THE CITY OF OXFORD CHARITY LIMITED

Registered charity 1172230 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CITY OF OXFORD CHARITY

The provision of housing accommodation for persons in need, who are resident in the City of OxfordThe relief in need of persons resident in the city who are in need, hardship or distressThe relief in need of persons resident in the city or in its neighbourhood who are sick, or infirmThe provision of education assistance to persons who are under the age of 25 and resident in the city

Objects

A) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS IN NEED, HARDSHIP, OR DISTRESS, AND WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFITB) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP, OR DISTRESS.C) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN NEED WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF, AND WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED, OR INFIRM.D) THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS IN NEED WHO ARE UNDER 25 YEARS OF AGE AND WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £701,988 at the year-end, derived from unrestricted funds of £1,864,234 less designated funds and fixed assets. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £1,621,084, largely driven by significant gains on investments, while total income was £442,761 and total expenditure was £504,972. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP. 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10670170

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — City of Oxford Charity (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.

• ROLLEY, Anthony James — director, appointed 31/10/2025on trustee list
• JOINT, Eric Forrest — director, appointed 25/10/2024on trustee list
• FRY, James — director, appointed 31/07/2023on trustee list
• COYNE, Barbara — director, appointed 31/07/2023on trustee list
• CLEMENTS, Michael — director, appointed 28/07/2023on trustee list
• BRATBY, Ishanthi, Dr — director, appointed 29/07/2022on trustee list
• FAIRWEATHER-TALL, Andrew James, Dr — director, appointed 08/07/2021on trustee list
• HILLIARD, Catherine Elizabeth — director, appointed 14/03/2017on trustee list
• GOULD, John Vincent — director, appointed 14/03/2017on trustee list
• JONES, Graham Roderick — director, appointed 14/03/2017on trustee list
• EVE, Richard Manser — secretary, appointed 16/03/2018

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony James Rolley
• Barbara Joan Coyne
• CATHERINE ELIZABETH HILLIARD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Andrew James Fairweather-Tall
• Dr Ishanthi Bratby
• Dr James Fry · trustee of 1 other charity
• ERIC F Joint
• GRAHAM RODERICK JONES
• JOHN VINCENT GOULD
• Michael Clements
• Patricia Lindsey Kennedy

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OXFORDSHIRE HOMELESS MOVEMENT.

• OXFORDSHIRE HOMELESS MOVEMENT income £371k
• HOMELESS OXFORDSHIRE LIMITED income £6.3m
• OXFORD CHRISTADELPHIANS income £56k
• OXFORD HUB income £452k
• HOMELESS PEOPLE AND THE OXFORD CHURCHES(GATEHOUSE) income £429k
• OXFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

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