THE OILY CART COMPANY

Registered charity 1000799 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Oily Cart contributes to the quality of life of young people, with a focus on increasing access to creativity and culture for D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent babies, children and young people and their families, through the provision of highly accessible, multi-sensory, interactive theatrical performances.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free unrestricted reserves of £246,472 at the year end, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £206,000. The charity reported a net income surplus for the year and confirmed it is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for at least twelve months.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (82% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Taiwo Dayo-Paynechair
• Amy Elizabeth Smith
• April Sethi
• Billie Antimony
• Charlotte Wood
• Linda Davidson
• Peter Richard Westaway
• Shania Alexandra Selvendran
• Susan Hazel Kingscote

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).