The Metta Centre for Trauma Therapy

Registered charity 1182200 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MEET IN OXFORD

The Metta Centre was founded over ten years ago to make specialist trauma therapy accessible to those who need it most. Our clients are among the most vulnerable people in Oxfordshire, those who do not have the means to pay private fees and cannot access the support they need through the NHS. Today, we provide over 500 hours of low-cost or free therapy for up to 50 clients a year.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO ISTO RELIEVE THE MENTAL DISTRESS OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN OXFORDSHIRE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS OF TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES BY THE PROVISION OF THE TRAUMA FOCUSED THERAPIES KNOWN AS EMDR AND THE ENERGY PSYCHOTHERAPIES WITH PRIORITY GIVEN TO PERSONS OF LIMITED MEANS BY WAY OF FREE OR SUBSIDISED TREATMENT

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

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31 March 2026 were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, as determined by the trustees under the Charities Act 2011. The independent examiner reported that no material matters came to their attention that would suggest the accounting records were not kept in accordance with the law or that the accounts did not accord with those records.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jo Ann Black
• Joanna Colonsay Clare Astor
• NANCY LEE BROWNER
• Tobias Low

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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