OXSRAD

Registered charity 299630 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OXFORD AND DISTRICT SPORTS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION FOR DISABLED LIMITED, OXSRAD LTD

OXSRAD is a unique facility, providing sports and recreation facilities for 400 disabled children and adults. It is located on the east of Oxford and serves many disadvantaged communities. OXSRAD also has many able-bodied members who use the facilities. This integration of disabled and able-bodied is one of the fundamental aims of OXSRAD and lies at the heart of best practice.

Objects

TO PROVIDE AND TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF SPORT AND LEISURE FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH ANY DISABILITY, BY SUCH MEANS AS THE COMMITTEE THINK FIT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT TO THE EXCLUSION OF ANY OTHER MEANS, THEIR INTEGRATION WITH ABLE BODIED PEOPLE.

Area of benefit: OXFORD AND DISTRICT

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

Causes: Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£238k
Latest spending
£215k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £27,803, which the Trustees consider adequate to meet financial obligations for the forthcoming year. The charity achieved a net surplus of £23,423 for the year, improving its financial position significantly compared to previous years. The Trustees have set a target to build unrestricted reserves to £50,000, equivalent to three months of expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: broadly 3 month’s expenditure (held: £28k)
“The Trustees would like to build unrestricted reserves to £50,000 or broadly 3 month’s expenditure of the Charity.” — page 34
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Emily Lane, daughter of Chairman Jason Lane, is employed as Head of Operations.
“Emily Lane, the daughter of the Chairman, and Trustee, Jason Lane, is employed as the Head of Operations, on the appropriate salary scale point for her post. She is managed by and reports to another Trustee, Sean Collins and her appraisal is undertaken by Sean and another member of the Trustee Board.” — page 34
Per its FY2026 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.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Oxsrad (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£238k£215k
31/03/2025£195k£186k
31/03/2024£157k£181k
31/03/2023£197k£216k
31/03/2022£197k£246k

Common questions

Is OXSRAD financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £27,803, which the Trustees consider adequate to meet financial obligations for the forthcoming year. The charity achieved a net surplus of £23,423 for the year, improving its financial position significantly compared to previous years. The Trustees have set a target to build unrestricted reserves to £50,000, equivalent to three months of expenditure. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OXSRAD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OXSRAD as a grant recipient include DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST, THE STANTON BALLARD CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2kSingle payment
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1kSingle payment
THE STANTON BALLARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1kCharitable purposes in and around the City of Oxford
THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITYFY2021£1kAdvancement of health

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England09/06/2020£10kCOVID-19 CEF
The National Lottery Community Fund08/03/2005£51kTo recruit an Enablement Officer

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 OUR SPACE (STAFFS) LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OXSRAD£238k—0unclear—no doubt
OUR SPACE (STAFFS) LTD FY2025£158k—0above—no doubt
SOUTH OXHEY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2024£257k—0unclear—no doubt
OXFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY FY2025£6.5m——unclear—no doubt
EnrichAbility FY2025£121k—0unclear—no doubt
OXFORD ROUND TABLE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£173k—0above107.9%no doubt

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