Registered charity · Oxford
Oxfordshire Science Festival
- 7 trustees
- Income £144k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- www.if-oxford.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- IF Oxford LTD.
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£144k£146k
- 2024£167k£166k
- 2023£146k£146k
Earlier years
- 2022£140k£191k
- 2021£248k£212k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT SCIENCE BY OFFERING ACCESSIBLE, CREATIVE AND RELEVANT ACTIVITIES TO THE BROADEST POSSIBLE RANGE OF PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY: PROVIDING EVENTS THAT ENABLE THE BROADEST POSSIBLE GROUP OF PEOPLE TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW SCIENCE IS PART OF, AND IMPACTS ON, THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE. PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR THE MANY OUTSTANDING SCIENTISTS IN OXFORDSHIRE TO TALK TO A DIVERSE AUDIENCE ABOUT WHAT THEY DO, AND STIMULATE INTEREST IN THEIR WORK. FACILITATING DIALOGUE BETWEEN SCIENTISTS AND THE PUBLIC PROVIDING HANDS ON, INTERACTIVE SCIENCE EVENTS WITH BROAD AND LASTING IMPACT WHICH WILL ENCOURAGE INCREASED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACROSS OXFORDSHIRE AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTIES. BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER SIMILAR SCIENCE ACTIVITIES TO SHARE BEST PRACTICE, IDEAS AND RESOURCES
Grants received
1 grant · £7,579 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £7,579
Most recent
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Dr Claire Cockcroft since 2020
- Dr Ian Thompson since 2013
- Dr Sarah Jane Macnaughton since 2022
- Nia Caroline John since 2020
- Professor David Pyle since 2019
- Samuel Mansell since 2024
- Tim Hart since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Claire Cockcroft since 2020
- Dr Ian Thompson since 2013
- Nia Caroline John since 2020
- Professor David Pyle since 2019
- Tim Hart since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Dr Claire Cockcroft since 2020
- Dr Ian Thompson since 2013
- Dr Sarah Jane Macnaughton since 2022
- Nia Caroline John since 2020
- Professor David Pyle since 2019
- Samuel Mansell since 2024
- Tim Hart since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1151361
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15/03/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 06/03/2013
- Companies House
- Company number 07189165 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01865810027 · info@if-oxford.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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