Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 3
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -4 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

OXFORD CITY SPORT IN THE COMMUNITY LTD

The principal activity is to provide facilities and support for young people and vulnerable adults to play football and other sports and to develop sport generally. Our policy is sport for all - to cover all ranges of skills and abilities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/05/23*£368£378£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/22*£413£459£-46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/21*£279£289£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/20*£539£403£135£0£882£-449-13.4332
31/05/19£248£278£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/18*£147£171£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/17*£194£206£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/16£164£493£-329n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/15£30£116£-86n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/14£78£187£-109n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/13*£54£113£-59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/12*£855£65£789£3£1,525£-33-600
31/05/11*£756£20£735£2£736£-14-8.300
31/05/10*£20£23£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/09£10£16£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/08£17£17£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/07*£19£12£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/06*£10£8£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/05*£3£5£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/04*£0£5£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 33 years

www.oxfordcityfc.co.uk

paul.lyon@oxcityfc.co.uk

07876682501

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Oxfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Oxford City Sport in the Community Ltd
£9,710 10/12/2021
The History of Oxford City FC
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£8,920 01/12/2021
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 Return to Play
£25,678 26/01/2021
3
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled COVID-19 Return to Play. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£10,000 02/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity ....more
Sport England - Oxford Powerchair Football
£9,713 20/09/2019
36
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Oxford Powerchair Football. This project is a Association Football project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
Sport England - Community Arena
£350,000 30/03/2011
Funding under Sport England's Strategic Facilities funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Community Arena'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
  • GREIG BOX TURNBULL Appointed: 2024
  • JAMES MURRAY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • JUSTIN MERRITT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/10/1991, number: 1004465
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/07/1991, number: 02631845
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 64 days late, AR22: 143 days late, AR21: 26 days late, AR20: 51 days late, AR18: 134 days late, AR17: 64 days late, AR13: 51 days late, AR12: 122 days late, AR11: 101 days late, AR10: 64 days late, AR07: 16 days late, AR06: 4 days late, AR05: 68 days late, AR04: 19 days late,
Main office

Oxford City Football Club
Court Place Farm
Marsh Lane
Headington
OXFORD
OX3 0NQ

Objectives

TO PROVIDE, OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES WHICH WILL ENABLE AND ENCOURAGE PERSONS OF COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE AND YOUNG PERSONS UNDERGOING HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION TO BE TRAINED IN AND PLAY ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL OR OTHER GAMES OR SPORTS SO AS TO ASSIST IN THEIR PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

OXFORDSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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