Oarsome Chance

Registered charity 1167787 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OARSOME CHANCE FOUNDATION

Provide opportunities and experiences of vocational learning including carpentry and bike mechanics alongside an outdoor programme including rowing, sailing and mountain biking for young people at risk of exclusion from education. To build young peoples confidence and create opportunities for them to feel safe in achieving a pathway to change. The target group is young people aged 11-19yrs

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN THE UK BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE, AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: (A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) ADVANCING EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS (D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY, SPECIFICALLY COASTAL AND INDOOR ROWING PROGRAMMES, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

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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Registered contact address: Gosport, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £126,849 for the 17-month period ended 31 August 2025, a significant turnaround from the previous deficit. The trustees report that free reserves of £165,073 are above the stated policy target of three months' core operating expenditure, and the auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Scott Vevers Ltd. 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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• 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
• Trustee expenses 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09829935
• Trading subsidiary: OARSOME CHANCE (TRADING) LTD Companies House 10429563

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

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.

• MATHIESON, Simon — director, appointed 10/07/2025on trustee list
• FISHER, Oliver — director, appointed 18/06/2025on trustee list
• MAI, Kate — director, appointed 18/06/2025on trustee list
• CULLEN, Suzie — director, appointed 18/06/2025on trustee list
• MORTIMORE, Simon Ap Kenneth — director, appointed 18/07/2024on trustee list
• POWER, Lynn — director, appointed 20/10/2023on trustee list
• ROBERTSON, Gillian — director, appointed 02/02/2023on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gillian Robertson
• Kate Mai
• Lynn Power
• Oliver Fisher
• Simon Mathieson
• Simon Mortimore
• Suzie Cullen

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VISION25.

• VISION25 income £942k
• SHALSHELES income £681k
• WOLVERHAMPTON YOUTH ZONE income £1.6m
• WREXHAM YOUTH AND PLAY PARTNERSHIP income £108k
• OURSIDE YOUTH ASSOCIATION income £109k
• MAKING A DIFFERENCE income £30k

Side by side with its peers

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