Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE 

In summary the charity's aims are to promote the work and purposes of the Church of England for the advancement of the Christian religion in the Diocese of Oxford and elsewhere.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • There are 32 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 58 years
(108 years as a company)

www.oxford.anglican.org

finance@oxford.anglican.org

01865208200

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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
31/12/22£27,355£30,940£-3,585£30£520,404£101,06739.280313
31/12/21£25,352£30,803£-5,451£1£522,785£97,5493880262
31/12/20£26,065£29,862£-3,797£13£479,643£91,60436.874228
31/12/19£26,526£25,778£748£17£459,566£86,71040.471231
31/12/18£26,136£26,946£-810£85£447,197£85,95938.372233
31/12/17£26,297£26,125£172£63£443,953£83,21738.2640
31/12/16£25,436£23,308£2,128£97£434,991£80,48941.4670
31/12/15£25,323£23,759£1,564£175£398,940£77,74339.3620
31/12/14£25,829£23,422£2,407£171£386,381£70,75936.3630
31/12/13£24,571£23,422£1,149£184£359,749£63,22532.4630
31/12/12£23,420£23,756£-336£227£334,663£58,93529.8590
31/12/11£22,546£23,404£-858£200£332,432£58,88330.2590
31/12/10£23,104£24,108£-1,004£290£318,411£58,43929.1640
31/12/09£23,162£23,363£-201£288£303,337£57,07129.3590
31/12/08£22,541£22,864£-323£272£288,232£54,92428.8580
31/12/07£21,794£20,470£1,324£233£334,866£61,28935.9510
31/12/06£19,982£20,003£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£19,851£19,893£-42£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£19,103£18,492£611£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 28%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 19%
Reserves/Spending: 39.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bracknell Forest, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor And Maidenhead, Wokingham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 80 employees
  • 313 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - St Nicolas' Church, Taplow
£900 08/01/2021
Repairs to stained glass panel.. The wider aim of the scheme is: This scheme is part of the Culture Recovery Fund, the Governments £1.57 billion support package to protect the countrys cultural, ....more
DCMS - St Nicolas' Church, Taplow
£300 08/01/2021
Repairs to stained glass panel.. The wider aim of the scheme is: This scheme is part of the Culture Recovery Fund, the Governments £1.57 billion support package to protect the countrys cultural, ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 24/01/2020
Silent Knights'
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to St Mary's Church Hampstead Norreys PCC
£57,800 28/08/2015
St Mary’s '3Rs' Churchyard Project - Restoration, Renovation and Revitalisation
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Parish Church of St Peter Ad Vincula Church, South Newington
£29,400 13/09/2013
Stabilisation and conservation of 14th century Doom painting

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (32)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 31/32 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 43-85
  • PETER BARRETT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Marketing Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/10/1966, number: 247954
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/02/1916, number: 00142978
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

CHURCH HOUSE OXFORD
LANGFORD LANE
KIDLINGTON
OXON
OX5 1GF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST THE WORK AND PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN THE DIOCESE OF OXFORD (FOR FULL DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION CLAUSE 3).

Defined Area of Benefit:

DIOCESE OF OXFORD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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