OXFORD HUB

Registered charity 1180505 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Oxford Hub brings people and organisations together to make Oxford a better place for everyone. Our activities are focused on volunteering and social action opportunities for residents and university students. We also support collaboration initiatives across different sectors to tackle Oxfordshire's social and environmental issues.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£452k
Latest spending
£492k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £355,445, which exceeded the trustees' stated policy target of a minimum of £175,178. Although the charity reported a net expenditure for the year, it maintained sufficient liquidity with no long-term liabilities and reserves well above the four-month spend threshold.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees
“In the current period, total aggregate unrestricted donations from trustees were £300 (2024: £nil). There were no related party transactions in the prior period.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2024)

Total income
£642k
Total spending
£604k
Cost of raising funds
£13k
Reserves (reported)
£235k
Employees
18

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£452k£492k
31/07/2024£642k£604k
31/07/2023£559k£658k
31/07/2022£835k£680k
31/07/2021£683k£429k

Common questions

Is OXFORD HUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £355,445, which exceeded the trustees' stated policy target of a minimum of £175,178. Although the charity reported a net expenditure for the year, it maintained sufficient liquidity with no long-term liabilities and reserves well above the four-month spend threshold. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OXFORD HUB?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OXFORD HUB as a grant recipient include THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION, THE WILLIAM WATES MEMORIAL TRUST, OXFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATIONFY2023£500kOxford
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATIONFY2023£265kOxford
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATIONFY2024£200kRunning costs for the Systems Changers
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATIONFY2024£150kTo resource the administration of the planning group
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATIONFY2023£150kOxford
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATIONFY2022£108kOxford Core grant to release Sara Fernandez's time to be an associate for the Place work, and to bring in extra administrative support for the Oxford learning g
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATIONFY2024£102kContinuation of participatory grant making
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATIONFY2024£60kCore funding
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATIONFY2022£50kOxford Participatory grant making in Oxford
THE WILLIAM WATES MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2023£30k
THE WILLIAM WATES MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2024£30k
OXFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2022£25kRelated party grant
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATIONFY2023£25kThe Oxford Playhouse Trust
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATIONFY2025£15k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£15k
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATIONFY2024£13kDiagnose and provide evidence outlining the problems inherent to the current UK pension system
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATIONFY2023£11kOxford
THE HELEN ROLL CHARITYFY2025£7k
THE HELEN ROLL CHARITYFY2024£5k
THE STANTON BALLARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£4kCharitable purposes in and around the City of Oxford
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATIONFY2024£3kSystems Changers Family Hubs
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITYFY2021£3kCommunity development
DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALEFY2024£2kAdditional Agreed Donations
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATIONFY2026£1k
MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2023£1k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1kSingle payment
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATIONFY2024—
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATIONFY2022—

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/07/2025£20kFELLOW English: free tailored community learning for adults learning English
The National Lottery Community Fund12/01/2024£20kFELLOW English: free; tailored community learning for adults learning English
Postcode Lottery03/04/2023£10kProject Funding
Community Foundation North East14/07/2022£2kGrant to Oxford Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund22/10/2021£10kAfghan Refugees Welcome Project
The National Lottery Community Fund08/09/2021£5kWindale Community Living Room
UK government30/06/2020£35kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund28/02/2019£9kLinkAges Connect

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HUB YEOVIL COMMUNITY SUPPORT CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OXFORD HUB£452k—0above—no doubt
THE HUB YEOVIL COMMUNITY SUPPORT CHARITY FY2024£766k—0unclear—no doubt
OASIS COMMUNITY HUB: OLDHAM FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
SWINDON HUB CIO FY2025£135k—0unclear—no doubt
THE COMMUNITY HUB FY2025£141k—0unclear—no doubt
GUIDANCE HUB FY2025£633k—0unclear1.3%no doubt

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