Registered charity (CIO) · Oxfordshire
The Thomas Gifford Trust
- 12 trustees
- Income £257k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Christopher David Charles PottsChair · since 2014
- Arne KuehlTrustee · since 2023
- Ashley BeightonTrustee · since 2021
- Catherine Darya BallTrustee · since 2023
- David John CourtTrustee · since 2026
- James Thomas HolahTrustee · since 2025
- John Paul CreganTrustee · since 2025
- Kim HarrisonTrustee · since 2025
- Matthew Roy Alexander ScottTrustee · since 2021
- Richard Michael DoyleTrustee · since 2025
- Steven Brannan Fairhurst JonesTrustee · since 2020
- Stuart Robin Scott DuffTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Recreation
- Where
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- www.charlburycommunitycentre.org.uk/about-us/the-thomas-gifford-trust (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£257k£229k
- 2024£245k£184k
- 2023£212k£179k
Earlier years
- 2022£201k£143k
- 2021£168k£118k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 6% · Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A RECREATION GROUND (THE PLAYING CLOSE) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF CHARLBURY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID INHABITANTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.
Grants received
7 grants · £549,390 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
- Sport England · £522,410 (3 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,480
- Oxfordshire Community Foundation · £7,500 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Christopher David Charles Potts Chair since 2014
- Arne Kuehl since 2023
- Ashley Beighton since 2021
- Catherine Darya Ball since 2023
- David John Court since 2026
- James Thomas Holah since 2025
- John Paul Cregan since 2025
- Kim Harrison since 2025
- Matthew Roy Alexander Scott since 2021
- Richard Michael Doyle since 2025
- Steven Brannan Fairhurst Jones since 2020
- Stuart Robin Scott Duff since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Christopher David Charles Potts Chair since 2014
- Steven Brannan Fairhurst Jones since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Arne Kuehl since 2023
- Ashley Beighton since 2021
- Catherine Darya Ball since 2023
- James Thomas Holah since 2025
- John Paul Cregan since 2025
- Kim Harrison since 2025
- Richard Michael Doyle since 2025
- Steven Brannan Fairhurst Jones since 2020
- Stuart Robin Scott Duff since 2020
Portfolio (3)
- Christopher David Charles Potts Chair since 2014
- David John Court since 2026
- Matthew Roy Alexander Scott since 2021
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
- 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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1155669
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 06 FEB 2014AMENDED ON 13 JUL 2016 as amended on 02 Jul 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01608 811 878 · info@charlburycommunitycentre.org.uk
- 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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