OXFORD CHURCHES DEBT CENTRE

Registered charity 1155834 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAP Oxford (Central)

Several Oxford churches together share the responsibility of running a debt help centre on behalf of Christians Against Poverty. We help people who are in debt, to work their way out of debt. We are Christians but work with people of any faith or none.

Objects

(A)THE RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR PERSONS LIVING IN AND AROUND OXFORD WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED,HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND OTHER SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK IT;(B)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC LIVING IN AND AROUND OXFORD IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR PERSONAL FINANCES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(C)THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH THROUGH CARE,COMPASSION AND RELEVANT PRACTICAL AND SPIRITUAL HELP AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Oxford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £9,229 for the year ended March 2026, resulting in total net assets of £89,918. Per the trustees' report, cash reserves amounted to approximately ten months of the following year's expenditure, which is above the stated policy target of six months.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CAP Oxford Central (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN DUNCAN PRICE
• James Bloice Smith
• MATTHEW SAMUEL PARTRIDGE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Jennifer Ruth Wigley Williams

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

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.

• MATTHEW SAMUEL PARTRIDGE — trustee here and at EMMANUEL CHURCH OXFORD

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 CHRISTIANS AGAINST POVERTY.

• CHRISTIANS AGAINST POVERTY income £15.0m
• THE OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE income £24.9m
• THE HOPE TRUST OXFORD income £78k
• THE OXFORD GOOD STEWARDS TRUST income £907k
• OXFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY CHURCHES income £5.0m
• RIVERSIDE CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £305k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.