THE BRANCH TRUST, CHIPPING NORTON (CIO)

Registered charity 1191055 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BRANCH

to reach the most vulnerable in the community journeying with them to unlock their potentialpartnering with Statutory & voluntary sector to provide the most coherent and effective service

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that total funds stood at £4,770,843 at the end of the year, with unrestricted funds of £165,813. The trustees' report indicates that the charity raised £1.2m towards capital and community projects during the year, and the build project for the community hub is due to deliver in Spring 2024.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bronsens. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Oxfordshire Community Foundation — “Many thanks to Oxfordshire Community Foundation for their Thriving in Nature grant, enabling some of our work with young people.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £490k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (87% 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: 3.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bleddyn William Vaughan Reeschair
• Andrew Minson
• Dr Nicola Clare Levitt
• Graham Alan Povey · trustee of 1 other charity
• James David Alexander Shand
• Juliet Cordelia Loudon
• Timothy Richard Martin Woolcock

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Graham Alan Povey — trustee here and at ST MARY'S CHURCH, CHIPPING NORTON, PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

Known funders

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

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 HITCHIN TOWN HALL GYMNASIUM AND WORKMAN'S HALL TRUST.

• HITCHIN TOWN HALL GYMNASIUM AND WORKMAN'S HALL TRUST income £106k
• BUILDING COMMUNITIES TRUSTEE LIMITED income £192k
• BROMHAM COMMUNITY HUB income £1.2m
• THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST income £240k
• INTRA COMMUNITY TRUST income £166k
• Five Trees Community Trust income £258k

Side by side with its peers

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