OASIS COMMUNITY HUB: OLDHAM

Registered charity 1138862 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Hub provides a range of activities for all ages in the communities of Hollinwood and Leesbrook. Current activities includes youth work, mentoring, NEET intervention, family support, holiday activities, community kitchen and growing projects, volunteering, advice and support drop in's and adult education.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.0m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £255,921 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a significant reduction in total funds from £304,278 to £48,357. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £17,695 are considered sufficient to meet estimated remaining running costs of £39,000, and the directors confirm adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months running costs which we estimate to be £315,000 in total (held: £18k)
“The Directors continue to review the Hub’s need for reserves in line with the guidance issued by the Charity Commission and have adopted a policy to set aside funds of approximately three months running costs which we estimate to be £315,000 in total” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Staff recharges paid to parent undertaking Oasis Community Partnerships (OCP).
“An amount of £990,205 (2024: £786,757) was paid by the Hub to OCP in respect of staff recharges. In addition £86,008 (2024: £67,008) was paid by the Hub to OCP for management recharges to cover support from the service teams for the year. At year-end a balance of £63,832 (2024: £4,332) was owed to OCP by the Hub.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Mercer & Hole LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.0m
Total spending
£1.3m
Reserves (reported)
£18k
Employees
35

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 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 (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oldham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.0m£1.3m
31/08/2024£1.0m£1.1m
31/08/2023£990k£663k
31/08/2022£489k£508k
31/08/2021£199k£203k

Common questions

Is OASIS COMMUNITY HUB: OLDHAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £255,921 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a significant reduction in total funds from £304,278 to £48,357. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £17,695 are considered sufficient to meet estimated remaining running costs of £39,000, and the directors confirm adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mercer & Hole LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/02/2025£19kOasis Community Hub Oldham
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2020£10kLeesbrook advice and support
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/11/2019£10k"Leesbrook Heritage Trail"
The National Lottery Community Fund19/12/2016£9kFlavours of Hollinwood - celebrating food and people
The National Lottery Community Fund27/07/2016£10kOasis Extra

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OASIS COMMUNITY HUB: BLAKENHALE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OASIS COMMUNITY HUB: OLDHAM£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
OASIS COMMUNITY HUB: BLAKENHALE FY2025£134k—0unclear—no doubt
OASIS COMMUNITY HUB: FOUNDRY & BOULTON FY2025£169k—0below—no doubt
OASIS COMMUNITY HUB: HOBMOOR FY2025£263k—0below—no doubt
OASIS COMMUNITY HUB: FIR VALE FY2025£124k—0unclear—no doubt
OASIS COMMUNITY HUB : WATERLOO FY2025£2.6mmore than £60,0001unclear—no doubt

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