Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

THE OXFORD GOOD STEWARDS TRUST 

The Oxford Good Stewards Trust exists to help churches in the Oxford Diocese work together by making and enabling grants for church work.
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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/12/23£448,099£444,934£3,1650
31/12/22£6,006£5,932£740
31/12/21£1,000£16£9840
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales
Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/02/2021, number: 1193525
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

7 COLEGROVE DOWN
OXFORD
OX2 9HT

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, AS THIS IS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT OF FAITH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC RESIDING IN THE DIOCESE OF OXFORD OR ELSEWHERE AS APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES , BY SUPPORTING, THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND OTHERWISE,A. THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP,B. THE PROVISION OF MINISTERS AND OTHERS FOR THE CONDUCT OF PUBLIC WORSHIP, OUTREACH AND PROVISION OF PASTORAL CARE,C. OUTREACH AND EVANGELISATION, ANDD. THE PROMOTION OF THE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE 3D TO BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND (WORSHIP AND DOCTRINE) MEASURE 1974 AS ORIGINALLY ENACTED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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