Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

OASIS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS 

A national community development charity supporting a variety of innovative projects and activities in local communities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 9 years

020 7921 4220

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£4,523£4,374£150£0£380£1370.4133200
31/08/21£4,542£4,092£450£0£2,349£8492.5107200
31/08/20£4,046£3,212£834£0£271£2711105200
31/08/19£3,097£2,865£232£0£1,066£4491.998567
31/08/18£2,233£2,085£148£0£834£2861.6782
31/08/17£1,801£1,620£181£0£685£2812.1570
31/08/16£1,267£1,173£93£0£505£2302.3450

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 36%
Reserves/Spending: 0.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 5.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Who works here?
  • 133 employees
  • 200 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Prudence Trust - Centre for Young Lives
£256,000 30/11/2023
The Centre for Young Lives' 'Growing Up Well' project
Mission 44 - Grant to Oasis Community Partnerships
£450,000 26/01/2023
To support Oasis to develop interventions that reduce permanent and temporary exclusion rates of Black students.
Joseph Rank Trust - Oasis Hub Foundry, Birmingham
£37,500 04/05/2017
36
To help fund the costs of the Community Development Co-ordinator

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 26-57
  • RUTH COX Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Charity Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/10/2015, number: 1163889
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/10/2013, number: 08749179
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Oasis Centre
1A Kennington Road
LONDON
SE1 7QP

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ANY SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE DIRECTORS IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIANITY;2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM;3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH GENERALLY; AND4. THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AND THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY.IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, PROMOTING FOR THE BENEFIT OF INHABITANTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF SAID INHABITANTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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