## **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD** **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** **Report of the Trustees and Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2024** Registered number: 05810653 Charity number: 1126198 ## **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD (A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **CONTENTS** ||**Page**| |---|---| |Impact report|1 to 14| |Legal and administrative information|15| |Trustees’ Annual Report|16 to 22| |Independent Auditors’ Report|23 to 27| |Statement of Financial Activities|28 to 29| |Balance Sheet|30| |Statement of Cash Flows|31| |Notes to the Financial Statements|32 to 44| @asis 11 Workin9 to end violence and abuse. Annual Report 2023-2024 •OO @oosisdomesticabuseservice oasisdaservlce.org Registered Chority No= 1126198 Contents NAission, Vision, Values CEO & Chair's welcome The difference Oasis made tNis year 5-6 Overview of services Sofe accommodation Community support Hospital support 10 Children & Young People 12 Helplirne & Fundraising 13 Volunteers & Trustees 14 Legal, Administrative & Governance 15 Together%ve Or￿stIC IE kPSE &Y LipfiNG OTHER,; R•9lstorèd wlth womens 2id FR FUNDRAISING REGULATOR Ali MINDFUL EMPLOYER DA KIDAS t, Oasis Becky and her brother used to hear their mum being hurt by her partner, and would see him controlling her. Becky would get her brother to watch TV to try to block out what was going on. One day their mum waited for her partner to go to work, and then told Becky to pack. "We literally just packed everything as quick as we could into the car" They came to an Oasis refuge. Becky says "the people we shared that house with definitely made it easier. You all know that everybody's been through their own hell. Everybody's been through something they can't cope with and actually everybody was amazing" Yesterday I'm not religious but I feel like you are an angel sent from heaven for what you do and the things you say. Got me teary I really don't know what I would've done withoijt you. You have saved my life honestly you have no ideall Just thank you forever xx S Clientntrmes htsve beeTr chorigedthroughout this report Oasis Our mission For fomily life to be free from obuge. We will keep working towords this ond creating Innovotive rèsponses Lo domesLic abuse LhaL Increose saleLyi rebuild lives and crèoLe lasLing change, lor os long as It tokes. asis Our vision A world free from abusive relationships where every person Is sofe at home and In their communiLy. Wts boliovo In a iu8t, lair ond cquol 8ocictv. Values Compossionate We provide compassionate support to people in need, no matter who they are or whot situotion thoy find themselves in. We ore alwoys hsre to listen and hglp without judgement. FRESH START Love shouldn't hurt Curious.. We undertoke reseorch and development to ensure our services continue to be innovaliv8, pllpp.Iiv8 nnd glliri8nl We ore olwoys lookin9 for ways to do whol we do b8tler, using troumo-lnformod doto ond proctice, Committed Wts ore commiLttsd to providing the bts.,L level ol .%upport. We find new woys of support ond forgc new partnerships to help cnd thc cycltt of abuge. @a)1$ "pry Collaborotive.. We are generous with our expertise. our tools and our time. We believe In working with families, professionals ond ogencies to create strongèr ond more regilient eommunities. @asis Connected We connect with Individuals, organisotions and services In meoningful woys. This Is to ensure that we are providing the highest level ol service ond support. We odopt ts multi- ugencyll holistic o]pprutJch tv the work thcjt we do. asigl,,, Welcome Thig yeor has been o yeor ol gignilicanL ochievemernl ond LronglormoLive ehonge wilh o new Chièl EKecuLive OL Lhe helm. ond we are bolh Immensely proud of the steps we have taken to enh(Jnce our services, strengthen our community portnerships, ond chonqe the lives of those oflected by domestic obuse. Wo succossfully rollod out o dispcrsod occommodotion modol ocross Njodwoy ond Eost Kont, ond now monogo ovcr 100 bod spocos - thosc r? snnctiJori8J f()r people 11?eing from nhijae. OLJr n?w m()dg1 onok)l?s ijs t.o t.nilc)r oijr aijpport t.n me?t. th? iJniqiJe n?ed- af ?v?ry individijol, irrespoctivo of gondor Idontity or odditional co-occurring conditions. Wo secured funding from the National Lottery Community Fundin9 to expand our support lor children and VOLJng people offected bv domestic obuse-o key oreo of our work ond support thot we ore dedicoted to evolving in the yoors oheod We olso took on delivery of the NAedway 00m9￿[iC Abuse Service, enabling us Lo continug deliverin9 viLal JLJPPOrt to vulnerable people in the Medway community We ore committed to expunding our reuch ond impoct in areos wher6, uijr servicus most n¥oded In addiLion lo pnhancing our %?rvic•s, we httve acLivrly e.ngoged in ILJndrai4ing inilioLive.% and parLr)èrship% and have been humblpd by Lhe gupport from locol communitios. Our now troinino toom hovè loroed colloborotions with other orgonisotions ond componios ond oro tosktrd wil h losL8ring a broader iJnd8r8landing ol domè81 ir abus0> otrross Kenl ond tv1pdwoy. In this report, you will find compelling stories of résilièncè, the Impoct of oljr Initiotives, ond tho tronstormotive powèr of community supporr. We extend htrortl?It thonkE to èvtsry Individuol who h05 contribultrd to our Journey ol empowermtrnt ond tronslormoLion ovtrr Lhe 108L 12 months, and oro orateful for thts professionalism, rtssilionce and dtrdication of our staff ond voluntcers throughout this period of chonge. Love shouldn't hurt Thank you for standing alongside us os we continue to mokè a positive difference in the lives of those uffected by domestic obuse. Cloirewilliams CEO Beverley Aitkpn Chair of Trustees The difference Oasis made this year In a world where safety ond security should be o given, tho reolity 18 .qtorkly difloront lor mony In Kont & Medwoy. Countless odults, young people ond children face tho har- -h reolity ol abuse within their homes. kl•thY Imogine o child's doy storting not with excitement for learning but with on overwhelming onxiety obout th¢ir fomily, sofety. Domestic oburoe co ts o long shodow over th? lives of its victims it disrupt= their sense of sofety, hirid¥rs th?ir emotionol well-being1 ond Scors their futures At Oosis, we believe that every Individuol deserves sale and nurLiJrino ?nvirc)nmcnL in whieh Lo Lhrivtr. W undor5tand th& intri¢ot& w¢b of challDngÈs SLJrvivors foce, ond our eommitmarit is to help them rebuild their Iivcs frco from abusc Kent & Medway £122,200 You showecl me full support ond you took cywoy my pain. I strongly believe I would hove encled Iifje without my Oasis support worker." This year we provided refuge and safe accommodation, communitv bosed services irncluding high-ri8k gupport, hospitul * upport ond court uyrjort, groLIFJ work, yrjung PeOFJlg'b services ond a helpline service adults ond children were directlv supportcd to brcak the cycle of domestic abuoe and recover from the trauma raised through the generous support of our incredible communitv through Individual and cullective fundroising ond donolions Oasis In 2023-2024 Oosis supported Type of violence and abuse experiericed by our adult clients Sexual orientotion of our clients 2, BiJexual l Gav Heterosexuol I" Lesbian Gender of our clients , Women tv1en 2.; Tronsgender 2" Non-fiinary 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 1317 adults 166 Age of our clicnts 250 childron, directlv 1998 200 childr?n, indirectly 150 VISA 100 95% 73% 86% 95% 93% 50 of our clients who declared an immigrotion need hod o positive immigrtJtiun outcome of our clients who declared a need In debt ond money management become bett￿r cjbI￿ tu mo]T)uge debt of our clients who reported needs around homele*ènegg os o result of domestic abusg occgssed crisis accotnmodation of our clients having disclosed a need around occegging porernting support. 