OAKWOOD YOUTH CHALLENGE

Registered charity 1095999 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The mission of Oakwood Youth Challenge is to challenge young people physically,socially and spiritually. We aim to build up local youth through a range of activities, providing programs for individual and team development. Additionally the site now benefits from a purpose built indoor Climbing Centre providing physical and social challenges to both young people and adults.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HEREIN CALLED "THE TRUSTEES") MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; TO ADVANCE EDUCATION , INCLUDING IN THE AREAS OF OUTDOOR PURSUITS, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, SPORT, MUSIC, ARTS AND CRAFTS, BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, SPORT OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £2,040,308 against total expenditure of £1,913,511, resulting in a net surplus of £126,797. The charity holds unrestricted net assets of £1,161,636 and cash of £360,463, with no stated reserves policy target to compare against. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Ward Williams. Discloses 4 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Oakwood Youth Challenge (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £3.0m. 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 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 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 (93% 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: 2.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sean Edward Philip Greenchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Daniel Jonathan Buchanan
• Owen David Hayward · trustee of 1 other charity
• PAULINE ELIZABETH HELLIAR-SYMONS
• Richard Daniel Kay

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Wokingham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GOSPEL OAK ACTION LINK YOUTH CLUB (GOAL).

• GOSPEL OAK ACTION LINK YOUTH CLUB (GOAL) income £148k
• YASEEN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LTD income £578k
• NOTTINGHAM ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN YOUTH SERVICE income £755k
• OAKWOOD SCHOOL income £4.3m
• OAKWOOD EDUCATION income £596k
• PRIORITY YOUTH PROJECT income £367k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.