Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

OXFORD COMMUNITY WORK AGENCY LIMITED

The principle activity of the charity is to provide advice.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • Why is the Board completely female?
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£320£270£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£253£234£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£253£234£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£226£257£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£205£205£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£174£192£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£244£212£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£300£308£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£322£333£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£397£363£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£397£363£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£355£330£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£366£330£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£385£363£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£373£419£-46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£367£408£-41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£339£311£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£271£248£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£231£234£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£227£224£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 29 years
(40 years as a company)

oxfordshirewelfarerights@btck.co.uk

SDARBY@OXFORDSHIREWELFARERIGHTS.ORG.UK

01865744165

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Oxfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Access to Justice Foundation£50,584
Oxfordshire Community Foundation£14,476
DCMS£9,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Care in Oxfordshire
£14,476 20/12/2022
10
Grant to Oxford Community Work Agency Ltd
Access to Justice Foundation - Improving Outcomes Through Legal Support (IOTLS) grant
£23,149 23/05/2022
The funding programme aims to support organisations working to sustain and improve access to early social welfare and family legal support and advice, to enable users to resolve these problems as early as possible and avoid the need for court or ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,600 11/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£27,435 16/07/2020
A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Reducing social isolation in Barton
£9,900 01/08/2019
12
The organisation will use funding to continue providing advice about benefits and welfare to the local community in Oxford. The project aims to support the local community to resolve issues.
Oxford City Council - Grant to Oxford Community Work Agency
£116,480 01/04/2019
Funding awarded for core costs to deliver welfare advice
Oxford City Council - Grant to Oxford Community Work Agency
£116,480 13/02/2018
Funding awarded for core costs to deliver welfare advice
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 67-77
  • DEBORAH MARY SCARBOROUGH Appointed: 2023
  • NORMAN LYN THOMAS WILLIAMS Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Retired
  • SUSAN HOLDEN Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Retired
  • TERESA CLARE MUNBY Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Law Tutor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/09/1995, number: 1049343
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/01/1984, number: 01785651
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR10: 18 days late, AR09: 108 days late,
Main office

BARTON NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE
UNDERHILL CIRCUS
HEADINGTON
OXFORD
OX3 9LS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY OF OXFORD, (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS

Defined Area of Benefit:

OXFORDSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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