95;, disclosed ositive Outcome regording CP of our clients who declared a need around support novigating the courts disclosed hoving received positiv¥ support thruugh Civil Court Process Overview of services At Ooqiq, wo oro dodicatod to providing o lif21ino to tho80 impactod by dom2-.tic obu80. Our sofe occommodotions ond community services offer not just shelter ond occess to practical support, but hope and a path to recovery ThroLJgh compa==ionate outrsoch and our specialised programmes for adults, children and young people, we empower individual= and fomilie- to rebuild their lives Everv doy, w8 witne= the tranoformotive power ol solidarity, helping survivors find their voice, regain their strength, and look towords o brighter future. Our $8rvi¢g provi¥ion ¢on¥ist¥ of.. Safe accommodation 6 IlaLS ir) Dover 12 tlots in Morgoto, w& chongod our servico provision to rtrplocè our communol refuge 2 proptrrties with 14 bèdrooms in Grovosend 10 flots In tv1edwoy Community Support Outrooch Signposting High-risk 5UPPOrt Hospital Support Chlldren and Young People Young Adult Menturing Service Fomily PorLnership Rocovering Together Helpline Al Oosis is committed lo ensuring thaL oll people ollected by domesLic obuse con occess the support they need oppropriotely ond toirly. Our sorvices ore inclusive Irrespective of oge, gender, gender identity or orientotion, disobility, ethnicity, religion, we con provide care and support asis Safe accommodation In North Kent, wè houge 14 pèople ond provide support to help them movè on from thè Lroumo ol abuge. Over Lhe losL 12 monlhs we have successlully moved on 9 residenLs Inlo council or housing ossociotion properties. Four of these were new ond first-time ryums who were oll supported to live Independently. We also deliver support sessions which help roqidont8 idcntily hoolthy ond Iinhoolthy troit8 in o rolotion%hip Thonk.£ to locol lijnding wo hove olso been oble to run confidence building activities lor residents, such as cooking, budgoting, 8owing cjnd yngcj, ond have hclr)cd rpqidcnts dvvolop now Intvro.8t.4 nnd l?orn In ThaneL we changed our qerviee orovision, purchasing 12 stondalone properties to roploco our communol rofugo. This now occommodotion modol hos moont a chango of working for stoff ond residents but meons we con house men ond tronswomen ot risk of obuse ond provide toilorcd support for individual.s ond fomilie8 in nocd In Dover, we were thrill8d to rec8ive positive feedbock from our Kent County Council inspection, 'The support I hod when I was here wos omozing, I feel more sofe here. -Alia, Oasis safe accommodation client In Medwoy, we boLJght ond furnished 10 propertie5 in the lost yoor ond through our'sofe in Medwoy, portnership with M8dwoy Council, we hove identified ond housed 13 people ot ony ono timo in 0041% oecommodalion In Lhi% arco. Our younic%t clicnt wa% IusL ?? yoor% old ond our eldest wos 73 All elients orè supportèd In residènce by a key worker ond whilst Lhe.v makp Lhp tran%ititsn Lo Lhpir own perman•.nt homv. 84 100% 82% 83% clients supportcd in our safc occommodation across Kent -k clients supportcd in safe accommodation and declared an Improved perception of bofety when they left clients In sttfè o¢commodotitsn d?clarpd an improvemont of their safety whilst living there high-risk cliernts supportcd In safe occommodation described an improvèment In their overall wellbeing asis Community support @asis This past year, Oasis continued to deliver criticol community support across Medwav, ThaneL and Dover We successfully Secured thè Nledwoy Domestie Abuse Servieè IMDASI eontroct for onother three years, supporting medium and high-risk clients within community settinos. Our MOAS teom played a pivotol role In high-ritk multi-aoency referrol meetings and the Mèdway Domeslie Abuse Forum, supporLed evenLs like Lhe MOD healLh lair, and provided domestic obuse training to GP students at Canterbury Christchurch Univer.£ity'8 Medwoy C,nmpus. "You made me feel supported and valid even though the abLJse I went through wosn't physical, which LVQS Q big feor of mine when reaching OLgt for help. But you helped me understand thc3t emotional obLJse con be just os hormfLJI, You gave me the last little push and encouragement I needed to finally leave him. You put m8 in touch with a lot of organisGtions that can further help me with finding housing as I hod to flee my home. You spoke to me very kindly ond with a lot of care." -sadie, Oasis client In Thonet and Dover, our team offered holistic support to clients in their homes and communities, ottended multi-prolessional meetings, and fostered professional links through the Thonet Toskforce ond Dover Vulnerobility pancls We referred clients to Oosis, Phoenix Pro9ramme ond saw our supporl gfoup4J thrive wiLh the help ol volunteers ond peer mLintors. Our Younq Persons IDVA IVPIDVAI successtully engoged children and young people In need of sofety plonning, advococy, and mentoring oround heolthy relaLionships. We also received 0 £4,000 groni from Wnm8n's Aid's emergency fund, which enobled us to purchose security dgvi¢&s like ring doorbells, CCTVS, ond dash coms, enhoncing the sofety ot our ¢11gnts. Hospital support 97 83% "She (QEQM HIDVA) helped me a lot when I become homeless. She helped me to chonge benefits, gove me moral support, provided me with clothing. Ocysis even gave me a Christmos present during stov over the holidcyy period in hospit(Jl. But what's more importont is thot my HIDVA foLJnd me o refuge pl(yce when I clesperotely needed it.. -Emma, Oasis client clients 8UPPOrted experienced ositive hèalLh outcomes Hospitol odmission Is often o cotoly8t, o moment ot whieh those offècted by domestic abusè conlrDnL Lhe groviLy ol Lheir siLuc]Iion IL'S o reochable momenl. ThoL's why losL veor we secured funding to ploce three Hospitol Independent Oomestic Violence Advisers IHIDVAsl ocross two hospitals QEQM In hAorgate and bAedway Maritime hAuscum in Gillin9hom. HIDVA8 8upportod not only pationt.£ but ol.8c) £taff within tho hn8pital 8Vtting. Our HIDVAS corriod out'trolloy doshos, to various doportmonts within tho hospitol to roiso awaronoss of the service ond gave troining sessions to teoms. Patients received 1-1 toilored supports from HIDVAS, who worked with hospitol stoff to ensure sofo ond positive dischorge plons were put in ploce. HIDVAS olso worked closely with stoff in the Psychiolry, Alcohol and Subsloncc NAisuse and Homeless TroLhways Leams Lo address co-occurring conditions Clients reported thot HIDVA support hod enobl8d them tu foel more confident in decision mokir)9 oround their hetslthcore needs. COnotr•ct qnvon• AIH5 . Medway M•rtklh• Ho•plt•l 5$5 asis mergency Department 10 Children & Young People @asis In North Kent, our young odult mentoring outreach service IYAMSI and Pomily Partnership hovo modo qignificont progro£s thi8 yoor. YAMS roi%od oworonogq obout domcstic obu8o ond its impoct on mentol heolth, reducing stigmo ond improving occess to stotutorv 8?rvicp8 ¢ind lijrthor pdLJrotinn throijgh advne.ac.y. We £iJppnrtod two homc-%ehooled clionts by promptly coordinoting with schools, and non-abusivo poronts havo oxprossod sotisfaction with the support their children receive. The Family Proctitioner hos been busv helping porents rebuild their lives, with success stor'ies Including o client sofely regoining custody of her children ond onother stoying c1eon from oeubstonce MisU￿￿e and odvocoting for hervog11 hvr rhild AddiLionolly, wo opupporL2d a cli?nL ihrou9h Lh2 adopLion proceso, helpiritj her relocote to o sofe or80 closer to her forriilv. In &ost Kent, our Young People's teom ochieved significant success this yeor, eorning strong cliont outcomoq ond po8itivo foodbock. Tho Notionol Lottory rcfundcd thc Rocovoring Together progromme lor three more yeors, Henry Smith funded complex needs mentoring for thrvp ypnr8, and Thv Charlo% Hayward Foijndation provided extra fijnding to expond our Recoverin9 Togothor programme into bAodwav. Our strengths-bosed, relotionship-locused mentoring opprooch emphosises recovery from obuse through timely intervention. Recognising recovery as multi-foceted, we oddress individual, lomily, school, ond community need We oim lo ochieve p05ilive chon9e in all these oreos, frorn individuol traumo sessions und purcint psyclioL'(Jucation groups to connectir)g families with resource8 ond odvocoting for childrgn in schools. Recognising the importonce of sociol prescribin9 ond creoting octivities to help children conneel Eorially and wilhin Lhoir cnmmLJniLia8, nvvr th8 Da%L yaar, we'v8 argrJniEed multipl trips to Wildwood, hoolthy goting workshops, natur8 wolks, fishing sessions, ort group sign- ups, doys out ot noture reserv&s, ond provided sports equipmènt, ensLJring o holigti¢ ond colloborotive service 88% 85% 85% improved oJtt¥ndonc in school improved