OXFORD CITY FARM — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 26 October 2011
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 07239285
Financial period: 1 May 2025 – 30 April 2026
Latest income: £198,078
Latest expenditure: £263,992
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Oxford City Farm, Cornwallis Road, OXFORD, OX4 3NH

Website recorded by the regulator: oxfordcityfarm.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

the provision of educational and social opportunities related to food farming and caring for the wider environment. The charity seeks to create and maintain a life-long learning environment where both able and differently abled individuals, based either locally or further afield, can advance their knowledge, skills and psychological well-being through farm and farm-associated activities.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2025
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2027
Date Annual Return Received: 30 October 2026
Date Accounts Received: 30 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £198,078
Total Gross Expenditure: £263,992

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 6 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 6 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £306,874
Total Gross Expenditure: £249,461

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 21 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 21 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £249,782
Total Gross Expenditure: £238,366

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 29 February 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 10 November 2023
Date Accounts Received: 10 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £200,305
Total Gross Expenditure: £203,789

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 8 February 2023
Date Accounts Received: 8 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £150,442
Total Gross Expenditure: £121,009

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2025
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2026
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2027
Ar Received Date: 30 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £198,078
Total Gross Expenditure: £263,992
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 438

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2026
Ar Received Date: 6 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £306,874
Total Gross Expenditure: £249,461
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 250

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 21 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £249,782
Total Gross Expenditure: £238,366
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 214

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Due Date: 29 February 2024
Ar Received Date: 10 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £200,305
Total Gross Expenditure: £203,789
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £5,500
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 118

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2023
Ar Received Date: 8 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £150,442
Total Gross Expenditure: £121,009
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £14,535
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: Yes
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 80

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Oxfordshire
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 111
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Animals

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: OXFORD CITY FARM
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2011-10-26T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/04/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 27/09/2011
Charitable Objects: 1. TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, INCLUDING CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, SOCIALLY EXCLUDED PEOPLE, ELDERLY PEOPLE, DISABLED PEOPLE AND OTHERWISE DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, IN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, CRAFTS, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, COUNTRY LIFE, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT THROUGH BEST ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES.3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONGST PERSONS REGARDLESS OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN ENTERPRISES RELATING TO AGRICULTURE, FARMING, HORTICULTURE AND ANY OTHER SUCH PROJECTS WITH THE INTENT OF TRAINING SUCH PERSONS TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP VOCATIONAL SKILLS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING VOLUNTEERING AND WORK EXPERIENCE IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THEIR KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES AND THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPACITIES SO THAT THEY MAY DEVELOP AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE MY BE IMPROVED.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures