OASIS CHILDREN'S VENTURE
Registered charity 1019626 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Provision of Outdoor activities to vulnerable underprivileged children in the Lambeth area consisting of a Nature Garden, Karting Project and Adventure Playground Project.
Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity recorded a net deficit of £3,649 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in closing unrestricted reserves of £300,903. Per the trustees' report, the charity has implemented fundraising initiatives and cost-cutting measures to address previous funding challenges, and the trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed
“In the prior year (2023-24), the trustees’ report and the independent auditor’s report both acknowledged a material uncertainty relating to the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, due to significant challenges in securing future funding.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by BGM Helmores Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → material uncertainty (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Oasis Children's Venture (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£28k
Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (51% 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: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Dr TIMOTHY JOHN BOWKERchair
- Harry Frank Hughes-Davies
- Henrietta BOXER
- Richard Ollerhead · trustee of 1 other charity
- SIMON JOHN PRING
- Shimmarie Samantha Doreen Riley
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Lambeth · Wandsworth
Income and spending
Common questions
Is OASIS CHILDREN'S VENTURE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a net deficit of £3,649 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in closing unrestricted reserves of £300,903. Per the trustees' report, the charity has implemented fundraising initiatives and cost-cutting measures to address previous funding challenges, and the trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BGM Helmores Limited.
Who funds OASIS CHILDREN'S VENTURE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name OASIS CHILDREN'S VENTURE as a grant recipient include KUSUMA TRUST UK, THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED, The Portal Trust, WALCOT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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