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Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies

Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies is a registered charity (number 309720) based in Oxford, governed by 13 trustees. Latest income £816k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £816k (2025)

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Oxfordshire
Website
www.ochjs.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Registered
1973

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£816k£1.2m
  • 2024£715k£1.2m
  • 2023£892k£1.4m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.5m£1.4m
  • 2021£610k£1.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF HEBREW JEWISH STUDIES, WHICH EXPRESSION SHALL IN THESE OBJECTS BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE STUDIES OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE, HEBREW LITERATURE AND SUBJECTS WHICH ARE, IN THE OPINION OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS, ANCILLARY THERETO AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF A CENTRE AND FACILITIES FOR POST-GRADUATE RESEARCH IN HEBREW AND JEWISH STUDIES AND TRANSLATION OF HEBREW AND OTHER WORKS.

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.

8.2y median 8y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure
17.7y
average years in governance
11
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 13General Charitable Purposes 2Accommodation/housing 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 22Finance 17Professional services 13

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£816k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

3.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.7 in 2021

10 from 9 in 2021
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
309720
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18TH APRIL 1973, AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 15 DECEMBER 1998 AND 3 APRIL 2003.
Companies House
Company number 01109384 · Active
Contact on the register
01865610422 · enquiries@ochjs.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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