OAKDALE HOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 1112162 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote and provide facilities for recreation and health benefits for disadvantaged inhabitants of Luton (Please see annual report for more details)

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LUTON AND ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHOHAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE ANDWITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: LUTON AND ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£67k
Latest spending
£50k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £58,568 (presented as a negative General Fund balance in the Statement of Financial Activities, offset by restricted funds to a positive net asset position of £141,506). The trustees report that the charity relies heavily on volunteers and that specific projects, such as the café and fruit/vegetable initiatives, are self-sufficient with costs covered by sales. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounting records or compliance with regulations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unrestricted reserves as a security for unexpected expenses (held: £59k)
“Oakdale House Trust has restricted reserves for future project expansion and some unrestricted reserves as a security for unexpected expenses.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Loans from trustees
“The purchase was partly funded by a series of unsecured loans from the trustees and members of the Gym. The loans total £164,979 and are interest free.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire · Luton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2025£67k£50k
30/11/2024£53k£111k
30/11/2023£57k£56k
30/11/2022£66k£63k
30/11/2021£106k£63k

Common questions

Is OAKDALE HOUSE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £58,568 (presented as a negative General Fund balance in the Statement of Financial Activities, offset by restricted funds to a positive net asset position of £141,506). The trustees report that the charity relies heavily on volunteers and that specific projects, such as the café and fruit/vegetable initiatives, are self-sufficient with costs covered by sales. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounting records or compliance with regulations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England16/06/2020£7kCOVID-19 CEF
UK government18/02/2019£9kWomen Side by Side
The National Lottery Community Fund16/02/2007£10kLadies Health & Fitness Promotion