OXFORD ARCHAEOLOGY LIMITED
Registered charity 285627 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OXFORD ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNIT LIMITED, OXFORD ARCHAEOLOGY, OXFORD ARCHAEOLOGY NORTH, OXFORDARCHAEOLOGICAL UNIT LIMITED
Archaeological research, archaeological excavations and analysis and publication, heritage and conservation advice.
Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income increased by 21% to £27.6 million, resulting in a net surplus of £1.7 million before pension adjustments. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £23.6 million, which exceeds its stated policy target of four months' working capital, and maintains a pension surplus of £9.6 million.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Wenn Townsend. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- National Lottery Heritage Fund — “Our staff are familiar with the application, reporting and evaluation processes of a range of grant funders, including the National Lottery …” (source page)
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£633
Reserves (reported)
£15.0m
Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
- Dr Alison MacDonald
- Gillian Margaret Andrews
- JAN WILLS
- Paul Chadwick
- Professor Amy Bogaard · trustee of 2 other charities
- RICHARD BRIANT · trustee of 1 other charity
- Simon Blackmore
- Sue Cooper
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Isle Of Man · Jersey · Saudi Arabia · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is OXFORD ARCHAEOLOGY LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased by 21% to £27.6 million, resulting in a net surplus of £1.7 million before pension adjustments. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £23.6 million, which exceeds its stated policy target of four months' working capital, and maintains a pension surplus of £9.6 million. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Wenn Townsend.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
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.
Charities like this
Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OXFORD COMMUNITY WORK AGENCY LIMITED.
Side by side with its peers
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