OUTDOOR AND SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION SPECIALISTS (OASES) LIMITED

Registered charity 1041301 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEEN, NORTH EAST ENVIRONMENT NETWORK LIMITED, NORTH EAST STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS (NESPSS), OASES

OASES (Outdoor And Sustainability Education Specialists) delivers outdoor learning and global sustainability education opportunities for schools and children and young people. OASES vision is to 'Create a more sustainable world where all children can thrive.'Through its work OASES seeks to instil an appreciation of nature and a love of the planet whilst combatting eco and climate anxiety.

Objects

1) To promote and encourage conservation and improvement of the environment for biodiversity and for the benefit of all.2) To promote the advancement of education of the public, especially children and young people, concerning all issues relating to climate change and the environment.3) To educate people, especially children and young people, to enable them to make choices and take actions that create a more sustainable world where all can thrive.4) To promote and encourage engagement with outdoor and sustainable activities which support people’s wellbeing, especially for children and young adults.

Area of benefit: NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £49,757 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £585,510 and expenditure of £535,753. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £183,440 exceed the stated policy target of approximately £180,000, and the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue.

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.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID GEOFFREY FORD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dominic Brown · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Stuart Jones
• GRANT HOPKINS
• Jacqueline Bell
• Jamie Jeffes
• Meryl Batchelder
• Paul Green · trustee of 1 other charity
• STEVE ASHTON

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ASSOCIATION OF ADVISERS FOR OUTDOOR LEARNING AND EDUCATIONAL VISITS.

• THE ASSOCIATION OF ADVISERS FOR OUTDOOR LEARNING AND EDUCATIONAL VISITS income £213k
• Oasis Charity Limited income £426k
• OASIS LORD'S HILL income £541k
• OPEN SCHOOL EAST income £215k
• OASIS CHILDREN'S VENTURE income £1.4m
• SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION income £32k

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