THE OTHONA COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1154204 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OTHONA COMMUNITY

Othona is an open and inclusive community rooted in the Christian tradition, drawing on other inspirations. We welcome people of all ages, abilities, backgrounds and beliefs, to Centres on the coasts of Essex and Dorset, sharing work, worship, study and play. We seek glimpses of the sacred, exploring relationships between faith and life, and learning to care for the world and its people.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF RETREATS AND OTHER EDUCATIVE ACTIVITIES.2. THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT OF THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FAITHS.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £12,696 for the year ended 31 March 2025, bringing unrestricted reserves to £153,448. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting.

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 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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08215892

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Othona Community (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• SIMON, Paul Geoffrey — director, appointed 01/04/2026on trustee list
• MARTIN, Marie — director, appointed 15/11/2025on trustee list
• FREEMAN, Maria — director, appointed 14/02/2025on trustee list
• RINGROSE, Mark Alexander James — director, appointed 09/02/2024on trustee list
• PEARSE, Jane Daphne — director, appointed 29/06/2023on trustee list
• JONES, Christopher Martin — director, appointed 22/11/2022on trustee list
• WILSON, Christina — director, appointed 30/06/2022on trustee list
• HUNT, Michael David — director, appointed 01/03/2021on trustee list
• DUTFIELD, Daniel Charles — director, appointed 01/03/2021on trustee list
• BARNES, Stephen William — director, appointed 26/09/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Alexander James Ringrosechair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christina Wilson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Martin Jones · trustee of 2 other charities
• Daniel Charles Dutfield · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jane Daphne Pearse · trustee of 1 other charity
• Maria Freeman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marie Martin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael David Hunt
• Paul Geoffrey Simon · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen William Barnes · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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