Emmanuel Christian School Oxford

Registered charity 900505 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ECS, EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

The advancement of education by the establishment and maintenance of non-denominational day schools which are operated as evangelical christian non-profit making Schools for children to be managed and administered as charitable foundations.At present this includes Emmanuel Christian School, Oxford: an independent primary school situated in Littlemore for children aged 3-11 years old.

Objects

4.1 THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NON-DENOMINATIONAL DAY SCHOOLS WHICH ARE OPERATED AS EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN NON-PROFIT MAKING SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN TO BE MANAGED AND ADMINISTERED AS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS.4.2 THIS ARTICLE 4 MAY BE AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION, BUT ONLY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION.4.3 THE GOVERNORS SHALL NOT DO ANYTHING, OR AUTHORISE ANYTHING TO BE DONE, IN FURTHERANCE OF THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES SET OUT IN ARTICLE 4.1, WHICH WOULD BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE DOCTRINAL BASIS.4.4 THE DOCTRINAL BASIS MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED BY A RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNORS PASSED BY A MAJORITY OF AT LEAST 75% OF THEM.

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.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves rose to £278,750, remaining above the charity's stated policy target of eight weeks' salaries. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, and the trustees confirmed the school is managed prudently with stable pupil numbers.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02498497

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Emmanuel Christian School (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.

• DOREY, Moira Joyce — director, appointed 26/01/2026on trustee list
• AUSTEN, Simon Neil, Reverend — director, appointed 17/03/2025on trustee list
• PORTER, Jonathan Henry Chadwick — director, appointed 17/03/2025on trustee list
• MENDIS, Daniel — director, appointed 15/05/2023on trustee list
• BELL, Andrew Richard — director, appointed 16/01/2023on trustee list
• BUCKLEY, Anthony Graham, Reverend — director, appointed 15/05/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (69% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Anthony Graham Buckleychair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Andrew Richard Bell
• Daniel Mendis
• Jonathan Henry Chadwick Porter
• Moira Joyce Dorey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Neil Austen

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EMMANUEL PRE-SCHOOL.

• EMMANUEL PRE-SCHOOL income £231k
• IMMANUEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LIMITED income £436k
• EMMANUEL SCHOOL (DERBY) LIMITED income £347k
• ST. MICHAEL'S EXTENDED SCHOOL income £122k
• EMMANUEL CHURCH income £57k
• PARENTS AND FRIENDS OF EMMANUEL SCHOOL income £64k

Side by side with its peers

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