Overall GiG Score: 15 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Award winner
  • Grant maker support: +12

THE OASIS CENTRE COMMUNITY PROJECT-EAST MANCHESTER 

To enhance the wellbeing of the residents of Gorton and East Manchester, by the provision of a facility to further their social welfare, life skills, health and general opportunities, communicating a positive message of love, hope and faith.To establish or secure the establishment of such a centre for activities promoted by the charity in furtherance of the above objectives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • This charity is a recent Award Winner
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 8 years

www.oasisgorton.org

andrew.crowe@oasisgorton.org

07765238555

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
31/12/22£331£450£-119n/an/an/an/an/a62
31/12/21£417£381£36n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/12/20£664£357£307£47£1,549£1,34645.31314
31/12/19£833£271£561£31£1,242£1516.71127
31/12/18£302£193£109£0£0£0n/a026
31/12/17£488£58£430£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 62 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Manchester City,

Who's supporting them? ?

Awards received
  • CSJ Awards 2023 Community, Housing & Multi Agency
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
Henry Smith Charity£210,000
Tudor Trust£22,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£9,155
One Manchester£8,000
The Grocers' Charity£5,000
Forever Manchester£5,000
DCMS£5,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant - The Oasis Centre Community Project - East Manchester
£5,000 21/06/2023
to support a crisis support work that is helping people in financial hardship. People can walk in from the street and receive help on a first-come, first-served basis. While they are waiting, there ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Oasis Centre
£210,000 14/06/2023
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing support to people from disadvantaged communities in Gorton, Greater Manchester.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Oasis Centre Community Project - East Manchester
£2,000 05/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
One Manchester - Oasis Food Project
£4,000 01/01/2021
Community Food project aiming to bring different cultural groups together.
One Manchester - Oasis Food Project
£4,000 01/01/2021
Community Food project aiming to bring different cultural groups together.
Forever Manchester - Oasis Covid Emergency Food Bank Project
£5,000 12/08/2020
Food and hygiene items
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 12/08/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to The Oasis Centre
£9,155 24/07/2020
Grant to The Oasis Centre meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Oasis Centre Community Project - East Manchester
£20,000 24/06/2020
12
over one year as unrestricted continuation funding for a centre for homeless and at-risk people in Gorton, Manchester
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 28/02/2020
Oasis Centre Capital Build
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Oasis Centre
£2,898 15/11/2019
We want to buy three more laptops, software, printers and stationery to enable our crisis support team to help more people.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Oasis Centre
£15,000 14/11/2018
24
The additional staff hours for expert development support & advice and mentoring to help the charity with the build and set up of a new centre.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 11/10/2018
New Oasis Centre
Joseph Rank Trust - The Oasis Centre, Gorton
£30,000 23/07/2018
To part fund the Centre's property scheme
Tudor Trust - Grant to Oasis Centre Community Project - East Manchester
£60,000 13/10/2017
36
over three years towareds the salary of a crisis support co-ordinator at this centre for vulnerable adults in Gorton, East Manchester
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-57
  • SIMON COOK Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/04/2016, number: 1166834
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/12/2015, number: 09915666
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE OASIS CENTRE COMMUNITY PROJECT - EAST MANCHESTER on 14/09/2019
Main office

929 Hyde Road
Gorton
Manchester
M18 7FB

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: 3.1 TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF GORTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OF EAST MANCHESTER, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND/OR HEALTH WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID RESIDENTS AND COMMUNICATING CHRISTIAN HOPE, FAITH AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE; 3.2 TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE CENTRES FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECT IN ARTICLE 3.1; AND 3.3 TO SUPPORT OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN ANY LOCATION WHO PROVIDE OR WHO ARE CONSIDERING WHETHER TO PROVIDE, FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND/OR HEALTH WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA THEY OPERATE IN AND COMMUNICATING CHRISTIAN HOPE, FAITH AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE; PROVIDED THAT NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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