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THE OXFORD GOOD STEWARDS TRUST

Registered charity 1193525 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OXFORD GOOD STEWARDS TRUST

The Oxford Good Stewards Trust exists to help churches in the Oxford Diocese work together by making and enabling grants for church work.

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Latest income
£907k
Latest spending
£905k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £5,896, which is below the stated policy target of three months of unavoidable operational expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £2,487 for the year, with total incoming resources of £907,072 largely derived from restricted funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £6k; policy: three months of unavoidable operational expenditure)
“The Trust’s reserves policy is to hold reserves in the form of net current assets sufficient to cover the equivalent of at least three months of unavoidable operational expenditure.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£907k
Total spending
£905k
Reserves (reported)
£6k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£907k£905k
31/12/2024£680k£681k
31/12/2023£448k£445k
31/12/2022£6k£6k
31/12/2021£1k£16

Common questions

Is THE OXFORD GOOD STEWARDS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £5,896, which is below the stated policy target of three months of unavoidable operational expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £2,487 for the year, with total incoming resources of £907,072 largely derived from restricted funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE OXFORD GOOD STEWARDS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE OXFORD GOOD STEWARDS TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT CHESHAM.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT CHESHAMFY2024£67kHome missions and other church societies
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT CHESHAMFY2025£15kHome missions and other church societies

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ALMOND TRUST1£45k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS, OAKWOOD1£15k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. STEPHEN WITH ST. LUKE, PADDINGTON1£5k
THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUST1£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST EBBE WITH HOLY TRINITY AND ST PETER LE BAILEY, OXFORD1£634

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LONDON GOOD STEWARDS TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE OXFORD GOOD STEWARDS TRUST£907k—0below—no doubt
THE LONDON GOOD STEWARDS TRUST FY2023£355k—0unclear—no doubt
OXFORD BIBLE CHURCH TRUST LIMITED FY2025£331k—0above—no doubt
THE STEWARDS' TRUST FY2025£847k—0above—no doubt
TRINITY CHURCH OXFORD FY2026£204k—0above—no doubt
OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST (2016) FY2026£401k—0unclear—no doubt

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