OASIS AQUILA HOUSING

Registered charity 1107554 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q120478385 · 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.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ANY SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE DIRECTORS IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:3B.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIANITY;3B.2 THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AND THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTYIN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, PROMOTING FOR THE BENEFIT OF INHABITANTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE PROVISION OF THE FOREGOING BY PROVIDING HOUSING AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE AND YOUNG PARENTS AND BABIES IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE GATESHEAD, TYNE AND WEAR, GATESHEAD AND NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

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

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

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

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.

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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

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)

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• RT REVD MARK BRYANTchair
• Alexander James Pitcher
• Dr Andrew Rhys Griffiths · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathan Wood
• Kate Ginks
• Natasha Gray
• Steven Jeffrey Coles · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tara Allen
• Washington Kihato Waithaka

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

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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