
## Trustees’ Annual Report for the period 

From 01/01/2023 Period start date   To 31/12/2023 Period end date 

## Charity name: Oliver Heaton Trust 

## Charity registration number: 1165051 

## Objectives and Activities 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To further such religious purposes in the<br>THE PARISH OF SS PHILIP & JAMES<br>WITH ST MARGARET IN THE CITY OF<br>OXFORD as the Vicar and churchwardens<br>of the said parish shall in their absolute<br>discretion think fit.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The charity’s principal activity is to make<br>grants to support activities in line with its<br>charitable purpose, as set out above.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to the Charity<br>commission guidance on public benefit.|



## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||<br>SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|All applications for grants must be<br>considered and approved as being<br>appropriate by the PCC before the trustees<br>consider them.|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|The charity’s activities in reviewing grant<br>applications and making grants are carried<br>out entirely by the trustees, who are<br>volunteers. The charity itself does not carry<br>out other activities, except to manage its<br>assets.|





Other 

The church is an Anglican parish church, but is open to all, irrespective of residence or faith. 

## Achievements and Performance 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|In 2023,<br>OHT ceased contributng to the cost of<br>the associate Priest post which has<br>become part-tme.<br><br>contnued funding of children’s worker<br>(100%)<br><br>paid for a First Aid course<br><br>loaned money to St Margaret’s for<br>guter repairs<br><br>contnued the grant to SAMS (a weekly<br>craf group at church for children)|



## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Achievements against<br>objectives set|<br>Para 1.41|<br>All grants were in line with the charitable<br>objectives|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|See financial report|
|Other|||





## Financial Review 

|Financial Review|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Total funds carried forward: £2,609,243.37|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are not held|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|None|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|The charity does not have continuing<br>obligations beyond those already agreed in<br>grants. Investments are sufficient to meet<br>current obligation without difficulty.|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|None|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|None|



Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47|<br>The charity’s assets are invested partly in<br>COIF funds and partly in property which is<br>let. The sole source of charitable income is<br>the return on these investments.|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|All forms of investment are subject to risk.<br>In 2023, the rental housing market<br>experienced considerable fluctuation, and<br>is likely to continue to do so, hence the<br>decision to sell the properties.|
|Other|||





## Structure, Governance and Management 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust deed|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|The charity is a charitable trust constituted<br>according to its trust deed|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|There must be at least 3 trustees each of<br>whom serves for a term of 3 years,<br>renewable. Trustees must be 18 years or<br>older and are appointed having regard to<br>the skills, knowledge and experience<br>needed for the effective administration of<br>the charity. There are currently five<br>trustees, including the vicar and two<br>churchwardens.|



|Additional information (optional)<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|Additional information (optional)<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|Additional information (optional)<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|All trustees have regard to the policies of<br>the charity.|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|The Oliver Heaton trust is independent of<br>the PCC of St Margaret’s with St Philip and<br>St James, but by its constitution may only<br>approve grants which have already been<br>considered and approved by the PCC as<br>being worthwhile and in line with the aims<br>of the PCC.|
|Other|||



## Reference and Administrative details 

|Charity name|Oliver Heaton trust|
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|Other name the charity uses|OHT|
|Registered charity number|1165051|
|Charity’s principal address|Court Place Barn, 33C Oxford Road, Old Marston,<br>Oxford<br>OX3 0PQ|
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## Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|Trustee name|Office (if any)|Dates acted if not for whole<br>year|Name of person (or body) entitled to<br>appoint trustee (ifany)|
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||Rev Daniel Walters|||Ex officio(vicar)|
||Dr Hugh Series||||
||Christopher Levick|Treasurer|||
||Prof Richard<br>Cooper|Chair||Churchwarden (ex officio)|
||Tom Plant|||Churchwarden(ex officio)|
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

Director name 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|Trustee name|Dates acted if not for whole year||
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|Diocesan Trustees (Oxford)<br>Ltd|||
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## Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others 

Description of the assets None held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## Additional information (optional) 

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) 

