TRINITY CHURCH OXFORD

Registered charity 1157703 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE: 1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE CITY OF OXFORD AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; AND2. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES FURTHER THE WORK OF THE CHURCH.

Objects

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

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Latest income

£204k

Latest spending

£157k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash of £81,774 at year-end, which is above its stated reserves policy target of £28,000. The charity reported a surplus of £46,838 for the year, resulting in total net assets increasing to £112,614.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of operating costs (£28,000) (held: £82k)

“The Trustees have set an amount (i.e. £28,000) equivalent to three months of operating costs as the required free reserves level”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Peter Comont received wages and salaries of £40,407 and employer pension contributions of £8,350.

“Peter Comont served as church leader and received the above payments for serving in that capacity, not for serving as a trustee; these payments are permitted by the charity's governing document.” — page 13

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Clive Gullett
Andrew Philip Robinson
Eromosele David Ojeabulu
Ken Giles
PETER SIMON VIGNE COMONT

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£204k	£157k
31/03/2025	£173k	£177k
31/03/2024	£246k	£206k
31/03/2023	£169k	£187k
31/03/2022	£133k	£185k

Common questions

Is TRINITY CHURCH OXFORD financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash of £81,774 at year-end, which is above its stated reserves policy target of £28,000. The charity reported a surplus of £46,838 for the year, resulting in total net assets increasing to £112,614. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRINITY CHURCH NOTTINGHAM.

TRINITY CHURCH NOTTINGHAM income £780k
OXFORD BIBLE CHURCH TRUST LIMITED income £331k
TRINITY CHURCH WEST LONDON income £200k
THE OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE income £28.0m
EMMANUEL CHURCH OXFORD income £497k
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TRINITY CHURCH OXFORD	£204k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
TRINITY CHURCH NOTTINGHAM FY2025	£780k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OXFORD BIBLE CHURCH TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£331k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
TRINITY CHURCH WEST LONDON FY2025	£200k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE FY2024	£28.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EMMANUEL CHURCH OXFORD FY2025	£497k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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