relationships ond sts¢iol n8tworks improved mental heolth My mentor has always been really fun to be oround Jnd I knew stroight thot I was able to tolk to her. She's really helped me to feol hoppier ond more settlecl in my new school oncl hometown., -Lottie, 12 yeor old Oosis client "Angus, one of the children I'm working with came into service with extreme anxiety and deep emotional pain. There were times and instances where they didn't think they wanted to be alive anymore because of the negative beliefs they held about themself. YKEKWER, niac Following targeted work to understand how their brain works to protect them, and through mentoring support, Angus is now a more confident, chatty, bubbly and positive child who shows respect and empathy. They are a real credit to their parents who have engaged with the mentoring support and worked collaboratively to ensure that when the mentoring ended, the child would have support and guidance in managing big, and sometimes uneasy, emotions." -Ben, Oc7sis mentor Oasis 12 Helpline Fundraising At the heort of our mission is the unwovgring commitment to ensuring o life free from abuse for every family Our helpline stands as a vital lifeline for those seeking safety, support, and advice It serves not only a gateway to our broader services but also as a beacon of hope for thos8 In crisis Thonks to your support, we ore helping more people offeeted by the troumo of domestic buse. lrn 2028-24, over e122,000 wos roised Irom evenLs and donaLions Irom Individuals across Kent. We're so groteful to our community of sJDporters who oive so generously each vear ond find creotive woys to support our fundraising. Our helplir)e 15 0 trusted resource, offering compossionote support to survivors, crucial 9uidonce to prolessionols, ond essential odvice to concerned friends ond lomily member8, Stoffed on w¢ekdoys by our dtrdi¢oted Single Point of Access Monoger, ond reinforced by a Leam ol commiLL8d volunLeérs, we sLriv8 Lo providè o lilelin8 whèn IL'S n8ed8d most. Oijr sixth annual goll doy was sold out again ond we orè thonkful to the many returning locol bu8inc.q.£o8 whn t(Jke port th18 ytscjr. Wp h?Id nur firqt cinemotic vvont.. o scrvpning ol the 1940s clossic, Gaslight, at Elroadstoirs, iconic palaco thoatro. Attondoos wotchcd tho film and enjoyed o Q&A after with our Heod of Operotions. Vamaho Music London, the current custodions of the 8onksy Artwork 'Volentine's Doy Njoscoro, orgonised two fundroising events in old of Oasis, roising over £11,000 for our work. Our Christmas Wishes cornpoign raised over £6,000. However, the demond for our services is growing. Por every coll we onswer, another goes unhtrord. Thi.s unmct noed drive% us to expand our helplintr provision In thc coming ytsar%, cnsuring that no cry for holp goos unanswortsd. don't outsource ony lundroising to professionol ogencies. ore fortunote to be supportod by our wondcrlul Friends of Oa41% eommilte a group ot dodieotE>d volunteèr% who orgonis8 o number ol fundroising events each yeor to rois8 funds tor Oosis Our stoff ond volunLapr% hy Lho Charlgred In81 il uLn ol Fundroisin9's codos ol praclice and we org gi9n8d up to the Fundroising Regulotor. W9 recgivgd no fundroising comploints in 2023-24. 100+ 700+ calls per month cmai15 received per month asis 13 Volunteers Trustees Our volunteers ore Indispensoble to the Oasis team, selflessly giving their time, compossion ond skills to support all areos of our mission. Our board hos continued to ploy o vitol role In guiding Oosis to fulfil Its mission and better serve our community. We ore Incredibly fortunate to hove such con)mitted ond possionote individutilv ￿t￿OrIng townrd£ £ucco.8.8 From our peer mentor£ and 8upport group voluntvttrs using thpir lived exk)crience to support, ompowor ond givo hopo to our curront clionts, to our odmin voluntoors holping us stay on top of everything In the bockground, our Oosis Shop volunteers who keep our .£pccial charity boutiquc looking Immoculate ond our .8hop customcrs focling wolcomod (which Is why they keep coming backll, our event volunteers who run around moking sure our fundraiscrs run smoothly and vital donotions come in, and every other role which helps ollcviate the poin ond troumo we witness on a doily bosis. Wg aro so gratgful that thgy chooB¢ to Bupport us gnd work wlth us to end dom¢¥tlc abu¥e. v .iu,Iii **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD** ## **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION** ## **Roles and Management** _Oasis aspires to a world free from abusive relationships where the vulnerable are enabled to deal with society on equal terms; a society that values and makes safe its communities, and communities that work together to protect and support one another._ ## **Trustees** ## **Contact us:** B Aitken (Chair) enquiries@oasisdaservice.org F Dunmall (Deputy Chair) (Resigned 24 June 2024) www.oasisdaservice.org S Grant (Chair, Finance Sub Committee) **Auditors** M Elliott (Deputy Chair – From 24 June 2024) Azets Audit Services S Fox 32-33 Watling Street, Canterbury, Kent, MJ Insaidoo CT1 2AN H Jones **Bankers** E Matthews (Resigned 5 September 2023) Charities Aid Foundation B Musindi 25 Kings Hill Avenue, West Malling ME19 4JQ C Tate **Charity no. –** 1126198 **Company no. -** 05810653 **Charity Management Registered Office Chief Executive** C/O Greenwoods Legal LLP Claire Williams Monkstone House **Head of Operations** Tina Alexander 30 City Road **Head of Finance** Peterborough Caroline Palmer (To 2 February 2024) Susan Fry (From 22 April 2024) PE1 1JE **Head of Income & Engagement Principal address** Loukia Michael (To 10 January 2024) The charity is exempt from disclosing the Jo Dawes (From 5 March 2024) principal address on the grounds that it could **Human Resources Manager** place its stakeholders in personal danger. Kerry Smith **Head of Business Development** Dawn Hughes (From 13 November 2023) **Impact and Development manager** Ophelia Donatien **Operations manager** Roz Gabriel Page 15 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD** ## **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** The Trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their annual report together with the audited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” (FRS 102) in preparing the annual report and financial statements of the charity. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. The Trustees confirm that they have referred to the Charity Act 2006, Section 4 guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity’s aims and objectives and in planning future activities. ## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** ## **Objectives** The Charity’s objects are restricted specifically, in each case only for the public benefit to provide services directed towards the prevention of physical, sexual, psychological and emotional violence or threats of violence from any known person (hereinafter called “domestic violence”) and the relief and support of persons who have suffered or are in danger of suffering domestic violence, their children and dependents, and to advance the education of voluntary and statutory agencies and the public in all aspects of domestic violence, its causes and prevention. ## **Activities for the year** See impact report on pages 1 to 13. ## **Public benefit statement** Oasis Domestic Abuse Service operates for the public benefit. The trustees confirm their compliance with section 17 of the Charities Act 2011, ensuring they have considered the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit, titled “Charities and Public Benefit”. Page 16 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD (A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** ## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** Funding challenges persist within the Third Sector, particularly regarding local authority funding. Oasis continually seeks to diversify and expand its income streams. For the Financial Year 2023-2024, total income for the year was £3,087,958 (2023: £2,742,936). Total expenditure for the year was £2,915,867 (2023: £3,149,659). The result for the year was a surplus of £172,091, a significant improvement from the previous year’s (2023) deficit of £406,723. The income of the charity derived from Charitable Activities for 2023-24, £2,902,028 has increased by 13% year