Oxfordshire Community Land Trust

Name

Oxfordshire Community Land Trust

Legal name

Oxfordshire CLT Ltd

Website

https://oclt.org.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Affordable Housing / Social Housing

NAICS

Residential Property Managers (531311), Lessors of Residential Buildings and Dwellings (53111)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Land Trusts & Protected Areas (BPAGAGAC), Affordable & Public Housing Asset Management (BPAJAMAI), Affordable & Subsidized Housing Property Management (LIHTC, Section 8) (BPAJAFAD)

Keywords

• Community land trust
• Affordable housing
• Social housing provider
• Community-led development
• Housing association

Headquarters

HQ city

Didcot

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Rental income: OCLT earns income from renting out its affordable housing portfolio. However, it is noted that 'it will be some time before this is significant.'
2. Membership shares: Members buy a £1 share to join, giving them a single vote. The £1 share is the limit of personal liability.
3. Donations and grants: OCLT relies on grants and generous donations to maintain year-to-year operational costs as a small, mostly voluntarily-run organisation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Oxfordshire Community Land Trust acquires and manages land to develop permanently affordable housing, workspace, and green space for people on low incomes in Oxfordshire. The organization operates as a Community Benefit Society using an asset-lock model so homes remain permanently affordable and excluded from Right to Buy, with democratic governance through member ownership (a £1 share grants one vote). Current focus is delivering high-quality, sustainable, community-led housing such as St Clement's House and the planned 12–15 homes on former garage sites in Blackbird Leys.

Product overview

Oxfordshire Community Land Trust operates as a single unified offering focused on community-led affordable housing. Their core activities include acquiring and managing land for permanently affordable housing, workspace, and green space. Key active projects include St Clement's House (completed 3-bedroom home) and the Blackbird Leys Sites partnership (developing 12-15 homes on former garage sites). Past projects include the Wolvercote Paper Mill eco-village proposal (260 homes), Irving Building conversion (26 homes), and Champion Way garage-to-homes pilot (4 homes). Additional offerings include the Denny Gardens community allotment site and the Liveable Neighbourhoods initiative. The organization functions as a Community Benefit Society with nearly 400 members, using an asset-lock model to ensure properties remain permanently affordable.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• St Clement's House A 3-bedroom house in St Clement's, East Oxford; OCLT's latest completed property providing permanently affordable housing for people on low incomes.
• Crofts Court Current OCLT housing project providing permanently affordable homes in Oxfordshire, listed among active projects on the OCLT website.
• Blackbird Leys Sites Affordable housing development on 2–3 former garage sites in Blackbird Leys, planned to deliver 12–15 new affordable homes for low-income residents of Oxford.
• Liveable Neighbourhoods Initiative A campaign to create more liveable neighbourhoods through increased availability of affordable housing, reduced traffic congestion, stronger social connections, well-maintained buildings, quality green spaces, and thriving local businesses in Oxfordshire.
• Denny Gardens Allotment Site Community allotment/garden space in Littlemore on land designated for allotments, led by Project Manager Megan Harcourt to provide inclusive, well-managed growing space for the local community.
• OCLT Membership Membership of the OCLT Community Benefit Society for a £1 share, granting one vote at the AGM and a say in the trust's governance and direction.
• Regenerative Community Building Active OCLT project listed on the website covering regenerative community-building activities alongside OCLT's housing and green-space work.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average house price in Oxfordshire is over 10x average household earnings (4th least affordable county in England)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Soha Housing LtdcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSoha Housing Ltd serves as OCLT's management agent, handling day-to-day housing management and service complaints for OCLT's properties. OCLT's mailing address is c/o Soha Housing Ltd. Soha also complies with the Housing Ombudsman Service Complaints Handling Code on behalf of OCLT.
• Transition By Design (TbD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTransition By Design (TbD) is a local design collective that partnered with OCLT and Oxford City Council on the Champion Way pilot project (zero-carbon modular homes) and the Blackbird Leys garage sites project. TbD contributes expertise in low-carbon design and sustainable development.
• Oxford City CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOxford City Council is a key landowner and development partner. The council has leased or is in the process of leasing land (e.g., former garage sites in Blackbird Leys) to OCLT for affordable housing development. The council also developed the partnership with OCLT and TbD for the Champion Way pilot project.
• BioregionalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOCLT worked in conjunction with the charity Bioregional to make a highly innovative and sustainable bid for the Wolvercote Paper Mill site, bringing expertise in sustainable development to the proposal.
• Citizens UKcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOCLT is taking part in an Oxford-wide Citizens UK listening campaign alongside other civil society organisations. The campaign conducts hundreds of community conversations to shape an agenda for action on social justice priorities including housing, wages, and public safety.

Scale indicators6 records

Direct peers

• Manchester Community Land Trust: Manchester-based community land trust focused on community-owned, permanently affordable housing in a high-cost urban market. Comparable mission, community governance, and dependency on local-authority land access.
• London Community Land Trust: London-wide community land trust pursuing permanently affordable, community-led housing on a similar asset-lock and democratic-membership model. Closely comparable mission, governance, and operating approach, with deeper urban pipeline.
• Cornwall Community Land Trust: Regional community land trust covering Cornwall, developing affordable homes and community assets via an asset-lock structure. Comparable governance and mission, with a stronger rural delivery footprint.
• Bristol Community Land Trust: Bristol-based community land trust developing permanently affordable homes through a similar community-led, asset-locked structure. Highly comparable model and explicitly referenced by OCLT's Chair as having prior experience with.
• Leeds Community Homes: Community-led housing organisation in Leeds developing permanently affordable homes through community land trust and co-operative models. Comparable mission, community engagement approach, and reliance on council partnerships.
• Waltham Forest Community Land Trust: London-borough-scale community land trust focused on permanently affordable housing and community asset ownership. Comparable community-led model operating in a similarly high-cost urban geography.
• Devon Community Land Trust: Devon-wide community land trust delivering permanently affordable housing using a similar membership and asset-lock model. Relevant peer given comparable county-scale geographic mandate and reliance on volunteers and partnerships.
• Birmingham Community Land Trust: Community land trust delivering permanently affordable housing in Birmingham using a similar asset-lock and community governance structure. Comparable mission and operating model in a high-demand urban market.

Broad incumbents

• Soha Housing: Oxfordshire-based housing cooperative and registered provider of social housing that acts as OCLT's management agent. Comparable registered-provider status and geographic base, but operates a much larger mainstream social housing portfolio.

Others

• Bioregional: Sustainability charity that partnered with OCLT (as Homes for Oxford) on the Wolvercote Paper Mill bid. Not a housing operator itself, but a key delivery partner bringing low-carbon development expertise relevant to OCLT's project pipeline.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/OxfordshireCLT
• Facebookfacebook.com/oxfordshireclt
• Instagraminstagram.com/oxfordshire_clt
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oxfordshire-community-land-trust

Compliance4 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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