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Registered charity · London

Oxford Literary and Debating Union Charitable Trust

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £216k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Oxfordshire
Registered
1975

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£216k£122k
  • 2024£236k£173k
  • 2023£92k£40k
Earlier years
  • 2022£109k£17k
  • 2021£54k£27k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST THE MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD BY THE PROVISION OF DEBATES AND IN MAINTENANCE OF A LIBRARY AND READING ROOM AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE TENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY THE PROVISION OF DEBATES AND THE MAINTENANCE OF A LIBRARY AND READING ROOMS IN THE UNION BUILDINGS.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

7 trustees on the board

7y median 6.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 7General Charitable Purposes 7Education/training 6Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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.

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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£216k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
270292
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 21ST JULY 1975 AND SCHEME OF 21ST MAY 1986 as amended on 25 Jun 2022
Contact on the register
02076359421 · oldut@baccma.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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