on year (2023: £2,556,092), with the total income from public funding sources increasing by £159,291 year on year. Income from public funding sources represents 64% of the total income derived from Charitable Activities (2023: 66%). Under the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, several provisions enhance the rights of domestic abuse survivors to access safe accommodation. Notably, all eligible homeless victims of domestic abuse now automatically qualify as a priority. We aim to utilise the properties purchased with a £3.9 million investment from Social and Sustainable Capital LLP to provide safe, self-contained, and secure accommodation dedicated to supporting victims of domestic abuse. Out goal is to ensure this accommodation is used effectively, minimising any vacancies. This will ensure that we generate income to further invest in the dispersed refuge model. Housing benefit income has increased to £566,763 (2023: £439,957). An increase of 29% whereas service charges have fallen by 21% indicating the change from the refuge model to the dispersed model. Income from Housing benefit and service charges sources represents 20% of the total income derived from Charitable Activities (2023: 18%). There is no doubt that the charity had been through a huge change during the financial year with the purchase of 12 properties in Thanet and Medway. The impact of the property purchases will be fully assessed during the next financial year 2024-25. ## **Reserves policy** In respect of the general reserves, the Trustees aim to maintain an amount equivalent to 3 to 6 months of budgeted core expenditure, within the range for the reserves for 2024-25 set at £345,300 to £690,600 (2023: £850,000). This range will help maintain flexibility whilst ensuring that there is sufficient coverage for operational needs. The balance of general funds at 31 March 2024 was £748,565 (2023: £571,518). Total designated funds at 31 March 2024 were £1,316,016 (2023: £1,407,264). Details of which are set out in note 17 of the Financial Statements. Total restricted funds at 31 March 2024 were £289,337 (2023: £203,045). Details of which are set out in note 16 of the Financial Statements. Please note that this figure has increased year on year due to the timing of the grants, particularly at the year end. Total funds of the charity at 31 March 2024 have increased to £2,353,918 (2023: £2,181,827). Page 17 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD** ## **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** ## **Going concern** At the date of this report the Trustees have identified no issues that would offer concerns about the charity's viability as a going concern. ## **Plans for the future** The plans for the future of Oasis, encompass our mission, vision and values as set out in our impact report. We are undertaking a comprehensive review of our service delivery. As part of our strategy, we want to ensure that there is a smooth access to immediate and comprehensive support for those affected by abuse. We are enhancing the provision of access to our services via the telephone. We aim to provide support which is tailored and holistic by strengthening collaboration with our Health and Social Care partners. We aim to provide survivors of domestic abuse with the tools to help them recover and turning the pain into power. In respect of specialised services for our young people we are focusing on education and mentoring, particularly in our Recovering Together programme. We are focused on building a resilient organisation and in order to maintain financial sustainability we are looking at many projects to diversify the income streams. We are embedding practices that embed good governance and are very focused on a culture of equality. Our innovative dispersed accommodation-based services are designed to offer greater flexibility and convenience to survivors of domestic abuse. By integrating these new options into our portfolio, we aim to expand our geographical reach and provide comprehensive support to a broader range of individuals and families affected by abuse. Page 18 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD** ## **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** ## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** ## **Governing Document** Oasis Domestic Abuse Service Limited is a charity which is registered with the Charity Commission under number 1126198, is established under a memorandum and articles of association (amended and adopted by the Charity Commission) dated 15 September 2008. The charity is also constituted as a company limited by guarantee without share capital under number 05810653. The trustees are also directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law. During the year under review, the memorandum and articles of association were updated in line with current charity practice and guidance. New Articles were adopted by the trustees by a general resolution on 7 June 2024. ## **Risks to which the charity is exposed** At each board meeting, the Oasis Board of Trustees consistently monitors risks on a quarterly basis using a live risk register. Systems have been put in place to mitigate these risks effectively. Among the identified risks the following are considered the most critical: - Safeguarding – Given the nature of Oasis work with victims of Domestic Abuse, there is a high risk of safeguarding issues. To address this, we have enhanced and fortified our policies, processes and operational methods to uphold our safeguarding standards. We are strengthening our safeguarding, and we are currently actively recruiting for a newly created role – Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Lead - Information security and cyber risks – we actively review our processes and procedures and consult external expertise when the need arises - Local Authority Funding Shortfall – We closely monitor the contracts and grants we hold, paying particular attention to their end dates. We actively negotiate with local authorities to secure the necessary funds to continue providing essential services to our vulnerable clients. While we strive to diversify our income streams, we recognise that insufficient funding pressures significantly affect the quality and extent of the services we can offer. - Property Health & Safety Compliance – In the last two Financial Years we have undertaken a program of purchasing a significant number of properties through a substantial loan from a finance organisation which supports charities and social enterprises in the UK. We have appointed a Health and Safety Compliance Manager to help mitigate the risks. Page 19 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD (A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** ## **Recruitment and Appointment of the Board** Trustees are appointed to the Board based on an annual skills analysis. Each Trustee undergoes an induction process and receives training on the organisation’s mission and governance matters. A new induction process and appropriate training is currently being developed and will be rolled out shortly. Under the amended articles, the usual term of office for a Trustee shall be three years, at the end of which they shall retire. A Trustee shall be eligible for reappointment by the Trustees for up to a further two terms, each of three years. No Trustee shall serve for more than nine consecutive years, unless the trustees consider it would be in the best interests of the Charity for a particular Trustee to continue to serve beyond that period and the Trustee is reappointed annually on the anniversary of their first appointment by resolution of the Trustees. All existing trustees (referred to as transitional trustees) are to retire at the end of their current three-year term taken from the date they were appointed, and if eligible, offer themselves for reappointment subject to the above. The articles state that there is no maximum number of Trustees but there shall not be less than three appointed Trustees. The Board meets every quarter during the Financial Year and attends additional extraordinary meetings when required. ## **Organisational Structure** Day-to-day decision making and responsibility for management of the charity, is delegated to a full time Chief Executive Officer, Claire Williams who was appointed on 10 April 2023. A