OXFORDSHIRE DISCOVERY COLLEGE

Registered charity 1196460 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Oxfordshire Discovery College provides informal learning programmes to children and young people, along with their parents, carers and professionals, on mental health topics. These programmes are designed and delivered by Experts-by-Training and Experts-by-Experience, to develop resilience, skills, understanding and support networks, and to improve wellbeing.

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Latest income
£52k
Latest spending
£83k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £30,337 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £40,302. The trustees report highlights challenges including reduced voluntary leadership and a difficult external fundraising climate, which necessitated the CEO's departure and steps to secure stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£52k£83k
31/03/2024£79k£50k
31/03/2023£77k£34k

Common questions

Is OXFORDSHIRE DISCOVERY COLLEGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £30,337 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £40,302. The trustees report highlights challenges including reduced voluntary leadership and a difficult external fundraising climate, which necessitated the CEO's departure and steps to secure stability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OXFORDSHIRE DISCOVERY COLLEGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OXFORDSHIRE DISCOVERY COLLEGE as a grant recipient include MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST, DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALE, MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/09/2024£20kDiscovery College: Wellbeing; right from the start
The National Lottery Community Fund06/04/2023£10kDiscovery College: Creating a Wellbeing Community
Postcode Lottery03/04/2023£12kUnrestricted Funding