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Oxford Archaeology Limited
Oxford Archaeology Limited is a registered charity (number 285627) based in Oxford, governed by 8 trustees. Latest income £28m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Oxford Archaeology, Oxford Archaeology North (Charity Commission)
- 8 trustees
- Income £28m (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Saudi Arabia, Throughout England And Wales, Isle Of Man, Jersey
- Website
- www.oxfordarchaeology.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Oxford Archaeology Limited
- Registered
- 1982
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£28m£27m
- 2024£23m£23m
- 2023£25m£23m
Earlier years
- 2022£24m£23m
- 2021£25m£22m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 2% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT OF ARCHAEOLOGY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD
Grants received
14 grants · £1,317,212 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £563,788
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £448,500 (2 grants)
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £209,582
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £42,221 (2 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £26,752 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Dr Alison Macdonald since 2023
- Gillian Margaret Andrews since 2020
- JAN Wills since 2017
- Paul Chadwick since 2020
- Professor Amy Bogaard since 2023
- Richard Briant
- Simon Blackmore since 2020
- Sue Cooper since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Gillian Margaret Andrews since 2020
- JAN Wills since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Dr Alison Macdonald since 2023
- Gillian Margaret Andrews since 2020
- JAN Wills since 2017
- Paul Chadwick since 2020
- Simon Blackmore since 2020
- Sue Cooper since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Professor Amy Bogaard since 2023
- Richard Briant
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
6.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 4.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 285627
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 MARCH 1982 AS AMENDED ON 1 FEBRUARY 1983 AND 5 OCTOBER 1997 NOW ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 21 OCTOBER 2009 AND REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 9 NOVEMBER 2009
- Companies House
- Company number 01618597 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01865263800 · info@oxfordarch.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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