THE CITY OF OXFORD CHARITY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-03
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£397K
+18.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£13M
+13.9% vs 2024
Employees
4
+33.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£62K
-5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-03.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £246,581 | £263,122 | |
| Operating profit | -£209,293 | -£188,943 | |
| Profit before tax | -£59,266 | -£62,211 | |
| Net profit | £572,347 | £1,621,084 | |
| Cash | £334,223 | £397,386 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,030,148 | £13,616,554 | |
| Net assets | £11,674,245 | £13,295,329 | |
| Equity | £11,674,245 | £13,295,329 | |
| Average employees | 3 | 4 | |
| Wages | £83,544 | £88,422 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -84.9% | -71.8% | |
| Net margin | 232.1% | 616.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.7% | -1.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.8% | 3.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.43x | 4.43x | |
| Interest cover | -4.92x | -4.04x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Gravita Audit Oxford LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The sale of the land at Gosford has progressed very satisfactorily. During the year, S106 demands have been agreed and planning permission confirmed. Planning consent was finalised and the developer confirmed an offer price which the board deems agreeable. It is expected that the sale will conclude in the week beginning 13 April-2026.”
- “Preparations for the refurbishment of the Parsons building have continued, in anticipation of cash receipts from the sale of the Gosford land.”
- “The Charity's continuing focus on early years resulted in another year of increased educational grants supporting children from the most deprived parts of the city.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
20 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVE, Richard Manser | Secretary | 2018-03-16 | — | — |
| BRATBY, Ishanthi, Dr | Director | 2022-07-29 | Oct 1970 | British |
| CLEMENTS, Michael | Director | 2023-07-28 | Nov 1954 | British |
| COYNE, Barbara | Director | 2023-07-31 | Nov 1957 | British |
| FAIRWEATHER-TALL, Andrew James, Dr | Director | 2021-07-08 | Sep 1971 | British |
| FRY, James | Director | 2023-07-31 | Feb 1946 | British |
| GAY, Judith Garry Mary | Director | 2017-03-14 | May 1947 | British |
| GOULD, John Vincent | Director | 2017-03-14 | Oct 1954 | British |
| HILLIARD, Catherine Elizabeth | Director | 2017-03-14 | Aug 1941 | British |
| HOLLINGSWORTH, Alexander John | Director | 2019-06-12 | Mar 1969 | British |
| JOINT, Eric Forrest | Director | 2024-10-25 | Oct 1955 | British |
| JONES, Graham Roderick | Director | 2017-03-14 | Aug 1943 | British |
| KENNEDY, Patricia Lindsey | Director | 2022-07-31 | Jan 1950 | British |
| MACTAGGART, Jane Lindsay | Director | 2017-09-22 | Feb 1949 | British |
| MUNDY, Edward | Director | 2022-07-13 | Apr 1986 | British |
| PRESSEL, Susanna | Director | 2021-07-21 | Aug 1948 | British |
| ROLLEY, Anthony James | Director | 2025-10-31 | May 1951 | British |
| SIMM, Christine Mary | Director | 2018-08-22 | Dec 1949 | British |
| SMOWTON, Christopher | Director | 2022-07-13 | Mar 1986 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Jenny | Director | 2021-07-08 | Dec 1984 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTAF-KHAN, Mohammed | Director | 2018-06-22 | 2022-07-13 |
| AZAD, Jamila | Director | 2018-06-22 | 2021-05-28 |
| BIRCH, Robin Arthur | Director | 2017-03-14 | 2022-07-19 |
| BUTCHARD, Sharon | Director | 2020-04-24 | 2021-07-30 |
| CHRISTIE, Charlotte Eleanor | Director | 2019-09-27 | 2024-10-25 |
| CRONAN, William Stanley, Doctor | Director | 2020-04-24 | 2025-10-31 |
| CURRAN, Stephen John | Director | 2017-03-14 | 2020-09-30 |
| DIGGINS, Elizabeth Anna Wensley | Director | 2021-07-10 | 2022-07-13 |
| FOOKS, Jean Lesley | Director | 2017-03-14 | 2018-06-22 |
| GILMAN, Thomas Edward | Director | 2017-09-22 | 2020-04-24 |
| HOULT, Louise Sarah, Dr | Director | 2021-01-29 | 2021-06-30 |
| HOWLETT, Richard George Alexander | Director | 2018-08-22 | 2019-06-28 |
| KENNEDY, Patricia Lindsey | Director | 2017-09-22 | 2021-07-30 |
| LANCASHIRE, Michael Trevor | Director | 2017-03-14 | 2017-03-31 |
| LLOYD-SHOGBESAN, Ben | Director | 2017-03-14 | 2017-03-31 |
| LYGO, Mark Robert | Director | 2020-10-22 | 2023-07-12 |
| MORTIMER, Susan Rosemary | Director | 2017-03-14 | 2018-06-22 |
| O'SHEA, Kathleen Patricia | Director | 2017-03-14 | 2017-03-31 |
| PEGG, Jennifer Eaton | Director | 2017-03-14 | 2017-11-27 |
| SANDERS, Gillian Ann, Mrs. | Director | 2017-03-14 | 2018-06-22 |
| SMITH, Roger John, Prof | Director | 2017-03-14 | 2022-03-02 |
| TOMES, Jason Hunter, Dr | Director | 2017-03-14 | 2025-10-31 |
| WARNER MAY, Amy Louise | Director | 2022-10-28 | 2024-07-26 |
| WHITTINGTON, Richard Michael, Dr | Director | 2017-03-14 | 2020-09-30 |
| WOODWARD, Anthony Robert | Director | 2017-03-14 | 2021-01-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 89 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
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Turnover
+6.7%
£246,581 £263,122
-
Cash
+18.9%
£334,223 £397,386
-
Net assets
+13.9%
£11,674,245 £13,295,329
-
Employees
+33.3%
3 4
-
Operating profit
+9.7%
-£209,293 -£188,943
-
Profit before tax
-5%
-£59,266 -£62,211
-
Wages
+5.8%
£83,544 £88,422
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers