# THE THOMAS GIFFORD TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1155669
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Feb. 6, 2014
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1155669


## Contact

- **Address:** Charlbury Community Centre, Spendlove Centre, Enstone Road, Charlbury, Oxfordshire
- **Postcode:** OX7 3PQ
- **Phone:** 01608 811 878
- **Email:** info@charlburycommunitycentre.org.uk
- **Website:** www.charlburycommunitycentre.org.uk/about-us/the-thomas-gifford-trust/



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A RECREATION GROUND (THE PLAYING CLOSE) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF CHARLBURY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID INHABITANTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.

**Activities:** The Trust owns and operates the Charlbury Community Centre, which includes a large sports hall, a cafe and a multi-purpose space, and provides facilities for a public library operated by Oxfordshire County Council.  The Trust also maintains The Playing Close for the benefit of the residents of Charlbury.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Recreation
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Oxfordshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £257119 | £229453 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £244879 | £184017 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £212163 | £179427 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £201171 | £143243 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £168350 | £118069 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **CHRISTOPHER DAVID CHARLES POTTS** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 15, 2014
- Anna Boardwell — appointed June 26, 2024
- Arne Kuehl — appointed March 29, 2023
- Ashley Beighton — appointed Nov. 11, 2021
- Catherine Darya Ball — appointed Jan. 11, 2023
- James Thomas Holah — appointed March 12, 2025
- John Paul Cregan — appointed Nov. 12, 2025
- Kim Harrison — appointed July 9, 2025
- Matthew Roy Alexander Scott — appointed May 21, 2021
- Richard Michael Doyle — appointed Nov. 12, 2025
- Steven Brannan Fairhurst Jones — appointed Jan. 9, 2020
- Stuart Robin Scott Duff — appointed Oct. 14, 2020