MUSEUM OF OXFORD DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1173867 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The aim of the Trust is to raise funds for the development and continued support of the Museum of Oxford.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE MUSEUM OF OXFORD IN SUCH WAYS AS SHALL BE THOUGHT 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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · 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 the charity reported a surplus of £21,738 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total funds carried forward increasing to £155,832. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £42,333, while the charity released £46,561 to support the Museum of Oxford. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause them to believe the accounts did not accord with the accounting records.

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 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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• David Paul Julerchair
• BOB PRICE
• Charlotte Anne Englishby
• Harvey George Fagg
• Josephine Claire Niala
• Kate Alice Blessington
• Katherine Hammond
• Simon James Kingsnorth

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 MUSEUM OF LONDON ARCHAEOLOGY.

• MUSEUM OF LONDON ARCHAEOLOGY income £19.4m
• THE OXFORD PRESERVATION TRUST income £797k
• BRISTOL MUSEUMS DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £276k
• SHEFFIELD MUSEUMS TRUST income £5.5m
• THE NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £25k
• North East Museums Development Trust income £551k

Side by side with its peers

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