Registered charity (CIO) · Oxfordshire
The RAY Collins Charitable Trust
The RAY Collins Charitable Trust is a registered charity (number 1173358) based in Oxfordshire, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Raymond Collins since 2025. Latest income £31k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £31k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- raycollinstrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£31k£37k
- 2023£42k£38k
- 2022£58k£66k
Earlier years
- 2021£84k£84k
- 2020£119k£98k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WANTAGE, OXFORDSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS, TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
Grants received
4 grants · £12,000 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 Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £7,000 (2 grants)
- SHAREGIFT · £3,000
- Oxfordshire Community Foundation · £2,000
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Raymond Collins Chair since 2025
- Erica Mackay since 2024
- Irene Pond since 2026
- Lisa Smith since 2023
- Melanie Breakspear since 2017
- Robin David Bolton since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Melanie Breakspear since 2017
- Robin David Bolton since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Raymond Collins Chair since 2025
- Erica Mackay since 2024
- Irene Pond since 2026
- Lisa Smith since 2023
- Melanie Breakspear since 2017
- Robin David Bolton since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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
- 1173358
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 12 Jun 2017
- Contact on the register
- 07888634920 · info@raycollinstrust.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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