EMMANUEL CHURCH OXFORD

Registered charity 1164734 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. The advancement of the Christian religion. 2. The relief of any charitable need as the trustees shall determine.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£497k

Latest spending

£375k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £122,347 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £496,850. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £331,539, which is above the stated policy target of three months' running costs. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies

“The primary component related to donations to the church (£476,976, 2024: £395,884).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months' costs (held: £332k)

“This is set at three months’ costs.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees

“The total amount of donations funded by trustees in the year was £52,492 (2024: £43,683). The charity had no other transactions with related parties in the year to 31st March 2025, other than those items disclosed in note 11.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income

£589k

Total spending

£686k

Reserves (reported)

£175k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (03/08/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Daniel Colin Farley
Dr Ruth Elizabeth Edwards
MATTHEW SAMUEL PARTRIDGE · trustee of 2 other charities
Tim Brown
Yvonne Mwende Kinyanjui

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire · Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£497k	£375k
31/03/2024	£411k	£394k
31/03/2023	£589k	£686k
31/03/2022	£544k	£522k
31/03/2021	£490k	£444k

Common questions

Is EMMANUEL CHURCH OXFORD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £122,347 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £496,850. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £331,539, which is above the stated policy target of three months' running costs. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
NORTH KENT METHODIST CIRCUIT	1	£10k
THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£10k
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

EMMANUEL CHURCH, EASTBOURNE income £273k
TRINITY CHURCH OXFORD income £204k
EMMANUEL CHURCH CANTERBURY income £286k
OXFORD BIBLE CHURCH TRUST LIMITED income £331k
IMMANUEL CHURCH, CHICHESTER income £145k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, OXFORD income £975k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EMMANUEL CHURCH OXFORD	£497k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EMMANUEL CHURCH, EASTBOURNE FY2025	£273k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TRINITY CHURCH OXFORD FY2026	£204k	—	above	—	no doubt
EMMANUEL CHURCH CANTERBURY FY2025	£286k	—	below	—	no doubt
OXFORD BIBLE CHURCH TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£331k	—	above	—	no doubt
IMMANUEL CHURCH, CHICHESTER FY2025	£145k	—	above	—	no doubt

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