Registered charity · Oxford
The Society of ST Stephen's House
The Society of ST Stephen's House is a registered charity (number 1177459) based in Oxford, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £1.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.6m (2025)
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Who leads it
- David Christopher BallanceTrustee · since 2026
- Edward DobsonTrustee · since 2021
- Katie HarrisonTrustee · since 2023
- Morag Ellis KCTrustee · since 2023
- Reverend Dr Harri WilliamsTrustee · since 2025
- Right Reverend Jonathan Mark Richard BakerTrustee · since 2018
- Simon Beckingham BlandTrustee · since 2026
- The Reverend Grant Lambert NaylorTrustee · since 2023
- The Right Reverend Dr Martin Clive WarnerTrustee · since 2018
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, Education/training, Religious Activities
- Where
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- www.ssho.ox.ac.uk/index.html (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Society of ST Stephen's House
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.6m£2.0m
- 2024£1.8m£2.0m
- 2023£1.4m£1.7m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.2m£1.6m
- 2021£1.0m£1.4m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
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.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- David Christopher Ballance since 2026
- Edward Dobson since 2021
- Katie Harrison since 2023
- Morag Ellis KC since 2023
- Right Reverend Jonathan Mark Richard Baker since 2018
- Reverend Dr Harri Williams since 2025
- Simon Beckingham Bland since 2026
- The Reverend Grant Lambert Naylor since 2023
- The Right Reverend Dr Martin Clive Warner since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Right Reverend Jonathan Mark Richard Baker since 2018
- The Right Reverend Dr Martin Clive Warner since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Edward Dobson since 2021
- Katie Harrison since 2023
- Morag Ellis KC since 2023
- Reverend Dr Harri Williams since 2025
- Simon Beckingham Bland since 2026
Portfolio (4)
- David Christopher Ballance since 2026
- Right Reverend Jonathan Mark Richard Baker since 2018
- The Reverend Grant Lambert Naylor since 2023
- The Right Reverend Dr Martin Clive Warner 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.
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
1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1177459
- Status
- Registered
- 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
- Companies House
- Company number 11199178 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01865 599650 · bursar@ssho.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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