Oasis Mental Health Support

Registered charity 1179376 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOLIHULL MIND

We provide mental health services for those living in Solihull Borough.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING AND REHABILITATION PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER OR CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT. THESE OBJECTIVES ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF NATIONAL MIND (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH). THE AREA OF THE ASSOCIATION WILL BE THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SOLIHULL.

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 deficit of £192,800 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £551,858 to £344,058. Per the trustees' report, the organization holds approximately five and a half months of running costs in cash, which is below its stated policy target of nine months. The trustees acknowledge the need to secure long-term replacement funding to protect service continuity.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Investing charity funds 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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~9.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHAEL SWALLOWchair
• Amy Swallow
• Andrew Musson
• Hazel Lawley
• James Bott
• Richard Fitzhenry
• Vincent Skiba

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

Operates in: Solihull

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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