OXYGEN

Registered charity 1165522 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KINGSTON YOUTH FOR CHRIST

To engage with young people in Kingston and London area, particularly those in need, and deliver a programme of activities, projects and events that build their spiritual, social, emotional, physical and mental wellbeing. To support other churches, voluntary organisations and community partners to develop initiatives that improve the lives of young people and help them achieve their potential.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE, THROUGHOUT THE ROYAL BOROUGHS OF KINGSTON AND RICHMOND UPON THAMES AND THEIR ENVIRONS IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION,ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM DEPRIVED BACKGROUNDS, THROUGH ENHANCEMENT OF THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO THAT THEY MAY DEVELOP TO THEIR FULL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THROUGH GROUP WORK, SUPPORT, MENTORING, AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS, STREET BASED YOUTH WORK, OTHER YOUTH PROVISION ENRICHING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH SOCIAL ACTION SUCH AS STREET PASTORS, OUTREACH, EDUCATION AND MISSION WORK, THUS HELPING TO ELIMINATE POVERTY AND SICKNESS, BY IMPROVING LIFE SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS.TO FURTHER THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, BY DEMONSTRATING, ENCOURAGING AND COMMUNICATING CHRISTIAN VALUES IN YOUNG PEOPLE INCLUDING DIGNITY, EMPOWERMENT, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR PERSONAL AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ACTION SO DEVELOPING CHARACTER AND RESILIENCE.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kingston upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total funds decreased slightly from £103,786 to £102,841, with unrestricted reserves falling from £66,013 to £74,131 (note: unrestricted funds actually increased in the balance sheet reconciliation, but the text states reserves were used up in previous years; the current year shows a net movement of -£945). The trustees report that staffing costs were reduced due to financial constraints and the use of reserves in prior years, but resources are deemed adequate for continuing operations with no material uncertainty disclosed.

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 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Oxygen (matched by registered charity number).

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Caldwellchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• PETER WILKINS · trustee of 1 other charity
• PROFESSOR BRIAN MAXWELL AUSTEN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rita Keeya
• Tracey O'Shea

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Oxygen - Kingston Youth.

• Oxygen - Kingston Youth income £38k
• Oxygen House Foundation income £69k
• THE CITY OF OXFORD CHARITY LIMITED income £443k
• EDEN CHURCH income £142k
• INSPIRE LONDON CHURCH income £787k
• MAKING A DIFFERENCE income £30k

Side by side with its peers

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