Finance sub-committee, which meets quarterly, reviews the charity’s finances. This sub-committee comprises Trustees with experience in financial matters. Decisions with significant financial or strategic impact or made by the Trustees. Page 20 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD (A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** ## **Our thanks** To all our loyal supporters, generous partners, fundraisers and donors for your commitment to our cause. - Albert Gubay Foundation - Another Ways Women's Foundation - B&Q Foundation - The Brook Trust - Charles Hayward Foundation - Colyer Ferguson Charitable Trust - The Henry Smith Charity - Kent Community Foundation - Kent County Council - Kent Police and Crime Commissioner - The Lawson Trust - Medway Council - National Lottery Community Fund - NHS Kent & Medway Clinical Commissioning Group - The Nicky and Eileen Barber Charitable Trust - Oxfordshire Council - Safe Lives Page 21 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD** ## **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** ## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES** Charity law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the surplus or deficit of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements the Trustees are required to: - Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; - Observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP 2016 (FRS102); - Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; - State whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; - Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the charity will continue in business. The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006 and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud or other irregularities. ## **Statement as to Disclosure of Information to Auditors** So far as the Trustees are aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company's auditors are unaware, and each trustee has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have taken as a trustee in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the charity’s auditors are aware of that information. Approved by the Trustees on 12 November 2024 and signed on their behalf by: Mrs Beverley Aitken Chair Page 22 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD (A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE LIMITED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** ## **Opinion** We have audited the financial statements of Oasis Domestic Abuse Service Limited (the ‘charitable company’) for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise Statement of Financial Activates, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash flows and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). In our opinion, the financial statements: - give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company’s affairs as at 31 March 2024 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, for the year then ended; - have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; - have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006; and - have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP 2019. ## **Basis for opinion** We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. ## **Conclusions relating to going concern** In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustee's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report. Page 23 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD (A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE LIMITED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** ## **Other information** The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. ## **Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006** In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit: - the information given in the trustees’ report, which includes the directors’ report and strategic report prepared for the purposes of company law, for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and - the strategic report and the directors’ report included within the trustees’ report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. ## **Matters on which we are required to report by exception** In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors’ report included within the trustees’ report. Page 24 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD** ## **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE LIMITED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion: - adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or - the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or - certain disclosures of trustees’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or - we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or - the trustees were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies’ exemptions in preparing the trustees’ report and from the requirement to prepare a strategic report ## **Responsibilities of trustees** As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. ## **Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements** Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements. A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report. Page 25 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD (A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE LIMITED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** ## **Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud** Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above and on the Financial Reporting Council’s website, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. We obtain and update our understanding of the entity, its activities, its control environment, and likely future developments, including in relation to the legal and regulatory framework applicable and how the entity is complying with that framework. Based on this understanding, we identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. This includes consideration of the risk of acts by the entity that were contrary to applicable laws and regulations, including fraud. In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, including fraud, we designed procedures which included: - Enquiry of senior leadership, Trustees and those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims as well as actual, suspected and alleged fraud; - Reviewing minutes of meetings of those charged with governance; - Assessing the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations considered to have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company through enquiry and inspection; - Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations; - Performing audit work over the recognition of grant income and the allocation of expenditure to funds; - Performing audit work over the risk of management bias and override of controls, including testing of journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, evaluating the rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business and reviewing accounting estimates for indicators of potential bias. Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. Page 26 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD (A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE LIMITED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. ## **Use of our report** This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. ## **Michelle Wilkes FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)** For and on behalf of Azets Audit Services 32-33 Watling Street Canterbury Kent CT1 2AN **Date :** 22 November 2024 Page 27 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LIMITED** ## **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** |**Notes**
**Income from:**
Donations
**3**
Charitable activities
**4**
Other trading activities
**5**
Investments - Interest receivable
Other income
**Total income**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
Charitable activities
**Total expenditure**
**6**
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
93,258
582,295
66,238
12,955
-
754,746
115,950
552,997
668,947
85,799
1,978,782
2,064,581|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
13,479
2,319,733
-
-
-
2,333,212
-
2,246,920
2,246,920
86,292
203,045
289,337|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
