OXFORD YOUTH ENTERPRISE LIMITED

Registered charity 288326 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OXFORD YOUTH ENTERPRISES LIMITED

Projects with young people aged 11-19 underway in Oxford since January 2015. These included regular sessions staffed by volunteers every Saturday evening at local ecological centre, Barrack Lane Gardens, in East Oxford. Grant received from OCYVS and additional funds raised by donations and open days. Since February 2024 the project began to run similar programmes in Sheffield on a Sunday.

Objects

TO EDUCATE TRAIN AND REHABILITATE YOUNG PERSONS WHO THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED AND UNABLE TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT OR WISH TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION TRAINING REHABILITATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£43k
Latest spending
£40k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £16,473, up from £13,958 the previous year, reflecting a net incoming resource of £2,515. The trustees report the charity is in a stronger financial position with grants from multiple sources, though all funding is time-limited. The independent examiner confirmed no matters gave cause to believe the accounts were materially non-compliant.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds in order to meet its liabilities as and when they fall due (reserves figure: £16k)
“The intention is for the charity to hold sufficient funds in order to meet its liabilities as and when they fall due.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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: 7
  • Government income: £41,489 — grants £41,489 (3); 97% of the £42,567 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 7
  • Government income: £44,985 — contracts £17,740 (3), grants £27,245 (7); 100% of the £44,985 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Government income: £26,907 — contracts £13,592 (3), grants £13,315 (2); 92% of the £29,232 total gross income on the same return

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

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 31/03/2025 (received 24/02/2026, 24 days after the 31/01/2026 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 · Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£43k£40k
31/03/2024£45k£38k
31/03/2023£29k£28k
31/03/2022£16k£23k
31/03/2021£23k£13k

Common questions

Is OXFORD YOUTH ENTERPRISE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £16,473, up from £13,958 the previous year, reflecting a net incoming resource of £2,515. The trustees report the charity is in a stronger financial position with grants from multiple sources, though all funding is time-limited. The independent examiner confirmed no matters gave cause to believe the accounts were materially non-compliant. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund14/08/2026£20kNature Community & Us
The National Lottery Community Fund20/01/2023£10kGreenspace & Us Young womens group
The National Lottery Community Fund19/03/2021£10kRoots to Recovery
Oxford City Council25/03/2018£7kGrant to Oxford Youth Enterprise Ltd

Funders of similar charities

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OXFORDSHIRE YOUTH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OXFORD YOUTH ENTERPRISE LIMITED£43k—0unclear—no doubt
OXFORDSHIRE YOUTH FY2025£2.4m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
YOUTH CHALLENGE OXFORDSHIRE FY2025£85k—0unclear—no doubt
DRIFFIELD YOUTH ACTION FY2025£106k—0unclear—no doubt
ESSEX YOUTHBUILD FY2025£189k—0unclear—no doubt
AMBLE YOUTH PROJECT LIMITED FY2025£78k—0unclear—no doubt

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