OASIS CHARITABLE TRUST
Registered charity 1026487 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7074432 · Wikipedia · also known as FAITHWORKS, OASIS UK, STOP THE TRAFFIK
Oasis Charitable Trust is a family of organisations running community Hubs providing holistic support to the communities we serve. Our work includes our Academies programme, youthwork, Chaplaincy services & churches, anti human traffiking campaigning through STOP THE TRAFFIK, Higher Education courses through Oasis College and supported housing through Oasis Aquila Housing.
Objects
1) FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIANITY; 2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; 3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND 4) RELIEF OF NEED (SUMMARISED)
Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total consolidated income for the year was £344.5m, resulting in a net surplus of £30.6m. The group holds £15.4m in unrestricted funds, which the trustees report is sufficient to meet their stated reserves policy of three months' operating costs for most entities. The directors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the group's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Grants (87% of income)
“Total consolidated income for the year was £344.5m (2024: £335.0m), which included grants of £300.1m (2024: £286.5m).” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months' operating costs (reserves figure: £15.4m)
“OCT and subsidiaries other than OCL and ORT have a reserves policy of three months’ operating costs.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Cross charged to Oasis Community Learning: Shared Staff £884,045
“Cross charged to Oasis Community Learning: o Shared Staff £884,045 (2024: £956,843) support and administrative staff, governance and chaplaincy.”
“Cross-charged from Oasis Community Learning: o Shared Staff £180,304 (2024: £388,428) including a portion for senior management, community hub and Secure School support working.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Cross charged from Oasis Community Learning: Shared Staff £180,304
“Cross charged to Oasis Community Learning: o Shared Staff £884,045 (2024: £956,843) support and administrative staff, governance and chaplaincy.”
“Cross-charged from Oasis Community Learning: o Shared Staff £180,304 (2024: £388,428) including a portion for senior management, community hub and Secure School support working.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Cross charged to Oasis Community Partnerships: Support for Finance and HR £355,325
“Cross charged to Oasis Community Learning: o Shared Staff £884,045 (2024: £956,843) support and administrative staff, governance and chaplaincy.”
“Cross-charged from Oasis Community Learning: o Shared Staff £180,304 (2024: £388,428) including a portion for senior management, community hub and Secure School support working.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Oasis Restore Trust purchased finance agency services from Education Finance Solutions Ltd (£86,025)
“Cross charged to Oasis Community Learning: o Shared Staff £884,045 (2024: £956,843) support and administrative staff, governance and chaplaincy.”
“Cross-charged from Oasis Community Learning: o Shared Staff £180,304 (2024: £388,428) including a portion for senior management, community hub and Secure School support working.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: OCL recharged costs to School-Led Development Trust Limited (£168,294)
“Cross charged to Oasis Community Learning: o Shared Staff £884,045 (2024: £956,843) support and administrative staff, governance and chaplaincy.”
“Cross-charged from Oasis Community Learning: o Shared Staff £180,304 (2024: £388,428) including a portion for senior management, community hub and Secure School support working.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.
Policies the charity declares
In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025
- Volunteers: 1,250
- Government income: £253,418,000 — contracts £253,418,000 (1); 74% of the £344,497,000 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 430 (£60,001–£70,000: 204; £70,001–£80,000: 112; £80,001–£90,000: 38; £90,001–£100,000: 27; £100,001–£110,000: 15; £110,001–£120,000: 11; £120,001–£130,000: 5; £130,001–£140,000: 6; £140,001–£150,000: 6; £150,001–£200,000: 5; £200,001–£250,000: 1)
- Has a trading subsidiary
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024
- Volunteers: 850
- Government income: £247,446,000 — contracts £247,446,000 (1); 74% of the £335,019,000 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 347 (£60,001–£70,000: 168; £70,001–£80,000: 78; £80,001–£90,000: 39; £90,001–£100,000: 19; £100,001–£110,000: 14; £110,001–£120,000: 10; £120,001–£130,000: 6; £130,001–£140,000: 8; £140,001–£150,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 4)
- Has a trading subsidiary
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023
- Volunteers: 870
- Government income: £229,704,000 — contracts £229,704,000 (1); 83% of the £277,273,000 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 268 (£60,001–£70,000: 131; £70,001–£80,000: 53; £80,001–£90,000: 26; £90,001–£100,000: 20; £100,001–£110,000: 17; £110,001–£120,000: 3; £120,001–£130,000: 9; £130,001–£140,000: 2; £140,001–£150,000: 2; £150,001–£200,000: 4; £200,001–£250,000: 1)
- Has a trading subsidiary
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
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Public-sector contracts awarded
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Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Advertised salaries (public job ads)
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£5.4m
Reserves (reported)
£18.0m
Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 2.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (83% 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: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is OASIS CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total consolidated income for the year was £344.5m, resulting in a net surplus of £30.6m. The group holds £15.4m in unrestricted funds, which the trustees report is sufficient to meet their stated reserves policy of three months' operating costs for most entities. The directors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the group's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited.
Who funds OASIS CHARITABLE TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name OASIS CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include MISSION44, SODEXO STOP HUNGER FOUNDATION, Q CHARITABLE TRUST, THE S M B TRUST, THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.
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