OSCAR UK INFORMATION SERVICE FOR WORLD MISSION

Registered charity 1093265 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OSCAR

Providing information, advice and resources to Christians in cross-cultural work.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FORM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT BY THE MANAGEMENT OF AN INFORMATION WEB-SITE ON THE WORLD- WIDE INTERNET TO(I) PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE FOR UNITED KINGDOM MISSIONARIES AND OVERSEAS CHRISTIAN WORKERS(II) RESEARCH NEW WAYS OF PROVIDING MORE EFFECTIVE TRANSPORT AND PROPAGATION OF THE TRUST'S SERVICES(III) PROVIDE A NETWORK FOR MISSION ORGANISATION ASSOCIATIONS AND SERVICES IN ORDER TO POOL RESOURCES AND(IV) TO DEVELOP TEACHING TRAINING AND CONSULTION SERVICES FOR MISSIONARIES MISSION ORGANISATIONS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHRISTIAN MISSION WORK THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE TRUST

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell to £24,085, which equates to 36% of total annual expenditure, below the stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. Despite overall income being 22% less than expenditure, the trustees report the charity remains in a healthy financial position.

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 6 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.

• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew David Smith
• Gemma Rose Locke
• Mark Graham Billage
• Michael James Frith · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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