COMMUNITY FIRST OXFORDSHIRE

Registered charity 900560 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as O R C C, OXFORDSHIRE RURAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Community First Oxfordshire's aim is to make a real contribution to improving the quality of life for all who live or work in Oxfordshire, particularly those who are disadvantaged. In pursuit of this aim we have two primary objectives: Firstly, to help communities in Oxfordshire to identify and tackle local needs and problems. Secondly, to enable and encourage a variety of voluntary initiatives.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF OXFORDSHIRE; AND TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION AND TO CARRY OUT ANY ACTIVITY WITHIN OR OUTSIDE THE COUNTY THAT ASSISTS IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SAID PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: OXFORDSHIRE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of £13,032 for the year ended 31 March 2026. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are significantly above the stated policy target, with the general reserve representing just under 12 months' expenditure against a policy of six months. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~11.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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

• Chris Kenneford
• Emily Rose Urquhart
• Jacqueline Anne Wilderspin
• Jonathan Steven Bright
• Linda Horgan
• Malcolm Robert Taylor

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITIES 1ST.

• COMMUNITIES 1ST income £1.6m
• COMMUNITY FIRST income £2.8m
• COMMUNITY FIRST YORKSHIRE LTD income £1.0m
• OXFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £2.1m
• WILD OXFORDSHIRE income £680k
• OUGHTRINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE income £42k

Side by side with its peers

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