OASIS AQUILA HOUSING

Registered charity 1107554 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AQUILA WAY, OASIS COMMUNITY HOUSING

Providing supported accommodation to homeless and vulnerable people, a homelessness resource centre, private sector access scheme, employability support, the provision of affordable housing, family support services and support for victims of domestic and sexual abuse.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£4.5m
Latest spending
£4.9m
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that an independent audit was performed by S&W Audit for the year ended 31 August 2025. The auditor's report confirms compliance with the Charities Act 2011 and relevant SORP standards, with no material uncertainties or governance failures explicitly disclosed in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by S&W Audit. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Oasis Community Housing (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

15 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold); recorded price paid £504k. 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 31/08/2025)

Total income
£4.5m
Total spending
£4.9m
Cost of raising funds
£255k
Reserves (reported)
£477k
Employees
83

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 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: 5.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Croydon · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Southwark · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£4.5m£4.9m
31/08/2024£4.7m£4.5m
31/08/2023£4.5m£4.6m
31/08/2022£4.3m£4.4m
31/08/2021£4.4m£4.4m

Common questions

Is OASIS AQUILA HOUSING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that an independent audit was performed by S&W Audit for the year ended 31 August 2025. The auditor's report confirms compliance with the Charities Act 2011 and relevant SORP standards, with no material uncertainties or governance failures explicitly disclosed in the provided text. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by S&W Audit.

Who funds OASIS AQUILA HOUSING?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OASIS AQUILA HOUSING as a grant recipient include CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON, THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE SIR JAMES KNOTT TRUST, LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED, SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2024£33kChurch & Communities Programme
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2025£33kChurch & Communities Programme
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£32kChurch & Communities Programme
THE SIR JAMES KNOTT TRUSTFY2023£20kRestricted Fund
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£6kGrants payable to Institutions
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£4k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3kGrant paid or payable
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUSTFY2021£3kCharitable Or anisations
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATIONFY2022£2k
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2025£2k
THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITYFY2024£2k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE W A HANDLEY CHARITY TRUSTFY2023£1kOne-off grants - Development & Housing
WEST CROYDON BAPTIST CHURCHFY2022£750Advancement of Christian faith
WEST CROYDON BAPTIST CHURCHFY2023£750http://www.oasiscommunityhousing.org
WEST CROYDON BAPTIST CHURCHFY2021£500Whitehome Mill Grove Children's
Moto FoundationFY2021£150Community Grant
THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITYFY2025£0

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East11/12/2025£1kGrant to Oasis Aquila Housing
The National Lottery Community Fund26/09/2025£20kFirm Financial Foundations
Community Foundation North East27/03/2025£30kGrant to Oasis Aquila Housing
Community Foundation North East19/12/2024£1kGrant to Oasis Aquila Housing
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2024£20kQueen Street
Community Foundation North East30/03/2023£10kGrant to Oasis Aquila Housing
Community Foundation North East16/03/2023£5kGrant to Oasis Aquila Housing
The Mercers' Company25/01/2023£100kGrant to Oasis Community Housing
Community Foundation North East17/11/2022£1kGrant to Oasis Aquila Housing
Community Foundation North East08/09/2022£5kGrant to Oasis Aquila Housing
Community Foundation North East26/05/2022£3kGrant to Oasis Aquila Housing
Community Foundation North East16/12/2021£5kA grant to Oasis Aquila Housing
Community Foundation North East09/12/2021£1kA grant to Oasis Aquila Housing
The National Lottery Community Fund12/11/2021£10kFinding your feet financially
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2021£300kBasis@Gateshead - multi-service homeless hub.
Community Foundation North East08/07/2021£3kA grant to Oasis Aquila Housing
Community Foundation North East24/06/2021£10kA grant to Oasis Aquila Housing
Community Foundation North East10/06/2021£500A grant to Oasis Aquila Housing
The National Lottery Community Fund17/12/2019£200kBASIS@Sunderland
The Mercers' Company04/07/2019£92kGrant to Oasis Community Housing
Community Foundation North East19/03/2019£5kBasis Beds
Community Foundation North East13/03/2019£6kIn Your Pocket
The National Lottery Community Fund07/03/2019£10kHelp to Rent Homeless Early Action
Community Foundation North East21/01/2019£5kBasis Beds
Community Foundation North East13/12/2018£250General charitable purposes

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OASIS AQUILA HOUSING£4.5m——unclear—no doubt
OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD FY2025£3.2m——unclear4.3%no doubt
TEAM A5 SUPPORT FY2025£1.7m——unclear—no doubt
NORTON HOUSING AND SUPPORT LTD FY2026£1.3m——unclear—no doubt
The Alongside Charity FY2025£11.2mover £60,0002within—no doubt
BOSCO SOCIETY LTD FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt

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