOGUE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OXFORD CENTRE FOR TRAINING RESEARCH ADVOCACY AND DIALOGUE as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, SEVENOAKS, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREEN STREET GREEN AND PRATTS BOTTOM (ST. MARY'S WITH ALL SOULS).

Known funders

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