OXFORDSHIRE BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT

Registered charity 1176948 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

OBS aims to increase breastfeeding, provision of breast milk and responsivefeeding for babies in Oxfordshire by:Educating and empowering Oxfordshire families to define and achievetheir feeding goals.Taking a lead role in developing an integrated network of breastfeedingsupport throughout Oxfordshire, so that all parents can access skilled,timely, local breastfeeding help.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, HELP AND SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES IN AND AROUND OXFORDSHIRE TO BREASTFEED FOR AS LONG AS THEY WISH.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · 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 generated a small surplus for the year, with total income of £64,286 against expenditure of £60,372. Unrestricted reserves stood at £54,665, which the trustees note represents nearly 11 months of expenditure, exceeding their stated policy target of holding between 6 and 12 months of expenditure in reserve.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• 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

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.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Postcode Society Trust — “Postcode Society Trust , £500, December 2023” (source page)
• Big Give Christmas Challenge — “Big Give Christmas Challenge 2023, £1,706.75, December 2023” (source page)
• Oxford Community Impact Fund — “Oxford Community Impact Fund , £355, October 2023” (source page)
• Mr & Mrs J A Pye’s Charitable Settlement — “Mr & Mrs J A Pye’s Charitable Settlement , £1000, September 2023” (source page)
• Oxfordshire Community Foundation — “Oxfordshire Community Foundation , Cost of Living Grant, £5857, August 2023” (source page)
• Blackbird Leys Community Fund — “Blackbird Leys Community Fund , £4582, May 2023” (source page)
• Leathersellers Charitable Fund — “Leathersellers Charitable Fund , £5000, October 2022” (source page)
• Doris Field Charitable Trust — “Doris Field Charitable Trust, £500, September 2022” (source page)
• Midcounties Cooperative — “Midcounties Cooperative Community Fund £566 for peer supporter training, September 2020” (source page)
• National Lottery Community Fund — “National Lottery Community Fund Grant for £120,000 over 5 years, February 2020” (source page)
• Tampon Tax Community Fund — “Tampon Tax Community Fund £6,480, January 2020” (source page)
• Comic Relief — “Comic Relief £2,147, June 2018” (source page)
• Merton College, Oxford — “Merton College , Oxford £100, March 2019” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Mary Lawrance
• Carmen Barrera
• Dr Francesca Holt
• Eleanor Grace Rowling
• Ilze Malan
• Kristi Laine Johnson
• Laura Prentice · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marion Olivia Durand
• Zoe Claire Townsend

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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Government & lottery funding

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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 COMMUNITY FIRST OXFORDSHIRE.

• COMMUNITY FIRST OXFORDSHIRE income £576k
• OXFORD PARENT-INFANT PROJECT income £632k
• OXFORDSHIRE HOMELESS MOVEMENT income £371k
• HOME-START OXFORD income £415k
• ASSOCIATION OF BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS income £108k
• HOMELESS OXFORDSHIRE LIMITED income £6.3m

Side by side with its peers

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