106,737
2,902,028
66,238
12,955
-
3,087,958
115,950
2,799,917
2,915,867
172,091
2,181,827
2,353,918|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
120,371
2,566,092
51,176
4,547
750
2,742,936
122,774
3,026,885
3,149,659
(406,723)
2,588,550
2,181,827| |---|---|---|---|---| The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities. Page 28 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LIMITED** ## **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** |**Notes**
**Income from:**
Transfer from Choices
**3**
Donations
**3**
Charitable activities
**4**
Other trading activities
**5**
Investments - Interest receivable
HMRC JRS Grants
**Total income**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
Charitable activities
**Total expenditure**
6
**Net income / (expenditure)**
Transfer between funds
**16**
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
116,371
464,615
51,176
4,547
750
637,459
122,774
731,010
853,784
(216,325)
43,233
(173,092)
2,151,874
1,978,782|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
4,000
2,101,477
-
-
-
2,105,477
-
2,295,875
2,295,875
(190,398)
(43,233)
(233,631)
436,676
203,045|**Total**
**£**
-
120,371
2,566,092
51,176
4,547
750
2,742,936
122,774
3,026,885
3,149,659
(406,723)
-
(406,723)
2,588,550
2,181,827| |---|---|---|---| The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities. Page 29 ## **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LIMITED** ## **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **BALANCE SHEET** ## **AS AT 31 MARCH 2024** ## **Company Registration No. 05810653** |||**2024**|**2024**|**2023**|**2023**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Notes**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**| |**Tangible fixed assets**|**10**||4,869,878||2,874,504| |**Current assets**|||||| |Debtors|**11**|263,643||277,538|| |Cash at bank and in hand||1,330,803||1,179,091|| |**Creditors: amounts falling due**
**within one year**|**12**|1,594,446
(192,031)||1,456,629
(222,131)|| |Net current assets|||1,402,415||1,234,498| |**Creditors: amounts falling due**
**after one year**|**13**||(3,918,375)||(1,927,175)| |**Total net assets**|||2,353,918||2,181,827| |**The funds of the charity**|||||| |Restricted funds|**16**||289,337||203,045| |Unrestricted funds:|||||| |Designated funds|**17**|1,316,016||1,407,264|| |General unrestricted fund||748,565||571,518|| ||||2,064,581||1,978,782| ||**18**||2,353,918||2,181,827| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 12 November 2024 and signed on their behalf by: ## **B Aitken** Chair Page 30 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LIMITED** ## **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** |**Cash flows from operating activities**
Net income / (expenditure for the year)
_Adjustment for:_
Depreciation
Interest received
Decrease / (increase) in debtors
Increase in creditors
**Net cash used in operating activities**
**Investing activities**
Interest received
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
**Net cash used in investing activities**
**Financing Activities**
New loans
**Net cash from financing activities**
**Net (decrease) / increase in cash and cash**
**equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
**Cash and cash equivalents at end of year**|**£**
**£**
172,091
79,230
(12,955)
13,895
(30,100)
222,161
12,955
(2,074,604)
(2,061,649)
1,991,200
1,991,200
151,712
1,179,091
1,330,803
**2024**|**£**
**£**
(406,723)
14,868
(4,547)
105,268
2,636
(288,498)
4,547
(1,676,056)
(1,671,509)
1,927,175
1,927,175
(32,832)
1,211,923
1,179,091
**2023**| |---|---|---| Page 31 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LIMITED** ## **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** ## **1. Accounting Policies** ## **1.1 Basis of preparation of financial statements** Oasis Domestic Abuse Service Ltd is governed under its Memorandum and Articles of Association. The address of the principal office not disclosed on the grounds it could place its stakeholders in personal danger. The nature of the charity’s operations and principal activities are set out in the Trustees Annual Report. The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. The financial statements have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a true and fair view. This departure has involved following the Statement of Recommended Practice for charities applying FRS 102 rather than the version of the Statement of Recommended Practice which is referred to in the Regulations, but which has since been withdrawn. The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below. ## **1.2 Going concern** At the time of approving the financial statements, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Trustees have considered relevant information, including the annual budget, forecast future cashflows and the impact of subsequent events In making their assessment. ## **1.3 Income** All income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the charity is legally entitled to the income after any performance conditions have been met, the amount can be measured reliably and it is probable that the income will be received. Page 32 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LIMITED** ## **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** ## **1. Accounting Policies (continued)** ## **1.3 Income (continued)** Donations are recognised on notification of the amounts and the settlement date in writing. If there are conditions attached to the donation and this requires a level of performance before entitlement can be obtained then income is deferred until those conditions are fully met or the fulfilment of those conditions is within the control of the charity and it is probable that they will be fulfilled. Legacies are recognised on receipt or otherwise if the has been notified of an impending distribution, the amount is known, and receipt is expected. If the amount is not known, the legacy is treated as a contingent asset. Donated goods for resale in the charity’s shop are generally low value items and in the absence of a detailed stock control system it is impractical to measure their fair value. Income for these goods are recognised when sold. Christmas presents and other items donated to the residents are not material and it is not practical to determine the market value of these gifts and accordingly they are not included as income in the financial statements. Government grants are recognised at the fair value of the asset received or receivable when there is reasonable assurance that the grant conditions will be met and the grants will be received. Grants and service delivery contracts are recognised once receivable. Unrestricted grants that are intended to cover expenditure that most occur in a future period are deferred. Rental income is received from local district councils and is included within the SOFA when it becomes receivable. Housing benefit and rental income receivable from local district councils is included within the SOFA when the charity has entitlement to the funds. ## **1.4 Expenditure** All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Expenditure is recognised where there is a legal or constructive obligation to make payments to third parties, it is probable that the settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. It is categorised under the following headings: ## _Costs of raising funds are those costs incurred in attracting voluntary income;_ Expenditure on charitable activities comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs allocated directly to such activities and support costs (see below). Page 33 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LIMITED** ## **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** ## **1. Accounting Policies (continued)** ## **1.4 Expenditure (continued)** ## _Support costs_ Support costs are those that assist the work of the charity but do not directly represent charitable activities and include office and governance costs. They are incurred directly in support of expenditure on the objects of the charity and include project management carried out at Headquarters. Where support costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to cost of raising funds and expenditure on charitable activities on a basis consistent with use of the resources. Irrecoverable VAT is charged as an expense against the activity for which expenditure arose ## **1.5 Funds accounting** Unrestricted general funds are funds which can be used in accordance with the charitable objects at the discretion of the Trustees. Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the Trustees for particular purposes. The aim and use of each designated fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements. Restricted funds are funds that can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restriction arises when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements. ## **1.6 Taxation** The charity is registered and is therefore entitled to the exemptions from corporation tax afforded by section 505 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988. Accordingly, there is no corporation tax charge in these financial statements. ## **1.7 Cash and cash equivalents** Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities. Page 34 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LIMITED** ## **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** ## **1. Accounting Policies (continued)** ## **1.8 Tangible fixed assets** Assets costing: - £1,000 or more; - a group of the same assets amounting to £5,000 or more; - a group of assets to initially refurbish a newly acquired property of £2,500 are capitalised as tangible fixed assets and are carried at cost, net of depreciation and any impairment. Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases: |Freehold land and buildings|- 2% straight line| |---|---| |Leasehold buildings|- 2% straight line| |Fixtures and fittings|- 20% straight line| |Office equipment|- 20% straight line| The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset and is recognised in net income/(expenditure) for the year. At each reporting end date, the charity reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss. ## **1.9 Financial Instruments** The charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments. Financial instruments are recognised in the charity's balance sheet when the charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. Page 35 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LIMITED** ## **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** ## **1. Accounting Policies (continued)** ## **1.9 Financial Instruments (continued)** ## _**Basic financial assets**_ Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised. ## _**Basic financial liabilities**_ Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised. Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method. Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Financial liabilities are derecognised when the charity’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled. ## **1.10 Employee benefits** The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received. Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits. ## **1.11 Retirement benefits** Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due. Page 36 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LIMITED** ## **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** ## **1. Accounting Policies (continued)** ## **1.12 Leasing commitments** Rentals payable under operating leases are charged against income on a straight line basis over the lease term. Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the balance sheet. Those held under finance leases are depreciated over their estimated useful lives or the lease term, whichever is the shorter. The interest element of these obligations is charged to the Statement of Financial Activities over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability. ## **2. Critical accounting estimates and judgements** In the application of the charity’s accounting policies, the Trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates. The following judgements have been made in the process of applying the above accounting policies that have had the most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements: ## _Useful economic lives of tangible assets_ The annual depreciation charge for tangible assets is sensitive to changes in the estimated useful economic lives and residual values of the assets. The useful economic lives and residual values are reassessed annually. They are amended when necessary to reflect current estimates, based on technological advancement, future investments, economic utilisation and the physical condition of the assets. See note 9 for the carrying amount of the property plant and equipment, and note 1.8 for the useful economic lives for each class of assets. There are no key assumptions concerning the future and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year. ## _Bad debts_ Debtors are regularly reviewed for recoverability, any debts which in the opinion of management are not recoverable are provided for as a specific bad debt. There are no key assumptions concerning the future and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year. Page 37 ## **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LIMITED** ## **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** |**3.**
**Donations and legacies**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
Donations
93,258
93,258
**4.**
**Charitable activities**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
Housing benefit
566,763
Service charges
15,532
Albert Burns Children's Trust
-
Albert Gubay Foundation
-
Another Ways Women's Foundation
-
B&Q Foundation
-
The Nicky and Eileen Barber Charitable Trust
-
The Brook Trust
-
Charles Hayward Foundation
-
Colyer Ferguson Charitable Trust
-
Garfield Weston Foundation
-
Gibbons Family Trust
-
Gravesham Borough Council
-
The Henry Smith Charity
-
Kent County Council - other grants
-
Kent County Council - Supporting People
-
Kent Community Foundation
-
Kent Police and Crime Commissioner
-
Lawson Trust
-
National Lottery Community Fund
-
Medway Council - other grants
-
Medway Council Supporting People
-
-
Oxfordshire Council
-
Peter Harrison Foundation
-
Power of Women Broken Voices
-
Reconnecting
-
Rising Sun
-
Salus Group
-
Safe Lives
-
Other grants received (Under £5,000)
-
582,295
NHS Kent & Medway Clinical
Commissioning Group|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
13,479
13,479
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
-
-
45,846
5,000
7,080
5,500
49,275
25,000
15,000
-
5,000
-
37,200
479,131
497,597
11,661
248,299
20,000
204,270
348,333
212,712
47,954
24,763
-
-
-
-
17,000
-
13,112
2,319,733|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
106,737
106,737
**Total**
**2024**
**£**
566,763
15,532
-
45,846
5,000
7,080
5,500
49,275
25,000
15,000
-
5,000
-
37,200
479,131
497,597
11,661
248,299
20,000
204,270
348,333
212,712
47,954
24,763
-
-
-
-
17,000
-
13,112
2,902,028|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
120,371
120,371
**Total**
**2023**
**£**
439,957
19,658
8,500
-
5,000
-
5,000
73,308
-
20,000
25,000
4,000
8,000
98,700
337,605
497,597
-
220,501
-
105,434
410,083
212,712
13,000
-
10,000
6,190
8,671
14,068
-
5,000
18,108
2,566,092| |---|---|---|---| Page 38 ## **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LIMITED** ## **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** |**5.**
**Other trading activities**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
Fundraising
12,632
Shop income
47,950
Training income
5,656
66,238
**6.**
**Analysis of Expenditure**
**Staff**
**Direct**
**costs**
**costs**
**£**
**£**
Raising funds
90,659
14,283
**Charitable activities:**
Accommodation based services
402,927
466,626
Community services
1,029,477
41,045
Work in the community
491,570
134,637
2,014,633
656,591|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
-
-
-
**Support**
**costs**
**£**
11,008
48,929
125,013
59,693
244,643|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
12,632
47,950
5,656
66,238
**Total**
**2024**
**£**
115,950
918,482
1,195,535
685,900
2,915,867|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
8,976
38,780
3,420
51,176
**Total**
**2023**
**£**
122,774
1,531,673
902,209
593,003
3,149,659| |---|---|---|---| |**7.**|**Support costs**
Staff training and welfare
IT costs
Office costs
Bank charges
Consultancy
Legal fees
Travel
Bad debts written off
Depreciation
Other costs
Governance costs:
Registered office services
Audit of financial statements
