are used for charitable purposes. It donates money for the benefit of poorer parishioners to the Parochial Charities of St Clement, Oxford and has an Education Fund which benefits children and young people in the City of Oxford. It also contributes to the upkeep of the church building. The Parochial Charities The Parochial Charities of St Clement Oxford supports the needs of older parishioners through direct financial assistance and makes grants to organisations working to alleviate poverty within the Parish. The Charity was formed in about 1959/60 from: Money (£2,700) received from Oxford City Council following the compulsory purchase of the Allotments for the Labouring Poor (c. 1957) Pike's Charity for coal James' Charity for grants to four poor men and six poor women of the Parish of St Clement Dawson's Charity allocation for the benefit of the poor St Clement's Community Property St Clement's Community Property (est. 2023), formerly St Clement’s Parish Property 1903-2022), owns and maintains a small number of properties including St Clement's Centre, Cross Street and The Old Mission Hall and former Victoria Café at the corner of St Clement's Street and Boulter Street. The properties are maintained "having in view the spiritual, intellectual, moral or social wants of the inhabitants of the parish of St Clements or the immediate neighbourhood which the Rector of the parish for the time being may approve." Clergy Rectors 1831-1911 1831 John William Hughes 1850 William Strong Hore 1858 Edward Arthur Litton 1861 John Thomson Darby 1878-1878 Henry Fermoy Dernford 1878-1911 Francis Pilcher Rectors since 1913 1913 Thomas William Gilbert 1918 Leslie Bradyll-Johnson 1937 Arthur Murray Thom 1947 Hon. Jonathan Malcom Atholl Kenworthy 1955 Peter John Garnett Cottingham 1969-1991 David Henry Ryder Bishop 1992-2014 Bruce Gillingham 2015- Rachel Gibson See also St Clement's, Oxford List of churches in Oxford References External links St Clement's Church, Oxford official website St Clement's Church, Oxford Youtube St Clement's Church (Oxford) information from Wikimapia Rebuilt churches in the United Kingdom 19th-century Church of England church buildings Clement Churches completed in 1827