Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 0

Large legacies income: +2
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3

Overall GiG Score: 1

OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST (2016)

Providing financial support to historic churches in Oxfordshire in order to preserve, repair, upkeep and restore them.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
This charity has received more than half of its income from legacies in recent years
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity only provides its support via other charities
Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£350	£499	£-149	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	200
31/03/22	£451	£286	£165	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	200
31/03/21	£2,880	£312	£2,568	£8	£5,076	£1,292	49.6	0	200
31/03/20	£361	£334	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/03/19	£328	£272	£56	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	31
31/03/18	£407	£306	£101	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

https://ohct.org.uk

secretary@ohct.org.uk

01865559305

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Oxfordshire,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
200 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

HILARY HALL Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST,

CYNTHIA ANN ROBINSON Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST,

DAVID JOHN HOOD WARR Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST,

DR IMOGEN NICOLA COLDSTREAM Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeships: OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST, THE CORPUS OF ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND,

DR STEPHEN JOHN GOSS (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeship: OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST,

GILES WILLIAM CHARLES DESSAIN Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST,

NATALIE VICTORIA MERRY Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST,

PROFESSOR MALCOLM RUSSELL AIRS Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeships: OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST, The Herbert Lane Trust,

RICHARD OWEN HUGHES Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST,

STEPHEN SLACK Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeships: GOVERNORS OF THE CHARITY FOR RELIEF OF THE POOR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF CLERGYMEN (COMMONLY CALLED CLERGY SUPPORT TRUST), THE OVERSEAS BISHOPRICS' FUND,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/08/2016, number: 1168567

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

4 HASLEMERE GARDENS
OXFORD
OX2 8EL

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOTH LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND THE WIDER PUBLIC, TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE OXFORDSHIRE’S HISTORIC CHURCHES USED FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP AND THEIR ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES AND CONTENTS.

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