OASIS CHURCH COLLIERS WOOD

Registered charity 1147040 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity operates as a local Church in the Colliers Wood area of southwest London.

Objects

FOR OR TOWARDS THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION OR TOWARDS SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

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 · Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.0m

Latest spending

£1.1m

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £46,774 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £3,672,451 to £3,625,677. Despite this deficit, the trustees remain satisfied that the church's financial position remains secure, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2024 1 £60,001 - £70,000” — page 19

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2024 1” — page 19

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: not less than GBP 200,000 (held: £1.3m)

“The Directors aim to have reserves amounting to not less than GBP 200,000 on an ongoing basis.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Salary and pension paid for trustee's wife

“During the year, a salary of £19,026 (2023: £20,709) and pension contributions of £951 (2023: £1,035) were paid on behalf of K Clements, the wife of Trustee Mr T Clements.” — page 25

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by GBJ Financial Limited. Discloses 6 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
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Oasis Church, Colliers Wood (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Florence Joseph — Principal (Oasis Leadership School) (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£1.0m

Total spending

£1.1m

Cost of raising funds

£917k

Reserves (reported)

£200k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 88.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/08/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

DUNCAN RICHARD MOASSchair
Antoinette Johnson
IAN DEREK BERLE
Josephine Takyi
Shola Alli
Tim Clements

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

Operates in: Merton

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£1.0m	£1.1m
31/12/2023	£1.0m	£921k
31/12/2022	£784k	£722k
31/12/2021	£762k	£540k
31/12/2020	£715k	£599k

Common questions

Is OASIS CHURCH COLLIERS WOOD financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £46,774 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £3,672,451 to £3,625,677. Despite this deficit, the trustees remain satisfied that the church's financial position remains secure, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the entity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by GBJ Financial Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of OASIS CHURCH COLLIERS WOOD earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OASIS CHURCH FELTHAM.

OASIS CHURCH FELTHAM income £110k
OASIS CHRISTIAN TRUST income £151k
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, GIPSY HILL income £637k
COLLIER ROW MASJID income £220k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS WITH ST MARY MAGDALENE, CHISWICK income £222k
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD AND RCCG LIFE OASIS PARISH income £124k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
OASIS CHURCH COLLIERS WOOD	£1.0m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
OASIS CHURCH FELTHAM FY2024	£110k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
OASIS CHRISTIAN TRUST FY2024	£151k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, GIPSY HILL FY2025	£637k	around £90,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
COLLIER ROW MASJID FY2025	£220k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS WITH ST MARY MAGDALENE, CHISWICK FY2025	£222k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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