Finance Score: 10
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Income diversified: +3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 26 ?

OASIS CHILDREN'S VENTURE 

Oasisplay is a local charity that runs unique facilities for disabled and non-disabled young people in Stockwell, London.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Income generation is well diversified
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
Established: 31 years

www.oasisplay.org.uk

info@oasisplay.org.uk

02076228756

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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
31/03/23£1,144£1,191£-47£19£300£30032512
31/03/22£1,059£1,055£5£24£347£3343.82314
31/03/21£846£825£21£15£342£3364.91912
31/03/20*£931£970£-39£9£321£3214228
31/03/19£839£769£70£9£360£3605.61810
31/03/18*£758£798£-40£16£291£2914.4190
31/03/17£810£777£33£11£330£3305.1190
31/03/16£701£687£14£6£298£2624.6190
31/03/15*£599£561£38£9£284£2695.8420
31/03/14£505£500£4£6£246£2295.5120
31/03/13*£477£475£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£452£308£144£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£317£247£69£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£232£218£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£296£289£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£278£289£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£278£289£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£176£197£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£290£262£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£325£308£18£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 26%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 2.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lambeth, Wandsworth,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 25 employees
  • 12 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
National Lottery Community Fund£482,941
Henry Smith Charity£171,900
City Bridge Trust£113,628
Tudor Trust£90,000
Walcot Foundation£79,158
National Lottery Heritage Fund£65,100
DCMS£61,766
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
London Marathon Charitable Trust - New outdoor jungle-gym for Adventure Playground for disadvantaged children
£42,000 30/08/2023
towards the redevelopment of a key play structure at a children's Adventure Playground in Lambeth
National Lottery Community Fund - MH – Summer Holiday diversionary activities for young people
£9,900 28/07/2023
The funding will be used to deliver diversionary activities over the summer holidays for young people (11-18 years) at risk of gang recruitment and anti-social behaviour. This will provide sports ....more
Walcot Foundation - Cost of Living Top-Up Grant
£5,000 18/11/2022
Cost of Living Top Up Grant awarded to support small/medium-size organisations with additional costs incurred due to the cost of living crisis.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Oasis Children's Venture London
£15,000 27/05/2022
Girl Space
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 04/04/2022
Oasisplay: capacity building for a stronger future
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Oasis Children's Venture
£30,128 31/01/2022
This grant will fund go-karting maintenance sessions for disadvantaged young people in Lambeth and Wandsworth and support them to develop skills and obtain formal AQA qualifications.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Oasis Children's Venture
£90,000 21/12/2021
36
over three years towards the salary of a youth leadership co-ordinator at a youth project that runs an adventure playground, nature garden and go-karting track in Lambeth, South London
National Lottery Community Fund - Right Track Project Race Team
£10,000 15/10/2021
The funding will be used for a user led go-karting and training programme in Lambeth and Wandsworth to engage with young people aged 12-17. The programme will equip young people with knowledge and ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Oasis Play
£171,900 11/08/2021
36
towards three years' continuation funding, including salary of a Family Support Manager for a project providing holistic drop-in activities for children and young people with disabilities, and their ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Oasis Children's Venture
£70,500 12/10/2020
£70,500 over 2 further and final years (£35,700; £34,800) towards the continuation of the Green Prescription Project.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Oasis Play
£43,128 11/09/2020
towards the costs outlined in your application of supporting marginalised young people to attend karting sessions whilst maintaining social distancing including the cost of sessional staff.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£61,766 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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 05/06/2020
36
Core funding to enable us to realise our plans to double our earned income over the next three years, increasing our sustainability and helping ensure we can continue to run our much-needed, locally ....more
Walcot Foundation - Rise&Sh9 Project Extension
£74,158 26/11/2019
36
Rise&Sh9 Project Extension
National Lottery Community Fund - Oasis Children's Venture ( Oasisplay)
£463,041 24/10/2019
48
Oasis Children's Venture ( Oasisplay)
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Oasis Children's Venture
£65,100 08/10/2019
Stockwell's Roots
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£149,390 01/10/2018
