CHIPPING NORTON WELFARE CHARITIES

Registered charity 238991 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Welfare Charities provides accommodation for the poor and elderly people of Chipping Norton and makes grants to persons in need.

Objects

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Area of benefit: ANCIENT PARISH OF CHIPPING NORTON

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £380,747.34 (or £381,812.22 in the final summary) by the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by cash reserves and investment holdings. The charity reported charitable disbursements of £12,321 and maintained a positive cash flow with total receipts of £43,801.34 against payments of £28,483.91. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounting records or accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian Finneychair
• Edward Smith
• MARTIN JARRATT · trustee of 1 other charity
• PAT LAKE
• Peter Smith
• Rev JAMES KENNEDY
• Sandra June COLEMAN · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AGE CONCERN CHIPPING NORTON AREA DAY CENTRE.

• AGE CONCERN CHIPPING NORTON AREA DAY CENTRE income £46k
• THE CHIPPING NORTON THEATRE LIMITED income £1.8m
• CHIPPING NORTON LIDO LIMITED income £312k
• CHARITY ESTATE income £32k
• CHIPPING BARNET SENIORS DAY CENTRE income £72k
• WALSGROVE CHARITY income £69k

Side by side with its peers

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