OVAL LEARNING CLUSTER

Registered charity 1156350 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We support a network of diverse and energetic primary, secondary and special schools in Lambeth to achieve better outcomes and opportunities for children and young people and their families. We connect communities and build capacity to facilitate enriching and educational activities, remove barriers to learning, and build and share skills and resources.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£258k
Latest spending
£242k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity raised £257,939 in income and spent £241,972, resulting in a net surplus of £15,967. Unrestricted reserves stood at £150,650, which the trustees confirm meets their policy requirement of holding at least one year's expenditure (£109,000). The charity had no employees during the year, relying instead on consultants and volunteers.

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lambeth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£258k£242k
31/03/2024£249k£173k
31/03/2023£117k£241k
31/03/2022£382k£279k
31/03/2021£458k£190k

Common questions

Is OVAL LEARNING CLUSTER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity raised £257,939 in income and spent £241,972, resulting in a net surplus of £15,967. Unrestricted reserves stood at £150,650, which the trustees confirm meets their policy requirement of holding at least one year's expenditure (£109,000). The charity had no employees during the year, relying instead on consultants and volunteers. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OVAL LEARNING CLUSTER?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OVAL LEARNING CLUSTER as a grant recipient include MAUDSLEY CHARITY, THE OGDEN TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MAUDSLEY CHARITYFY2025£15kBuilding Brighter Futures (Development Phase)
THE OGDEN TRUSTFY2023£3kGrants to institutions

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation16/03/2025£37kGrant to Oval Learning Cluster
City Bridge Foundation21/06/2023£73kGrant to Oval Learning Cluster
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/02/2021£10k"NL20: Vincent's Treasures"
UK government23/07/2020£100kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund18/04/2019£183kOval Creative and Communication Therapies
The National Lottery Community Fund05/10/2018£10kMoving on up
The National Lottery Community Fund25/08/2016£10kBessie! - A Celebratory Community Opera

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Four Oaks Primary School Parent Teacher and Friends Association.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OVAL LEARNING CLUSTER£258k—0above—no doubt
Four Oaks Primary School Parent Teacher and Friends Association FY2025£121k—0above—no doubt
OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK LONDON REGION FY2025£2.1m——unclear—no doubt
OLD OWEN'S ASSOCIATION AND SPORTS CLUB LIMITED FY2025£101k—0unclear—no doubt
OBLONG LTD FY2025£285k—0unclear—no doubt
ST OLAVE'S SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£3.4m£70,001 - £80,000—unclear—no doubt

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