2025-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 1 1 2025 31 12 2025

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference Other names charity is known by OEEC Registered charity number (if any) 1160410

Charity's principal address

Postcode

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Jonathan Tummons
	Ruth Barley
	Shari Sabeti

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted

Trust Deed

Trust

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Appointed by current trustees

• (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

To advance education for the public benefit in ethnography in particular but not exclusively by:

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

1) organising an annual academic conference relating to ethnography in education;

• 2) supporting emerging ethnographic scholars and PhD students in developing their research methodologies and theories;

3) generating support networks and stimulate ethnographic research between academics working across relevant (social science and education) disciplines and areas of investigation.

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The Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference (OEEC) is held annually in September in Oxford, England over three days. The conference welcomes a wide range of experienced and inexperienced delegates from across the UK, the United States and North and South America, Europe and the Near and Far East including Australia.

The conference generates support networks and stimulates ethnographic research between academics working across relevant disciplines and areas of investigation.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

In particular we encourage emerging scholars and PhD students to attend the conference and develop their knowledge of research methodologies and theories. Emerging scholars and PhD students report that they find the small and supportive nature of the conference useful in developing their own research ideas and practice.

By running the conference and supporting both emerging and experienced scholars the charity has advanced education for the public benefit. When organising the conference the trustees have taken you have taken the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance into account.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

The trustees have agreed to build up a research development fund of up to £12,000. This fund may be used to support research projects that may not otherwise be funded or to offer PhD students a reduced conference fee rate. This meets the objects of the charity by supporting ethnographic scholars and PhD students in developing their research methodologies and theories.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

We ran the annual conference at New College Oxford in September 2025.

The 2025 edition of the conference was attended by 54 delegates in total compared to 38 in 2024.

The 2025 edition of the conference was attended by a total of 27 delegates [Global South delegates = 4; Global South PhD students = 4; PhD students = 15; discretionary concessions agreed by the committee = 4] who were supported with reduced fees, compared to 7 in 2024 [Global South = 2; PhD students = 5]. Our financial reserves from 2024 allowed us to expand concessions for 2024 [Global South PhD students were the new category for concessions] and we anticipate further expansion in 2025.

Two years worth of sponsorship of the wine reception fall into these annual accounts as the sponsorship for 2024 were paid in March 2025.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

OEEC continues to be dependent on delegates' registration as the main source of income to sustain our activities.

To avoid closure if funding difficulties were to happen the trustees have agreed to keep up to £2,000 in reserves to ensure that main operations can continue for a period of 12 months in the event that unforeseen incidents occur, i.e. a drop in delegate registrations, additional trustee meetings if needed throughout the year, unexpected outgoings related to core activities.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

N/A

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

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JONATHAN TUMMONS

Full name(s) SHARAREH SABETI Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Committee Member Committee Member etc) Date 24/6/26

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	Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference	Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference	Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference	Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference	Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference	1160410	1160410	1160410	CC16a
	For the period from		1.1.25		To		31.12.26
Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 29,931 600		Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - -		Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - -		Total funds to the nearest £ 29,931 600		Last year to the nearest £ 15,773
Delegate registration and accommodation			-		-		29,931
Wine reception sponsorship			-		-		600
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Sub total(Gross income for AR)	30,531		-		-		30,531		15,773
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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Sub total	-								-
Total receipts A3 Payments
									15,773
Administrator expenses	93		-		-		93		89
Administrator fee(self employed)	1,500		-		-		1,500		1,750
Hire of rooms, accommodation and food (New College invoice)	21,429		-		-		21,429		12,945
Trustee expenses	782		-		-		782		548
Website design	750		-		-		750		750
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**Sub total **	24,554 - - - 24,554 5,977		- - - - - -		- - - - - -		24,554 - - - 24,554 5,977
									16,082
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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**Sub total **	-								-
Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end
									16,082
	5,977		-		-		5,977		- 309
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	26,557		-		-		26,557
	32,534		-		-		32,534		26,557

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets	Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details		Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - Agreement Error Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs		Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional)		Endowment funds to nearest £
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	Jonathan Tummons Signature Sharareh Sabeti		Print Name SHARAREH SABETI Jonathan Tummons
							Date of approval
	Sharareh Sabeti		SHARAREH SABETI				24/06/2026
	Jonathan Tummons		Jonathan Tummons				30/06/2026

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference

On accounts for the year 31.12.25 Charity no 1160410 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1-2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

Respective The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. responsibilities of The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year trustees and examiner under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:

• examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,

• to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and

• to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

• Basis of independent My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given examiner’s statement by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

• Independent In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention

• examiner's statement 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:

  • to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and

  • to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act

  • have not been met; or

• to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

• Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Signed:[Chris Fitzgerald ] Date: 15.6.26 Name: Chris Fitzgerald Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):

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Address:[Department of Psychology, Sociology and Politics, Faculty of Development ] and Society, Sheffield Hallam University, Heart of Campus, Sheffield, S10 2LD

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.

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Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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