Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

OASIS CHARITY LIMITED

Provide support for vulnerable families in the local community by assessing their needs and putting a measured plan in place which will advise, educate and support them. Working with families in crisis and to prevent a crisis. Our aim is to give them the tools they need to survive and thrive as individuals and as members of society
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/23£422£326£95n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/22£409£256£153n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/21£239£249£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/20£200£158£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/19£225£156£69n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/18*£218£205£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/17£164£173£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/16*£174£191£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/15£189£192£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/14£201£164£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/13*£160£158£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/12£90£108£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/11*£127£120£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/10*£145£114£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/09£73£87£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/08£80£84£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/07£76£88£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/06£82£85£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/05£61£71£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/04£68£68£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 28 years

www.oasischarity.co.uk

info@oasischarity.co.uk

01932887947

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Community Foundation for Surrey£51,000
DCMS£9,609
Walton Charity£3,000
Co-Operative Group£2,678
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - Therapeutic Arts
£7,000 10/06/2024
10.885245901639
Funding for an organisation supporting people overcoming trauma through art workshops.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Utility Support
£6,000 08/01/2024
2.4838709677419
Funding to provide fuel poverty support and payments to families most in need in the Elmbridge area.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Oasis Childcare Centre
£1,119 21/10/2023
We would like to offer in-house courses to help improve the emotional wellbeing of the families we work with, many of whom have experienced abuse, addiction and mental health problems.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Emotional Wellbeing Course
£8,000 10/10/2022
Funding towards support and emotional resilience programs for victims of domestic abuse.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Oasis Childcare Centre Ltd
£1,500 30/03/2022
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Oasis Centre Cobham
£1,559 23/10/2021
We would continue to support the most vulnerable in our community through the coronavirus crisis and beyond with workshops, counselling, a foodbank, and emotional and wellbeing support for families.
Walton Charity - Oasis Delegated Fund
£3,000 01/06/2021
Providing a delegated fund for school uniform costs for low-income families
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - Families with young children
£25,000 03/09/2020
11
Core cost funding for a charity supporting families with young children with guidance, food parcels and DA support, following the Coronavirus pandemic
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,609 19/06/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - Covid 19 Response - Families with Young Children
£5,000 17/04/2020
Funding toward the essential running costs of an organisation, based in Elmbridge, that offers budgeting support to families that have low incomes, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 11/09/2019
Oasis Childcare - Core Costs
Community Foundation for Surrey - Outreach Work
£6,000 10/04/2019
13
Contribution to salary of an Outreach Worker who supports vulnerable families.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Art Therapy
£2,500 12/04/2018
6
Art Therapy for vulnerable children and families.in the 2017-18 academic year.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Outreach Work/Special Needs Support Group
£10,500 09/10/2017
11
Enabling the continuation of an outreach service and Special Educational Needs and Disability support group.
Community Foundation for Surrey - outreach service
£10,000 22/06/2016
12
Outreach service and young parents class encouraging positive parenting skills.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the running costs of the “Young Parents Programme”
£1,000 25/02/2016
Towards the running costs of the “Young Parents Programme”, for those without a support system aged 14-26 years old.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 42-68
  • AMNA BOHEIM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director
  • CHRISTO YOTOV Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Landlord/Property Manager
  • EMMA ASHTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Finance Director
  • GRAHAM FARMER (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director
  • KEVIN MCGUIRK Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired Chartered Accountant
  • LEILA CAROLINE EDWARDS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Service Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/12/1996, number: 1059785
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/06/1996, number: 03208522
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 55 days late, AR16: 197 days late, AR13: 26 days late, AR11: 15 days late, AR10: 135 days late,
Main office

Cedar Centre & Library
Cedar Road
Cobham
Surrey
KT11 2AE

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA SERVED BY ELMBRIDGE BOROUGH COUNCIL BY PROVIDING A COMMUNITY BASED CHILDCARE CENTRE FOR THE PURPOSES OF ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND FURTHERING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND OVERALL DEVELOPMENT AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND OF EDUCATING CHILDREN'S PARENTS, CARERS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE

Defined Area of Benefit:

ELMBRIDGE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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