The Shareholder and Joint Venture Group is
responsible for acting as owner of the Council’s companies
and for safeguarding and furthering the Council’s interests
and investments in its companies and joint ventures. The
Shareholder and Joint Venture Group will take decisions on any
matters that are reserved to the Council as shareholder in the
companies’ Articles of Association or Shareholders Agreement
and will receive annual and quarterly reports for each of the
companies in which the Council has an interest:
Oxford Direct
Services: Oxford Direct Services Limited
(ODSL)(Company number
10719222) and Oxford Direct Services Trading
Limited (ODSTL) (10719214) – Two companies
that work together to deliver cost-effective public and commercial
services include building, waste & recycling, streetscene, parks & open spaces, highways
& engineering, motor transport and pest control. ODSL is a
“Teckal” company that
primarily provides services to the Council and ODSTL is a trading
company that competes for business in the local economy. Both
companies are wholly owned by Oxford City Council.
The Housing Group: Oxford City Housing Limited (OCHL) (10212716) and its subsidiaries OCH(I)L (10370637) and OCH(D)L
(10370647) – a group of housing
companies created to increase the supply and range of affordable
housing. Includes a parent company and two wholly-owned
subsidiaries; a development company and an investment
company.
Oxford West End Development
Limited (OxWED) (09957392)
– a partnership vehicle jointly owned by the
Council and Nuffield College to build a mixed used development in a
key site to the west of Oxford City Centre.
Barton Oxford LLP (OC368330) – a joint venture
partnership of the Council and Grosvenor Developments Ltd created
to enable the delivery of a major new development now known as
Barton Park.
*OxWED is a partnership
vehicle jointly owned by the Council and Nuffield College. Some
decisions are reserved to each shareholder and some decisions will
require the consent of both shareholders.
**Barton Oxford LLP is a partnership vehicle in
which the Council has joint responsibility but no shareholding. Any
Council decisions relating to Barton LLP would be a matter for
Cabinet rather than the Shareholder.