STONESFIELD COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 288308 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Continued to provide affordable housing to the residents of Stonesfield. Also makes grants to assist with all levels of education.

Objects

FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROVISION OF CHARITABLE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WITH THE OBJCET OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF STONESFIELD OXFORDSHIRE.

Area of benefit: STONESFIELD

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£84k
Latest spending
£96k
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a deficit of £12,592 for the year ended 5th April 2025, a significant improvement from the £32,099 surplus in the prior year, driven by increased property repair costs. Despite the deficit, the charity maintains healthy net current assets of £219,662 and unrestricted free reserves of £61,089, which the trustees consider to be in line with their target of 12 months' budgeted costs. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately in line with 12 months budgeted costs excluding donations (reserves figure: £61k)
“As a result, free reserves at 5th April 2025 stand at £61,089, which is approximately in line with 12 months budgeted costs excluding donations. The Trustees are comfortable with this position as a target level” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant to Stonesfield Playing Field Association
“During the current period £2,500 (2024: £3,000) was awarded to Stonesfield Playing Field Association (charity number 1181091). One of the trustees, Mr M Hatton, is also a trustee of this charity.” — page 10
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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 22/04/2024, 77 days after the 05/02/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£84k£96k
05/04/2024£88k£56k
05/04/2023£77k£65k
05/04/2022£81k£38k
05/04/2021£83k£65k

Common questions

Is STONESFIELD COMMUNITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a deficit of £12,592 for the year ended 5th April 2025, a significant improvement from the £32,099 surplus in the prior year, driven by increased property repair costs. Despite the deficit, the charity maintains healthy net current assets of £219,662 and unrestricted free reserves of £61,089, which the trustees consider to be in line with their target of 12 months' budgeted costs. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STOREY'S FIELD COMMUNITY TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STONESFIELD COMMUNITY TRUST£84k—0unclear—no doubt
STOREY'S FIELD COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£378k—0unclear—no doubt
STONEHOUSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2026£55k—0below—no doubt
DUNWICH TOWN TRUST FY2025£129k—0unclear—no doubt
THE STANLEY MEWS COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£207k—0unclear—no doubt
STOCKSFIELD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£46k—0unclear—no doubt

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