Auditors remuneration - non audit services|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
25,652
56,809
45,887
1,612
12,557
3,680
16,654
29,561
25,728
6,103
1,800
14,850
3,750
244,643|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
55,384
52,379
48,381
1,476
19,470
5,173
13,354
22,354
14,868
2,409
1,440
13,440
4,890
255,018| |---|---|---|---| ## **8. Trustees** None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the year. During the year ended 31 March 2024 no trustees had expenses re-imbursed (2023 - £nil). Page 39 ## **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LIMITED** ## **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** ## **9. Employees** **----- Start of picture text -----**
|||| |---|---|---| |Employment costs|2024|2023| |£|£| |Wages and salaries|1,764,306|1,984,233| |Social security costs|157,406|183,790| |Other pension costs|92,921|95,744| |2,014,633|2,263,767| |Employee numbers| |The average monthly number of employees during the year was:|2024|2023| |no.|no.| |Administration|13|13| |Community|11|21| |Fundraising|4|3| |Shop|1|1| |Support worker|36|43| |65|81| **----- End of picture text -----**
## **Higher paid staff** The number of employees whose emoluments as defined for taxation purposes, amounted to over £60,000 in the year was as follows: **----- Start of picture text -----**
|||| |---|---|---| |2024|2023| |no.|no.| |£60,001 to £70,000|1|1| **----- End of picture text -----**
## **Key management personnel** The total amount of employee benefits received by key management personnel is £340,148 (2023 - £371,129). Page 40 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LIMITED** **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** ## **10. Tangible fixed assets** |**10. **|**Tangible fixed assets**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**Freehold**|||**Fixtures**|| |||**land and**|**Leasehold**|**Computer**|
**and**|| |||**buildings**|**buildings**|**equipment**|
**fittings**|**Total**| |||**£**|**£**|**£**|
**£**|**£**| ||**Cost**|||||| ||At 1 April 2023|2,666,082|173,956|17,650|
99,384|2,957,072| ||Additions|8,360|1,952,504|5,716|
108,024|2,074,604| ||At 31 March 2024|2,674,442|2,126,460|23,366|
207,408|5,031,676| ||**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2023
Depreciation|24,982
31,847|-
21,655|10,644
2,971|
46,942

22,757|82,568
79,230| ||At 31 March 2024|56,829|21,655|13,615|
69,699|161,798| ||**Net book value**
At 31 March 2024|2,617,613|2,104,805|9,751|
137,709|4,869,878| ||At 31 March 2023|2,641,100|173,956|7,006|
52,442|2,874,504| |**11. **|Included in Freehold land and buildings above is land at a value
**Debtors**
Trade debtors
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income|||of £878,130|(2023: £878,130)
**2024**
**£**
229,621
6,097
27,925|**2023**
**£**
209,067
9,403
59,068| ||||||263,643|277,538| |**12. **|**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Trade creditors
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income||||**2024**
**£**
29,851
27,544
134,636|**2023**
**£**
58,101
13,074
150,956| ||||||192,031|222,131| Page 41 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LIMITED** **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** |**13. **|**Creditors: amounts falling due after one year**|**2024**|**2023**| |---|---|---|---| |||**£**|**£**| ||Bank and other loans|3,918,375|1,927,175| Included within Tangible Fixed Assets are 15 (2023: 3) properties which have been provided as security for the loans above. The charity is exempt from disclosing the addresses of the properties on the grounds that it could place its stakeholders in personal danger. - There are no repayments on the loans, the balance of all loans are repayable on the earliest of: a) 13 September 2032; b) the date on which the secured property is sold. ## **14. Retirement benefit schemes - Defined contribution scheme** The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charity in an independently administered fund. The charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes was £92,921 (2022: £75,176). ## **15. Operating lease commitment** At the year end the charity had the following commitments under operating leases: |Due within one year
Due within two to five years
Due after five years
**16. Restricted funds**
**CURRENT YEAR**
Adult services
Children Services
Other restricted funds|**Balance at**
**01 Apr 23**
**£**
103,894
99,151
-
203,045|**Income**
**£**
1,930,668
400,065
2,479
2,333,212|**Expenditure**
**£**
(1,891,410)
(353,031)
(2,479)
(2,246,920)|**2024**
**£**
24,000
86,000
102,000
212,000
**Transfers**
**£**
-
-
-
-|**2023**
**£**
24,000
96,000
116,000
236,000
**Balance at**
**31 Mar 24**
**£**
143,152
146,185
-
289,337| |---|---|---|---|---|---| Page 42 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LIMITED** **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** |**16. Restricted funds (continued)**
**PRIOR YEAR**
Adult services
Children Services
Maintenance Fund
New Building Fund|**Balance at**
**01 Apr 22**
**£**
329,935
38,508
25,000
43,233
436,676|**Income**
**£**
1,593,713
511,764
-
-
2,105,477|**Expenditure**
**£**
(1,819,754)
(451,121)
(25,000)
-
(2,295,875)|**Transfers**
**£**
-
-
-
(43,233)
(43,233)|**Balance at**
**31 Mar 23**
**£**
103,894
99,151
-
-
203,045| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ## _Adult Services_ This fund is for providing support, advocacy and accommodation services for the benefit of adults who are affected by domestic abuse. ## _Children Services_ This fund is for providing support, advocacy and mentoring services for the benefit of children and young people who are affected by domestic abuse. ## _Other restricted funds_ Various donations towards HR software and equipment for properties. ## _New Building Fund_ This relates to a capital appeal run with donations towards a project to acquire new built premises. ## _Maintenance Fund_ This relates to funding towards maintenance work required for the charity's freehold properties. |**17. Designated funds**
**CURRENT YEAR**
New Building Fund
Development Fund
Building Fund
**PRIOR YEAR**
New Building Fund
Building Fund|**Balance at**
**01 Apr 23**
**£**
147,000
-
1,260,264
1,407,264
**Balance at**
**01 Apr 22**
**£**
186,000
1,213,316
1,399,316|**New Designations**
**designations**
**released**
**£**
**£**
-
(147,000)
147,000
-
-
(91,248)
147,000
(238,248)
**New Designations**
**designations**
**released**
**£**
**£**
-
(39,000)
61,965
(15,017)
61,965
(54,017)|**Balance at**
**31 Mar 24**
**£**
-
147,000
1,169,016
1,316,016
**Balance at**
**31 Mar 23**
**£**
147,000
1,260,264
1,407,264| |---|---|---|---| ## _New Building Fund_ The building fund relates to the designation of funds, which in addition to the restricted fund in note 15 are to acquire new built premises. Page 43 **OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LIMITED** **(A Company Limited by Guarantee)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024** ## **17. Designated funds - continued** ## _Development Fund_ This designated fund is intended to support both property repairs and broader development initiatives of the charity. It may be used for enhancing the charity's infrastructure or other strategic developments that align with Oasis's mission and long-term growth. ## _Building Fund_ This fund represents land and buildings and related fixtures and fittings which are held for charitable use. |**18. Analysis of net funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Current year**
**£**
Tangible Fixed Assets
-
Current assets
1,158,109
Current liabilities
(192,031)
Long-term liabilities
(217,513)
748,565
**Prior year**
**£**
Tangible Fixed Assets
-
Current assets
1,103,177
Current liabilities
(222,131)
Long-term liabilities
(309,528)
571,518|**Designated**
**funds**
**£**
4,869,878
147,000
-
(3,700,862)
1,316,016
**£**
2,874,504
150,407
-
(1,617,647)
1,407,264|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
289,337
-
-
289,337
**£**
203,045
-
203,045|**Total**
**funds**
**£**
4,869,878
1,594,446
(192,031)
(3,918,375)
2,353,918
**£**
2,874,504
1,456,629
(222,131)
(1,927,175)
2,181,827| |---|---|---|---| ## **19. Capital commitment** The charity is committed to making payments of £11.5k post year end (2023: £20k). ## **20. Related Party Transactions** There were no related party transactions in the year. Page 44 sis gtoend lence ond ubu8e. Lo t hurt