Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 2
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

THE OPPIDAN FOUNDATION

Oppidan runs peer-mentoring programmes in state-maintained schools across England.
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Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/12/23£4£33£-29n/a
31/12/22£73£106£-33n/a
31/12/21£173£73£100n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

oppidanfoundation.com

enquiries@oppidanfoundation.com

02034093359

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£5,000 26/10/2022
for core funding
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£5,000 23/08/2021
unrestricted, to further the Charitable Objects
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£10,000 25/09/2020
unrestricted, to further the Charitable Objects

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

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

  • ANNA BODEN Appointed: 2024
  • DANIEL AFOLABI Appointed: 2024
  • HENRY MARK TUFNELL FABER Appointed: 2020
  • JOSHUA OLUWATOBILOBA ADEYEMI Appointed: 2020
  • MARIELLA ARDRON Appointed: 2021
  • WALTER THOMAS WILLIAM KERR Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/08/2020, number: 1190682
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

20 ST. JAMES STREET (Top Floor)
LONDON
W6 9RW

Objectives

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM:3.1.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO ARE FROM FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES WHICH ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, BY: (A) PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF MENTORING, TRAINING AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT THEIR EDUCATION; (B) PROVIDING TRAINING TO DEVELOP MENTORING SKILLS IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR.3.1.2 TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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