THE OXFORD DIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING

Registered charity 203428 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OXFORD DIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE DEAF

Pastoral and spiritual care of deaf and hard of hearing people in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. Runs a volunteer befriending scheme.

Objects

The objects of the organisation are: (a) To promote the spiritual, social and general welfare and well-being of the deaf community in the Diocese of Oxford; and (b) To support the work of the Diocesan Chaplain and the Chaplaincy Team in mission and ministry amongst the deaf community, the Deaf Churches and congregations in the Diocese of Oxford.

Area of benefit: DIOCESE OF OXFORD.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cherwell, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£106k

Latest spending

£79k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds considerable reserves, with unrestricted funds totaling £244,364, which exceeds the trustees' policy target of one year's unrestricted charitable expenditure. The financial position is described as sound, supported by a significant extraordinary income receipt from the sale of the Oxford Deaf Centre, resulting in a net movement in funds of £1,568,609.04 for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year's unrestricted charitable expenditure (reserves figure: £244k)

“The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to one year's unrestricted charitable expenditure.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Oxford Diocesan Board of Finance (ODBF) provides HR, payroll services and grants to the ODCD. Deaf Direct through the auspices of Action Deafness donated a portion of the sale proceeds of a property.

“The Oxford Diocesan Board of Finance (ODBF) provides HR, payroll services and grants to the ODCD. Deaf Direct through the auspices of Action Deafness donated a portion of the sale proceeds of a property.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 1

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/09/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Anne Dellar
Bryan Whalley
CAROLINE KALLIPETIS · trustee of 1 other charity
Charnelle Stylianides
Hannah Etherton
Janet Maybank
Nigel Edward-Few
PETER FLORY · trustee of 4 other charities
Rev Chris Bull

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£106k	£79k
31/03/2024	£42k	£81k
31/03/2023	£45k	£78k
31/03/2022	£24k	£30k
31/03/2021	£28k	£16k

Common questions

Is THE OXFORD DIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds considerable reserves, with unrestricted funds totaling £244,364, which exceeds the trustees' policy target of one year's unrestricted charitable expenditure. The financial position is described as sound, supported by a significant extraordinary income receipt from the sale of the Oxford Deaf Centre, resulting in a net movement in funds of £1,568,609.04 for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE OXFORD DIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE OXFORD DIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING as a grant recipient include THE OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE	FY2022	£21k	Support for deaf and hard-of-hearing people
THE OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE	FY2023	£20k	Oxford Diocesan Council for the Deaf
THE OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE	FY2024	£7k	Oxford Diocesan Council for the Deaf
THE OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE	FY2021	£7k	Oxford Diocesan Council for the Deaf
THE OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE	FY2025	£7k	Grants to other organisations

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
OXFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£420k
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£90k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT CHESHAM	1	£82k
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION	1	£50k
THE BEECHING TRUST	1	£30k
THE HAREBELL CENTENARY FUND	1	£15k
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k
THE AMPNEY BROOK FOUNDATION	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE.

THE OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE income £24.9m
OXFORDSHIRE DEAF CHILDREN'S SOCIETY income £19k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY MAGDALEN, OXFORD income £187k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL AND ST MARK, OLD FORD income £321k
THE OXFORD GOOD STEWARDS TRUST income £907k
OXFORDSHIRE HOMELESS MOVEMENT income £371k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE OXFORD DIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING	£106k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE FY2025	£24.9m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
OXFORDSHIRE DEAF CHILDREN'S SOCIETY FY2025	£19k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY MAGDALEN, OXFORD FY2025	£187k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL AND ST MARK, OLD FORD FY2025	£321k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE OXFORD GOOD STEWARDS TRUST FY2025	£907k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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