Type of Name Address adviser 

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

## Exemptions from disclosure 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## Other optional information 



## Declarations 

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees 

|Signature(s)<br>Full name(s)<br>Position (eg Secretary,<br>Chair, etc)<br>Date|||
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||Professor Richard Anthony<br>Cooper||
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||Chair||
||08/01/2025||
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Oliver Heaton Trust
Accounts for year to 31st December 2023
ToJtsttk¢ 2022
To315tlk¢ 2023
Sourctol Funds
Income
Interest
prof￿0￿ saleof s.997.43COIF units
COIF InvÈStment Incorne
Net Income from Leader's Paanagement
Proflllllossl on piopertyd15posal
Totsil IncL¥ll•
Expendlture
Bank charges
Grants
126.30
33,450.78
27,M.12
60570.13
847.
34,963.60
43.583.11
23.586.58
55W.93
121,937.33
81.00
172,620.25
24,837.92
Toi•l£xpendliUrn
I?I701.25
7.92
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50.763.92
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144,771.
113.861
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419,422.43
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207,471.77
159,728.55
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163,272.99
201,?BO.31
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2,748.97
419122.43
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175.965.48
211,125.77
185,073.83
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25,345.28
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1.9*666.16
1,7117.32
71,031.11
20,093.63
16,076.26
615,45().78
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9,746.6
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I rew)rt on Jccounts ot the Trust for the year ended 31 Derernber 2023. which tOllSi5t of tY•V
pages of accounts Isecti¢)ns A and 81 ond lin 5ettion Cl Note5 3. 6, 13, 17, 19, ?0, 21 a￿1 24.
The charivs trusrees are ￿ponsIble for the preparnt7on of rhe accovnts. The chjrivs twstees
considef that an audit is not ￿qUired tor this yejr under sertson ]442> ot the Charit*s Art 2011 Ithe
2011 PLtI and that an indeperthnt examination is needed.
Is my re¥oTrybility to:
examifte Ihe accounts undef seaion 145 of the 2011 A
follow the procedures larfl down in 8eneral Direak>ns 8l¥en by t1￿ urn155lon under
section 145151Ibl of ihe 2011 Art
state wh*thr particular manefs have c0ft￿ ro ftry attention
Dasls ol Independent ¢x￿[w$ r•port
My qyarnina￿n was tirried out in xtordance with genefal Olrectk¢ns gfven by the Charity
Commissioft. An eyamination includes a revlew of the accountin8 records kept by the charTty ar41
tompdrison of the accounts presented wilh those records. It aFso inclwles cons60erntion of any
Usual items or disdosures fft the accounts and scekry expl4r￿lI0fts from as Irustees
concernin8 Jrry such rnaftprs. The proceduros UFKl8rtaken do not provide all th¥ *vid*nc* thal Would
be ￿qUired in Jn aLKltr and consequentty opinion ss Kivon •s to wh•ther thll accounts pr45ant
rrue Jnd lair vi•.w and the reFX>rt ￿ Ilmit*d to th0￿ matters set out in the n*xt ￿￿teMent.
Independen¢ t&¥Trin•rf$ %W¢m•nt
In connertion wlth my •iaminat#)n, fio ffla￿tr come to my attention:
l. thar 8i¥es me rewJ)nable cause to believe ihat in ony m4reriJl respecr the ￿uIrementr.
io keep Jccoufflin8 recofds in •cwrdJnce wirh secrion 1.30 01 ttte 2011 Acr JTrd
b. io prepa￿ accounts th•r accor(I with thp accountin& rpcords and compty with th
accounzirvd requlremeTris ot the 2011 Act
hove fy)t been rn•t or
2. to wh￿h in rny opinlon attentK>n should be drawn in order to enable è woper ut*fStarKlin8
of the accounis to be reached.
N4m•: Tom Cdrwr
Relevant pffjfessional qualilirnmn or bothf. fofrnerty praciKed •5 thJrtered •ccountant IAC
qualif*d 19961
Address". 59 Ch•lfDnt Road Oxford OX2 6rJ
Date: 29 Juty 2024
S•&na￿re.