OXFORD CITY FARM

Registered charity 1144439 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

the provision of educational and social opportunities related to food farming and caring for the wider environment. The charity seeks to create and maintain a life-long learning environment where both able and differently abled individuals, based either locally or further afield, can advance their knowledge, skills and psychological well-being through farm and farm-associated activities.

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Latest income
£307k
Latest spending
£249k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £179,550 against a policy target of 3-6 months of running costs, indicating the charity holds reserves above its stated minimum policy. Per the trustees' report, the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3-6 months running costs (held: £180k)
“A policy of having reserves equivalent to 3-6 months running costs has been set.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£307k£249k
30/04/2024£250k£238k
30/04/2023£200k£204k
30/04/2022£150k£121k
30/04/2021£145k£79k

Common questions

Is OXFORD CITY FARM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £179,550 against a policy target of 3-6 months of running costs, indicating the charity holds reserves above its stated minimum policy. Per the trustees' report, the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OXFORD CITY FARM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OXFORD CITY FARM as a grant recipient include THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST, DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST, OXFORD ROUND TABLE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£20k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kSingle payment
OXFORD ROUND TABLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/04/2026£20kWellbeing for all
Crowdfunder20/04/2022£5kLocal Action Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2022£309kField to Fork: growing and cooking fresh food at Oxford City Farm
The National Lottery Community Fund03/04/2020£10kGrowing Community
The National Lottery Community Fund19/12/2016£3kOxfords City Farm's Food Festival