Registered charity · Oxford
The Friends of Whitefriars Oxford Fund
The Friends of Whitefriars Oxford Fund is a registered charity (number 207738) based in Oxford, governed by 6 trustees. Latest income £607k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Carmelite Priory - Oxford, Carmelite Priory, Oxford (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £607k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Trustees of the Discalced Carmelites Charity.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities
- Where
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- www.carmelite.uk.net (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£607k£785k
- 2024£1.1m£818k
- 2023£882k£656k
Earlier years
- 2022£849k£519k
- 2021£520k£403k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(1) CHARITABLE WORK IN THE BENEFICIAL AREA CARRIED ON BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ORDER OF MEN KNOWN AS THE DISCALCED CARMELITE FRIARS. (2) ESTABLISHMENT EQUIPPING AND MAINTENANCE OF A HOUSE OR PLACE OF STUDIES IN THE BENEFICIAL AREA FOR THE USE OF MEMBERS OF THE SAID ORDER.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Chinedum Thaddeus Ekuma since 2023
- Rev James Noel Noonan since 2023
- Rev Jerome Oseagwina Ituah since 2026
- Rev Michael Mcgoldrick since 2023
- Rev Vincent O'Hara since 2023
- Trustees of the Discalced Carmelites Charity since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Trustees of the Discalced Carmelites Charity since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
Portfolio (5)
- Chinedum Thaddeus Ekuma since 2023
- Rev James Noel Noonan since 2023
- Rev Jerome Oseagwina Ituah since 2026
- Rev Michael Mcgoldrick since 2023
- Rev Vincent O'Hara since 2023
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
7.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 14.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 207738
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 24TH MARCH 1954 AND CODICIL DATED 1ST JULY 1954 TO THE WILL DATED 23RD JUNE 1954 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 11TH DECEMBER 2001.
- Contact on the register
- 01865730183 · bursar@carmelite.org.uk
- 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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