Oasis Youth Empowerment offers vulnerable young people at risk of criminal involvement a leadership program to develop their latent skills and talents. A programme of tasters, guest speakers, ....more
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Inclusive Play Development Project
£20,000 18/07/2018
Towards the development of of a new layout and improved play structure to create a unique sensory playground linking together existing and re-imagined structures at the Oasis Adventure Playground in ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Oasis Children's Venture
£102,729 27/06/2018
36
Go-karting , life skills support and AQA qualifications for 260 5-18 year olds at risk of gang involvement in Lambeth. Young people will be supported to develop new skills, be safer and better able ....more
Sport England - Active together
£404,516 30/04/2018
50
Funding under Sport England's Families Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Active together. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Oasis Children's Venture
£165,300 14/03/2018
36
towards three years' continuation funding, including salaries of the Manager and an Inclusive Support Worker, at a project providing activities for children and young people with disabilities and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Grow Cook and Share
£8,830 15/11/2017
12
This project will run weekly sessions in which children and young people will grow and cook diverse foods, culminating in a celebratory sharing event for the community. This will encourage access to ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Oasis Children's Venture
£29,683 10/08/2017
36
Weekly sessions on healthy living and other issues affecting young women in Lambeth who live in poverty and poor-quality housing. Through the project young women will make better-informed life ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Oasis Children's Venture
£105,000 15/06/2017
36
£105,000 over 3 years (3 x £35,000) towards a Green Prescription Programme for children and young people.
Walcot Foundation - Rise&Sh9 Project
£75,312 22/11/2016
36
Rise&Sh9 Project
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Accessible changing area for disabled at Inclusive Play Development Project
£34,000 05/05/2016
Accessible changing area for disabled at Inclusive Play Development Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Play Project
£475,598 09/03/2016
48
This project will provide high quality play and youth opportunities and engage children, young people and families from disadvantaged backgrounds. Community activities will take place at the ....more
Comic Relief - Right Track Project Continuation
£101,863 25/11/2015
36
For some young people in Lambeth leading chaotic lives there is an increasing risk of getting involved in gangs, and all the dangers associated with that. The Right Track project offers an ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Oasis Inclusion Project
£308,546 29/07/2015
48
This development of a project aims to provide a service for children and young people with learning disabilities aged 6-25 which will address the local lack of community activities, learning ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Oasis Children's Venture
£100,600 12/03/2015
36
towards three years' salary of the Inclusion Project Manager at a project that provides play, leisure and learning opportunities for disabled children and young people in the London Boroughs of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Next to nature
£286,742 27/03/2014
60
_x000B_This is a new project based on elements of previous work by Oasis ChildrenÂ’s Venture (OCV) based in and covering the Stockwell and Larkhall areas of lambeth. It will provide deprived ....more
Sport England - Stockwell Youth Sports Project
£168,658 11/11/2013
Funding under Sport England's Community Sport Activation Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Stockwell Youth Sports Project '. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Oasis Children's Venture
£44,500 09/10/2013
Oasis Big Picture
Sport England - The Oasis Allstars
£5,100 06/03/2013
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'The Oasis Allstars'. This project lists its main activity as Basketball.
Walcot Foundation - Rise & Sh9 Project
£60,000 05/03/2013
Rise & Sh9 Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Oasis Community Play Project
£300,212 18/05/2011
48
This Lewisham based project will provide supervised play opportunities for children and young people and provide volunteering opportunities for the local community, including young people to develop ....more
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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-71
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/04/1993, number: 1019626
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/10/1992, number: 02757764
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 5 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR15: 25 days late, AR13: 16 days late, AR11: 16 days late, AR09: 33 days late, AR08: 26 days late, AR07: 154 days late, AR06: 57 days late, AR05: 60 days late,
Main office

33 PRIORY GROVE
STOCKWELL
LONDON
SW8 2 PD

Objectives

TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR CHILDREN RESIDENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF WANDSWORTH AND LAMBETH AND ELSEWHERE, BEING FACILITIES: (A) OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, POVERTY AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND (B) WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LAMBETH AND WANDSWORTH AND ELSEWHERE

Data Sources

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