THE OXFORD PRESERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 203043 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OPT

Latest income

£838k

Latest spending

£844k

Registered

1962

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£838k

Total spending

£844k

Cost of raising funds

£52k

Reserves (reported)

£7.8m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~110.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (12/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Ann Louise Upton · trustee of 1 other charity
Cllr Elizabeth Diggins
DAVID STREAT
Dame Helen Frances Ghosh
Emily Julie Naomi Gee
JULIAN MUNBY · trustee of 1 other charity
John Gordon Stevenson · trustee of 1 other charity
Joseph Handibry Mbatu Tah
Mark Beard
Nick Leimu-Brown
Philip Christopher Liam Parker · trustee of 5 other charities
Professor William Hadden Whyte · trustee of 4 other charities
ROSALIND CLAIRE ROGERS · trustee of 3 other charities
Susanna Pressel · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£838k	£844k
31/12/2023	£790k	£1.3m
31/12/2022	£2.1m	£816k
31/12/2021	£832k	£1.2m
31/12/2020	£892k	£814k

Common questions

Who funds THE OXFORD PRESERVATION TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE OXFORD PRESERVATION TRUST as a grant recipient include THE WILLIAM DELAFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST, MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE WILLIAM DELAFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£86k
THE WILLIAM DELAFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£59k
THE WILLIAM DELAFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£46k
MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£720

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/05/2025	£49k	"Into the Woods: The Slade Camp Story"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/10/2013	£10k	"OPT Funding for the Future: - Relationship Management System - connecting with friends and supporters"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/09/2006	£34k	"Opening Doors, Opening Minds"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/03/2005	£120k	"Acquisition of Chilswell Fields, Boars Hill, Oxford"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/07/2002	£4.0m	"Oxford Castle Yard"