The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Society of ST Stephen's House

Registered charity 1177459 Registered since 2018

Operates: Oxfordshire

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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.

3.8y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure
6.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9Religious Activities 9General Charitable Purposes 7Disability 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 9Other services 3Tech and media 2

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.6m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.3 in 2021

25 from 23 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://www.ssho.ox.ac.uk/index.html
Emailbursar@ssho.ac.uk
Phone01865 599650
AddressST. STEPHENS HOUSE, 16 MARSTON STREET, OXFORD, OX4 1JX

Finances

£1,577,263 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,018,570£1,378,252
2022£1,239,289£1,607,724
2023£1,430,475£1,711,844
2024£1,811,394£2,031,507
2025£1,577,263£1,971,058

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingReligious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

FURTHERING THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF GRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE AND OTHERS PREPARING FOR MISSION WORK ABROAD OR FOR OTHER MINISTERIAL WORK IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND OR THE CHURCHES IN COMMUNION WITH THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS MAY TEND TO AID OR FURTHER THIS GENERAL OBJECT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12 FEB 2018 as amended on 18 Jun 2018 as amended on 13 Nov 2018 as amended on 10 Dec 2021

Trustees (9)

9trustees
41median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Society of ST Stephen's House · 11199178 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 12/02/2018

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (13)

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