ST COLUMBA'S OXFORD UNITED REFORMED CHARITY

Registered charity 1162065 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity operates through its local church, providing regular public worship for all; it promotes the Christian religion, and teaches the faith to all ages. It serves the whole community by hiring out premises and providing resources for a wide range of community groups and activities. It particularly ministers to a charity serving the needs of lonely people and amongst the LGBT community.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHEME OF UNION OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH.

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

Causes: Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£170k

Latest spending

£190k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £144,096, which the trustees consider adequate to cover over nine months of normal expenditure. The accounts state the charity remains a going concern for at least 12 months from the date of signing. The charity incurred a net loss of £19,705 for the year, largely due to higher expenditure on charitable activities compared to the prior year.

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 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
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 35

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 35

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 40

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Columba's URC (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew George Philip Smith
DAVID THOMAS NORTH · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr GORDON ALEXANDER WOODS
Dr JILL WINIFRED FRESEN PH.D
Dr KIRSTEN RENEE JOHNSON B.MUS.
JONATHAN JAMES WILLIAM HERRING
MARION ROSEMARY KNAGG
PROFESSOR ADRIAN WILLIAM MOORE FBA
Sarah Jacqueline Lacey

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£170k	£190k
31/12/2024	£206k	£174k
31/12/2023	£162k	£162k
31/12/2022	£136k	£136k
31/12/2021	£120k	£74k

Common questions

Is ST COLUMBA'S OXFORD UNITED REFORMED CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £144,096, which the trustees consider adequate to cover over nine months of normal expenditure. The accounts state the charity remains a going concern for at least 12 months from the date of signing. The charity incurred a net loss of £19,705 for the year, largely due to higher expenditure on charitable activities compared to the prior year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PLUME AVENUE, COLCHESTER, UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY.

PLUME AVENUE, COLCHESTER, UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £114k
AVENUE ST ANDREW'S SOUTHAMPTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £111k
KINGSTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £292k
WEST ORCHARD UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £199k
CHINGFORD UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £118k
UXBRIDGE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £480k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST COLUMBA'S OXFORD UNITED REFORMED CHARITY	£170k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PLUME AVENUE, COLCHESTER, UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025	£114k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
AVENUE ST ANDREW'S SOUTHAMPTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025	£111k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
KINGSTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025	£292k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST ORCHARD UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025	£199k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHINGFORD UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025	£118k	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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