JOHN SOUTHBY AND OTHERS

Registered charity 203335 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity operates in the parish of Buckland, Oxfordshire for the benefit of the residents of the village and parish.

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

Latest income

£127k

Latest spending

£117k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net increase in funds of £150,400 for the year, driven by investment income of £126,785 and significant capital gains on its investment portfolio. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £252,299, and the trustees' policy is not to build up income reserves but to expend all generated income on charitable objectives over a three-year period.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: not to build up any income reserves but, over any three-year period, to expend all income generated on the defined objectives of the funds (held: £252k)

“The trustees’ policy is not to build up any income reserves but, over any three-year period, to expend all income generated on the defined objectives of the funds.” — page 5

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Alex Wildmanchair
John Joseph Connolly
Nicola Kathleen Thompson
Roger Podbery
Shirley Ann Jackson

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£127k	£117k
31/03/2025	£126k	£92k
31/03/2024	£110k	£83k
31/03/2023	£129k	£303k
31/03/2022	£87k	£56k

Common questions

Is JOHN SOUTHBY AND OTHERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net increase in funds of £150,400 for the year, driven by investment income of £126,785 and significant capital gains on its investment portfolio. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £252,299, and the trustees' policy is not to build up income reserves but to expend all generated income on charitable objectives over a three-year period. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BUCKLAND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

BUCKLAND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £213k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BUCKLAND MONACHORUM income £198k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FUNTINGTON WITH WEST STOKE AND SENNICOTTS income £108k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, BLETCHINGLEY income £124k
NORTH BUCKINGHAM PARISH PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL income £132k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH ST JOHN BAPTIST BERKSWELL income £156k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
JOHN SOUTHBY AND OTHERS	£127k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BUCKLAND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£213k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BUCKLAND MONACHORUM FY2024	£198k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FUNTINGTON WITH WEST STOKE AND SENNICOTTS FY2025	£108k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, BLETCHINGLEY FY2025	£124k	—	below	—	no doubt
NORTH BUCKINGHAM PARISH PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FY2024	£132k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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