THE OXFORD HOUSE IN BETHNAL GREEN

Registered charity 208582 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE OXFORD HOUSE IN BETHNAL GREEN (INCORPORATED)

Established in 1884 Oxford House is an arts and community centre in Bethnal Green. Oxford House provides (1) a community space including cafe, affordable office and hire space; (2) a creative place with classes and activities for all ages in the theatre, dance studio, gallery, chapel, and roof terrace and (3) a place to volunteer.

Objects

(A) TO PROVIDE A CENTRE OF RELIGIOUS, SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL WORK AMONG THE POOR OF EAST LONDON(B) TO UNDERTAKE AND CARRY ON RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL WORK IN LONDON AND ELSEWHERE.

Area of benefit: LONDON

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated total income of £622,077 and incurred total expenditure of £609,656, resulting in a net incoming resource surplus of £12,421 for the year. However, the balance sheet shows a net current liability position of £15,377, with the majority of the charity's total funds (£3,377,469) tied up in fixed assets. Unrestricted general funds were £47,824, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months' turnover (£155,519).

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Affinia (Crawley). Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00059858 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• RAU, Natalja — director, appointed 20/07/2026on trustee list
• PAPA, Selina Vittoria Lim — director, appointed 20/07/2026on trustee list
• CHANNING, Hannah Rachel — director, appointed 20/07/2026on trustee list
• LEE, Jeremy Andrew — director, appointed 19/01/2026on trustee list
• EARL, Jane — director, appointed 24/11/2025on trustee list
• SPRINGER, Ruth — director, appointed 18/09/2023on trustee list
• CASTLE, Sarah — director, appointed 18/09/2023on trustee list
• NZARAMBA, Ery — director, appointed 18/09/2023on trustee list
• SIMONSEN, Caroline — director, appointed 18/09/2023on trustee list
• ALYAS, Ibrar — director, appointed 20/05/2019on trustee list
• RYAN, John Raymond — secretary, appointed 21/05/2012

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jane Earlchair
• Caroline Simonsen
• Ery Nzaramba
• Hannah Rachel Channing
• Ibrar Alyas
• Jeremy Lee
• LINDA KAUR
• Natalja Rau
• Ruth Springer
• Sarah Castle
• Selina Vittoria Lim PAPA

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CITY OF OXFORD CHARITY LIMITED.

• THE CITY OF OXFORD CHARITY LIMITED income £443k
• OXFORD HUB income £452k
• THE OXFORD PLAYHOUSE TRUST income £5.3m
• Brixton House Limited income £2.0m
• HOMELESS PEOPLE AND THE OXFORD CHURCHES(GATEHOUSE) income £429k
• NORTH OXFORD ASSOCIATION income £79k

Side by side with its peers

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