Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

OASIS CHARITABLE TRUST 

Oasis Charitable Trust is a family of organisations running community Hubs providing holistic support to the communities we serve. Our work includes our Academies programme, youthwork, Chaplaincy services & churches, anti human traffiking campaigning through STOP THE TRAFFIK, Higher Education courses through Oasis College and supported housing through Oasis Aquila Housing.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • There is a pension deficit of £14,245,000
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 31 years

02079214200

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/22£250,590£263,756£-13,166£2,219£402,380£11,0920.54,64460
31/08/21£238,268£239,033£-765£952£282,090£10,0690.54,69560
31/08/20£1,092£1,129£-37£0£162£1621.71560
31/08/19£474£510£-36n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/08/18£408£697£-289£0£0£0n/a020
31/08/17£1,829£1,611£218£22£597£4863.6300
31/08/16£210,393£193,835£16,558£3,881£336,292£4,6440.34,9450
31/08/15£198,446£180,252£18,194£5,698£349,000£6,4850.43,1610
31/08/14£271,709£156,893£114,816£4,958£333,562£7,8190.62,6820
31/08/13£160,323£116,407£43,916£3,363£229,535£5,5430.61,9510
31/08/12£204,914£90,776£114,137£1,124£189,508£3,8640.51,5790
31/08/11£92,192£92,699£-507£938£79,178£3,4030.42,1550
31/08/10£4,402£4,822£-420£612£3,889£3,3908.4610
31/08/09£6,407£5,746£662£1,042£4,309£3,7977.91060
31/08/08£4,649£5,927£-1,278£528£3,648£2,1784.41020
31/08/07£6,266£5,150£1,116£635£4,926£3,1917.41030
31/08/06£3,732£4,261£-529£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£7,442£4,332£3,110£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£3,959£3,855£104£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £200,000-£250,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 3%
Reserves/Spending: 0.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 4,644 employees
  • 60 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity£970,881
DCMS£79,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£79,000 05/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Multi-year child obesity project
£970,881 11/12/2019
Oasis multi-year neighbourhood scheme project
National Lottery Community Fund - Train the Trainer
£10,000 02/08/2019
12
The project aims to enable local people to identify the signs of trafficking and support people who are at risk.
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Childhood obesity programme
£117,296 06/02/2018
18mth pilot to run multi-activity programme across Oasis Hub Waterloo
Power to Change - Oasis Hub Foundry
£14,396 01/10/2017
Grant to Oasis Hub Foundry
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Health Hub - Concept Development
£20,000 24/09/2015
An integrated and holistic approach to community health care for 14-25yr olds

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-78
  • OLA KOLADE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Programme Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/09/1993, number: 1026487
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/05/1993, number: 02818823
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Oasis Centre
1A Kennington Road
LONDON
SE1 7QP

Objectives

1) FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIANITY; 2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; 3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND 4) RELIEF OF NEED (SUMMARISED)

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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