OSCA FOUNDATION LTD

Registered charity 1140246 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OSCARENA

To benefit the residents of Calderdale in particular the areas of Ovenden and surrounding neighbourhood but not exclusively in an effort to advance education preserve and protect good health and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the lives for the residents

Objects

"TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF CALDERDALE, OVENDEN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCEEDUCATION, PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS

Area of benefit: CALDERDALE, OVENDEN

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £2,039 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total incoming resources of £69,223 against resources expended of £67,184. Per the balance sheet, the charity holds unrestricted general fund reserves of £834,227, providing a significant buffer against its operational costs. The trustees acknowledge that they are actively trying to recruit more trustees but have had no success to date, indicating a governance capacity constraint.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07362562

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WAITE, Amy Joanne Lynn — director, appointed 19/12/2025on trustee list
• FISHER, John Adrian — director, appointed 27/05/2016on trustee list
• SMITH, Stephen William — director, appointed 01/09/2010on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (94% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Joanne Lynn Waite
• JOHN ADRIAN FISHER
• STEPHEN WILLIAM SMITH

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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