OASIS CHURCH FELTHAM TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT Year Ended 31[st] December 2024
Registered Charity No. 1054392
Trustees Annual Report - Year Ended 31[st] December 2024
OASIS CHURCH FELTHAM
CONTENTS
| CHARITY INFORMATION | 2 |
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| Trustees Annual Report - Year Ending 31 December 2024 | 4 |
| Governing Document | 4 |
| Objects of the Charity | 4 |
| Organisational Structure | 4 |
| Activities and Achievements for Public Beneft | 5 |
| FINANCIAL REVIEW | 6 |
| Overview | 6 |
| Reserves Policy | 6 |
| INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT | 7 |
CHARITY INFORMATION
ORGANISATION
OASIS CHURCH FELTHAM 11 Spring Road Feltham Middlesex TW13 7JA
Tel: 0208 844 1948 email: info@oasisfeltham.co.uk
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BANKERS
HSBC 128 High Street Slough Berkshire SL1 1JF
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER
ACCOUNTANCY & TAXATION SERVICES Luke Silver 25 Ellicombe Close Minehead Somerset TA24 6DQ
Tel: 07710 456376 email: luke-silver@puresilver.org.uk
TRUSTEES
Richard Smith (Chairman) Elaine James Joel Mwangi Camillus Osubor
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Trustees Annual Report - Year Ending 31 December 2024
The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report and financial statement of accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2024.
Governing Document
Oasis Church Feltham was registered as a charity with the Charities Commission on 1st December 1993, and is controlled by its governing document, a Trust Deed and Constitution for an unincorporated charity.
The Trust Deed and Constitution were amended on 8 April 2014 inline with the Assembly of God’s recommended specimen model document for Unincorporated status. The Trust Deed and Constitution were again amended on 15 September 2014 to correct two typographical errors:
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It stated that the churches Financial Year ran from January to September - it has now been corrected, our financial year runs from January to December.
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The church was said to hold its AGM in September of each year - it has now been corrected, the church AGM is held in May of each year.
Objects of the Charity
The objects of the Church (“the Objects”) are for the benefit of the public:
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i) to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Church Council from time to time may think fit;
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ii) to relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or services of any kind including through the provision of counselling and support in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Church Council from time to time think fit; and
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iii) to advance education in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Church Council from time to time may think fit.
Organisational Structure
Oasis Church Feltham operates autonomously under its local leadership, comprising of the Senior Minister and Elders, but is an affiliated member of the Assemblies of God of Great Britain and Ireland.
In line with its governing document, trustees are appointed to the board by the recommendation of the chairperson and by a majority vote of existing trustees.
The Trustees agree to meet at least 4 times a year to discuss and make decisions in relation to the affairs of the charity to ensure that all of its activities and achievements provide public benefit for the community. The Church Management Team authorises the delegation of limited powers to the Core Leadership Team in order to enable smooth operation of activities. The Trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit in deciding which activities the Charity should undertake.
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Activities and Achievements for Public Benefit
The primary objective of OASIS CHURCH FELTHAM, as set out in its Constitution, is the advancement of the Christian faith to all age groups within the local community of Feltham.
The main achievements of the Charity during the year have been the continuation of support, teaching, and outreach to all who come into contact with the Charity. The Charity continues to fulfil its ongoing objectives in advancing the Christian Faith within the local community.
Sunday Services
Sunday services continue to thrive with an a gradual uptake in attendance over the course of the year, with a small increase in new people who are starting to call Oasis their home church. Our year average attendance is 61 people, our peak attendance was 76 for our Easter Sunday service, with a close second of 75 for a Bring & Share meal in February. Our month of month average fluctuates around 55 to 60 people, with occasion peaks pushing 70. These numbers include regular attenders, visitors, and also include children.
As in 2023, for Christmas we again put on a number of special events that we advertised around our community. weekend through December starting with Christingle, which is always a fun time for both children and adults. The following Saturday (14 December) we hosted a professional kids performance by Duggie Dug Dug, The church paid for this performance and offered it completely free to our church and community. We were thrilled to have 119 children and adults come to the event, many connected with two local primary school we had asked to advertise us. We hoped that many of the families would also come to our Carol Service the following day, but it wasn’t as well attended as we had hoped, though we did get some visitors. Finally, we hosted ‘The Chosen - Holy Night’ film. Since Christmas Day fell in the middle of the week, we put on a service to which 37 people came.
Worship Team
The worship team continues to provide great support for our main Sunday service and we are grateful for the Musicians and singers who have volunteer their time and talents. It is a great blessing for the church to be able to gather people in worship of God.
Children’s Department
Oasis Kids (Sunday School) continues to increase in the number of children attending each Sunday and we and we are presently maintaining three classes to cater for early years both key stage one and two. We continued to try and recruit volunteers and we have a had a couple of new people join the team, but we still want to expand it. We break over the Summer as this facilitates family holidays for both our leaders and families within the church, but we provide activities for the children in the main service for them to engage in whilst the preaching is going on. We always include our children in the congregation due our times of worship and other presentations.
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Youth Department
Since our original youth programme was suspended due to volunteers and also strong decline in Friday night attendance, we began discussions to establish an inter-church youth programme with other churches in our AoG Network that are local to our own church. In July we initiated a contract with Ryan Macklin who we contribute £400 per month to develop and grow the youth ministry across our borough. He is attached fulltime at CCCWL (Christian Community Church West London), and is presently working with a couple of volunteers from our church and his own to run events twice a month, one at our Church, and the other at CCCWL. The number of young people from our church is quite small, but we hope it will grow, and that it will lead to development of other youth oriented programmes and into a Summer Camp.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Overview
The charity has remained financially solvent through the generous giving of its members and supporters. We continue to pay off the church mortgage including over payment to reduce the loan term, and thus reduce interest costs. In addition we have now registered with HMRC for gift aid and have started to make some claims going back 4 years as we process who have registered.
Reserves Policy
The trustees aim to set aside 6 months running costs as adequate reserves to ensure that its ongoing commitments can be fully met as a charity. We are currently running at around 3 to 4 months reserves. We continue to build up the reserve levels as income from our members and supporters allow.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:
Richard Smith - Senior Minister/Trustee
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