Overall GiG Score: 9 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 10
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +10

OASIS COMMUNITY HUB : WATERLOO 

A whole range of activities including twice weekly parent/ carers and toddlers group; a football team, Hub Athletic; sports coaching; after school clubs, Hub Art club and a youth club; a Foodbank; Mentoring for young people referred by St Thomas Hospital A&E staff; Night shelter for the homeless in partnership with Robes project; Debt advice service; and Waterloo Farm.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 14 years

www.oasiswaterloo.org

info@oasisuk.org

020 7921 4220

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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£1,404£1,394£10£0£680£229238150
31/08/21£1,475£1,406£69£0£670£1941.731150
31/08/20£1,506£1,065£442£0£601£600.728150
31/08/19£961£939£22£0£159£330.423820
31/08/18£623£660£-37£0£137£3019105
31/08/17£663£611£52£0£174£70.1160
31/08/16£562£529£32£0£121£-49-1.1140
31/08/15£552£475£77£1£89£-48-1.240
31/08/14£7£3£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£13£9£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12£10£5£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 34%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 4.8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 38 employees
  • 150 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lambeth, Southwark,

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
The Trussell Trust£453,646
Sport England£398,409
Walcot Foundation£87,389
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£71,863
National Lottery Community Fund£19,884
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
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.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Waterloo Foodbank
£5,000 19/10/2022
Emergency grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Local Leaders T.E.P
£9,888 29/04/2022
The funding will be used to provide local young people the opportunity to participate in a Youth/Peer Leadership programme with training including personalised support and mentoring experience and ....more
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Waterloo Foodbank
£37,548 24/01/2022
Foodbank centre alterations
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Waterloo Foodbank
£90,914 04/11/2021
Foodbank centre rent and running costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Waterloo Foodbank
£171,442 05/10/2021
advice centre co-ord; immigration advisor; etc
Walcot Foundation - Oasis Advice Centre
£73,389 25/05/2021
Oasis Hub Waterloo is a well-established charity that provides a wide range of services (e.g. two Academy schools, a children's centre, a city farm, sports programmes, targeted youth programmes, a ....more
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Waterloo Foodbank
£7,600 14/05/2021
Assemble set up
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Waterloo Foodbank
£68,160 15/12/2020
Advice Centre Coordinator
Sport England - Waterloo Family Activity
£272,508 27/11/2020
35
Funding under Sport England's Families Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Waterloo Family Activity. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on beneficiaries from ....more
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Waterloo Foodbank
£14,812 24/07/2020
Income maximisation - advice worker
The Childhood Trust - PlateUp - tackling child food poverty in Waterloo
£2,500 03/07/2020
Every year 4.1m children in the UK risk going hungry in the school holidays. This present Covid-19 crisis only worsens the stresses & pressures that already exist for families. Oasis Waterloo is ....more
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Waterloo Foodbank
£3,942 17/06/2020
CV emergency costs: packaging, storage costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Waterloo Foodbank
£21,003 29/05/2020
Advice worker
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Waterloo Foodbank
£21,003 26/05/2020
Advice worker (2Y)
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Oasis Community Hub Waterloo
£71,863 29/04/2020
24
To strengthen, sustain and extend accessible services for families improving their wellbeing.
Walcot Foundation - COVID19 - Waterloo Foodbank - Delivery Mode
£9,000 30/03/2020
12
COVID19 - Waterloo Foodbank - Delivery Mode
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Waterloo Foodbank
£2,616 30/03/2020
CV emergency costs: home deliveries
National Lottery Community Fund - Oasis Families Programme
£9,996 23/03/2020
11
The funding will be used to expand programmes offered. The project aims to improve positive outcomes for children and their parents.
Sport England - Waterloo Family Activity
£125,901 11/12/2019
35
Funding under Sport England's Families Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Waterloo Family Activity. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on beneficiaries from ....more
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Waterloo Foodbank
£4,803 15/05/2019
12
Holiday hunger activity
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Waterloo Foodbank
£4,803 15/05/2019
Holiday hunger activity
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£149,217 01/01/2019
Connected will improve the self-worth, skills, experiences and role within the community of 580 at risk young people who live in Lambeth and Southwark. Offering young people practical skill-based ....more
United Saviours Charity - Oasis Playspace - Children and Families Centre
£3,467 17/01/2018
6
Contribution towards the running costs of the Playspace centre in Cathedrals ward for children that are mainly from low income / single parent families and have free school meals.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Oasis Community Hub: Waterloo
£4,459 29/11/2017
We need to buy training equipment and refreshments for the young people taking part in sessions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Open House - Support for LGBT and People
£10,000 08/11/2017
12
The charity will create a new support service for people from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community who are at risk of the effects of mental ill health, leading to improved levels of ....more
Walcot Foundation - Advice Centre Co-Ordinator
£45,000 18/07/2017
36
Advice Centre Co-Ordinator
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-78
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/07/2010, number: 1136965
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/04/2010, number: 07237305
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE SMALL PROJECT on 04/01/2022
Main office

The Oasis Centre
1A Kennington Road
LONDON
SE1 7QP

Objectives

1 THE ADVANCEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF EDUCATION2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH GENERALLY3 THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AND THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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