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OSCARS

Registered charity 1133716 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of before & after school child care and holiday club, for children of primary school age

Causes: Education/training · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£145k
Latest spending
£155k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is running at a large deficit due to undue expenditure from a previous manager and staffing costs consuming 90% of income. The trustees note that the building is a serious issue with a lifetime coming to an end, requiring increasing repairs. They express doubt about the ability to sustain the charity without increasing costs to parents.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“staffing costs being 90% of our income” — page 1
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“we are going to be unable to sustain it with increasing outgoings unless we increase the costs to parents sadly”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: The document mentions 'issues with the previous manager' and 'undue expenditure', but does not explicitly state a regulator engagement, late filing, or formal internal control failure report.
“Due to some issues with the previous manager, we have had undue expenditure leaving us in a large deficit.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£145k£155k
31/03/2024£138k£141k
31/03/2023£134k£119k
31/03/2022£123k£121k
31/03/2021£84k£109k

Common questions

Is OSCARS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is running at a large deficit due to undue expenditure from a previous manager and staffing costs consuming 90% of income. The trustees note that the building is a serious issue with a lifetime coming to an end, requiring increasing repairs. They express doubt about the ability to sustain the charity without increasing costs to parents.