The Oxford Preservation Trust
Registered charity 203043 Registered since 1962
Operates: Oxfordshire
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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.
14 trustees on the board
- Ann Louise Upton since 2018
- Cllr Elizabeth Diggins since 2022
- David Streat
- Dame Helen Frances Ghosh since 2021
- Emily Julie Naomi Gee since 2023
- Julian Munby since 2013
- John Gordon Stevenson since 2024
- Joseph Handibry Mbatu Tah since 2019
- Mark Beard since 2023
- Nick Leimu-Brown since 2021
- Philip Christopher Liam Parker since 2019
- Professor William Hadden Whyte since 2015
- Rosalind Claire Rogers since 2021
- Susanna Pressel since 2013
6.6y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Ann Louise Upton since 2018
- Julian Munby since 2013
- Joseph Handibry Mbatu Tah since 2019
- Philip Christopher Liam Parker since 2019
- Professor William Hadden Whyte since 2015
- Susanna Pressel since 2013
15.1y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Cllr Elizabeth Diggins since 2022
- David Streat
- Dame Helen Frances Ghosh since 2021
- Emily Julie Naomi Gee since 2023
- Joseph Handibry Mbatu Tah since 2019
- Mark Beard since 2023
- Nick Leimu-Brown since 2021
Portfolio (7)
- Ann Louise Upton since 2018
- Julian Munby since 2013
- John Gordon Stevenson since 2024
- Philip Christopher Liam Parker since 2019
- Professor William Hadden Whyte since 2015
- Rosalind Claire Rogers since 2021
- Susanna Pressel since 2013
14
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Environment/conservation/heritage 12Education/training 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Amateur Sport 2General Charitable Purposes 2Recreation 2
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Arts and leisure 17Business services 4Construction 3
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.
incomespending£838k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.
110.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 99.6 in 2020
8 from 8 in 2020
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
- Oxfordshire Victoria County History Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Historic Towns Trust 1 shared trustee
- Wootton Conservation Trust 1 shared trustee
- Wootton Conservation Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Oxfordshire Buildings Trust 1 shared trustee
- The City of Oxford Charity Limited 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk |
| info@oxfordpreservation.org.uk | |
| Phone | 01865242918 |
| Address | OXFORD PRESERVATION TRUST, 10 TURN AGAIN LANE, OXFORD, OX1 1QL |
Finances
£838,193 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | £891,757 | £814,181 |
| 2021 | £832,006 | £1,220,869 |
| 2022 | £2,072,058 | £816,230 |
| 2023 | £790,134 | £1,273,512 |
| 2024 | £838,193 | £844,477 |
What it does
What
Environment/conservation/heritageWho
The General Public/mankindHow
Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceOther Charitable ActivitiesCharitable objects
(A) TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE AMENITIES OF THE CITY OF OXFORD AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. (B) TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF OXFORD AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14 NOVEMBER 1927
Trustees (14)
14trustees
63median age
5aged 70+
- Ann Louise Uptonage band 55-59 since 2018
- Cllr Elizabeth Digginsage band 25-29 since 2022
- David Streatage band 70-74
- Dame Helen Frances Ghoshage band 70-74 since 2021
- Emily Julie Naomi Geeage band 50-54 since 2023
- Julian Munbyage band 70-74 since 2013
- John Gordon Stevensonage band 75-79 since 2024
- Joseph Handibry Mbatu Tahage band 60-64 since 2019
- Mark Beardage band 60-64 since 2023
- Nick Leimu-Brownage band 60-64 since 2021
- Philip Christopher Liam Parkerage band 55-59 since 2019
- Professor William Hadden Whyteage band 50-54 since 2015
- Rosalind Claire Rogersage band 65-69 since 2021
- Susanna Presselage band 75-79 since 2013
Linked company (Companies House)
Oxford Preservation Trust · 00225839 · Active
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 14/11/1927
3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.
Connected charities (16)
- Hulme Trust Estates (Educational) 1 shared trustee
- Risinghurst Community-Association 1 shared trustee
- The Oxfordshire Buildings Trust 1 shared trustee
- Wootton Conservation Trust 1 shared trustee
- The King's Hall and College of Brasenose in Oxford 1 shared trustee
- The 1815 Charitable Incorporated Organisation 1 shared trustee
- Wootton Conservation Trust 1 shared trustee
- Oxfordshire Victoria County History Trust 1 shared trustee
- Oxford Historical Society 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Peters Church Wolvercote 1 shared trustee
- Saint John Baptist College in the University of Oxford 1 shared trustee
- Headington Community Association 1 shared trustee
- Headington Quarry Village Hall 1 shared trustee
- The Historic Towns Trust 1 shared trustee
- OLD Marston Charities Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Sunningwell School of ART 1 shared trustee
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