Registered charity (CIO) · Oxford
Oxford Initiatives
Oxford Initiatives is a registered charity (number 1213787) based in Oxford, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Batsirai Takwana Mhuka since 2026. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
- Where
- Oxfordshire, Ealing
- Website
- oxfordinitiatives.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2025
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-4.1. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS IN OXFORDSHIRE (AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE) WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED BY REASON OF AGE, YOUTH, ILL-HEALTH, SICKNESS, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, POOR SKILLS ATTAINMENT OR SUCH OTHER ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE; AND4.2. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION THROUGH, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ENCOURAGING, SUPPORTING AND FACILITATING CHRISTIAN MISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Batsirai Takwana Mhuka Chair since 2026
- Dr Joyce Angeline Francois since 2025
- Meran Coombes since 2025
- Rev Jon Alan Steppe since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Batsirai Takwana Mhuka Chair since 2026
- Dr Joyce Angeline Francois since 2025
- Meran Coombes since 2025
- Rev Jon Alan Steppe since 2025
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
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1213787
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 24 Jun 2025
- Contact on the register
- 07907371049 · lola.chapman@oxfordinitiatives.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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