Oxygen - Kingston Youth

Registered charity 1086608 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OXYGEN - KINGSTON BOROUGH YOUTH FOR CHRIST

To engage with the young people of Kingston upon Thames and other London boroughs to deliver a programme of activities, projects and events that build their spiritual, social, emotional, physical and mental well-being. To support churches and other voluntary organisation wishing to engage with young people and develop initiatives that demonstrate the Christian faith.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH APPEARING IN APPENDIX 1, THROUGHOUT THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON UPON THAMES AND ITS ENVIRONS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY DEMONSTRATING, PROMOTING AND COMMUNICATING CHRISTIAN VALUES IN YOUNG PEOPLE INCLUDING DIGNITY, EMPOWERMENT AND THE POTENTIAL FOR PERSONAL AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ACTIONB) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO THAT THEY MAY DEVELOP TO THEIR FULL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THROUGH GROUP WORK SUPPORT, MENTORING, AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS, STREET BASED YOUTH WORK, OTHER YOUTH PROVISION ENRICHING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH SOCIAL ACTION, OUTREACH, EDUCATION AND MISSION WORK.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES AND ITS ENVIRONS

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kingston upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net expenditure of £1,973, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £3,967 to £1,994. The trustees' report notes that the charity has had to reduce staffing to reflect financial constraints and that securing grant funding is becoming more competitive. Despite the deficit, the trustees maintain that the charity has sufficient resources to continue its operations.

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What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Caldwellchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Brian Austin PHD, BA
• PETER WILKINS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rita Keeya
• Tracey O'Shea

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

Operates in: Hackney · Hounslow · Kingston Upon Thames · Newham · Richmond Upon Thames · Surrey · Wandsworth

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OXYGEN.

• OXYGEN income £285k
• Kingston Giving income £145k
• KINGSTON VOLUNTARY ACTION income £1.5m
• KINGSTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £292k
• THAMES YOUTH ORCHESTRA income £83k
• ACTIVITEENS income £144k

Side by side with its peers

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