BANBURY CHARITIES

Registered charity 201418 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIDGE ESTATE - LADY ARRANS - ALMSHOUSES

1. To benefit inhabitants of the former Borough of Banbury. 2. To provide and maintain almshouse accommodation. 3. To benefit sick, poor persons by such means as trustees consider appropriate. 4. To assist educational establishments and students less than 25 years of age. 5. To relieve persons who are in need hardship or distress. 6. To benefit persons suffering from illness, accident old age or i

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Latest income

£438k

Latest spending

£464k

Registered

1961

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position at the end of the year is satisfactory, with total net assets increasing to £9,440,419. The trustees confirm that the current level of free reserves is sufficient to meet charitable objectives despite a reduction in income.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (80% of income)

“The main source of income for the charities accrues from the rent of commercial property” — page 10

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzard's Accountancy Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

COLIN GEORGE CLARKEchair
ANGELA MARY HERITAGE
Dr KERRIE DAWN THORNHILL
IAN ANDREW HARWOOD
JAMIE PATRICK BRIGGS
JUDY WINIFRED MAY
JULIA MARGARET COLEGRAVE
MARK ANTHONY JOHN RECCHIA
MARTIN ALAN HUMPHRIS
ROBERT EDWIN PAUL PATTENDEN
Sandra Joan Williams
TARAJI BEATRICE BOLARINWA OGUNNUBI

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£438k	£464k
31/12/2023	£425k	£422k
31/12/2022	£436k	£373k
31/12/2021	£348k	£323k
31/12/2020	£270k	£252k

Common questions

Is BANBURY CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position at the end of the year is satisfactory, with total net assets increasing to £9,440,419. The trustees confirm that the current level of free reserves is sufficient to meet charitable objectives despite a reduction in income. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Buzzard's Accountancy Limited.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
FEEDING BRISTOL	1	£55k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHNS, WALMLEY	1	£32k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON TRUST.

THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON TRUST income £181k
THOMAS HICKMAN'S CHARITY income £980k
THE HARBORNE PARISH LANDS CHARITY income £2.0m
SUTTON COLDFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.9m
UNITED CHARITIES OF CAMBRIDGE income £387k
THE ODIHAM CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES income £432k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BANBURY CHARITIES	£438k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON TRUST FY2024	£181k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THOMAS HICKMAN'S CHARITY FY2025	£980k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HARBORNE PARISH LANDS CHARITY FY2025	£2.0m	more than £60,000	2	above	—	no doubt
SUTTON COLDFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£1.9m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
UNITED CHARITIES OF CAMBRIDGE FY2025	£387k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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