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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 1 July 2022 30 June 2023

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Oasis English Language School

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1168323

Charity's principal address 14 Wardley Close

Ipswich

Postcode IP2 9RT

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
		RodneyCook	Chair
		Alan Durrant	Treasurer
		JennyHowe
		Dave Pepper
		Alan Cutting		4 November 2022
		Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
		Name		Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by existing Trustees board Trustee selection methods

• (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To develop the capacity of migrant communities in Ipswich in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet their needs and to participate more fully in society

To advance the education of the public in the subject of English as a second or other language (ESOL).

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Oasis English Language School (OELS) provided high quality lessons each week for students across the European Framework at Starter to Upper Intermediate level (ESOL levels Beginner to Level 1).

Lessons are open to all, irrespective of gender, age or nationality. OELS charges minimal fees to help immigrants who cannot afford the fees of commercial language schools.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

OELS mission is ‘to equip refugees and migrants with the language skills needed to integrate into the local community and culture’. The Trustees have regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

Apart from the Director, who is employed on a part-time basis, volunteers fill all other roles eg teaching, creche, kitchen

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Oasis English Language School uses premises in Burlington Road, Ipswich - a building that is owned by Ipswich International Church. The Church gives the School free use. It is ideally located in the area of highest need in Ipswich where the last census showed that up to 20% of residents could not speak English.

The Director, the only employee, works part-time (12 hrs per week). The charity relies on volunteers

The demand for lessons increased in 2022 – 2023 and there was often a waiting list. As a student left for employment or higher education, or a student moved from Ipswich, a new student was accepted.

A creche is provided (up to 6 children) and the School continues to be the only language school in Ipswich that provides this facility.

We registered just over 80 students, from 24 different countries. This included 8 Ukrainian refugees and 4 Iranian asylum seekers.

A free lunch was provided for students, which offers further opportunity for informal conversation practice.

Over the course of the year some students made sufficient progress to enable them to access courses at other institutions eg. Colchester Institute, and some other students gained volunteering opportunities with other local charities or employment.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The Charity’s Financial Policy includes reference to the Reserve Policy. The Trustees consider an adequate reserve to equal 3 months expenditure.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Alan Durrant Full name(s) Rodney Cook Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Treasurer etc) Date 29 February 2024

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OASIS ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL

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2021-22 2022-23 Income to % of 2021-22 2022-23 Expend to % of
INCOME EXPENDITURE
Actual Budget date Budget Actual Budget date Budget
Director
13,626.00 Brought forward £ 11,028 £ 11,028 9,561.00 Salary (incl. employee cont) £ 9,700 £ 11,408 118
0.00 £ - 315.00 Employer's NI & Pension £ 300 £ 237 79
1,720.00 Registration & Subscriptions £ 1,500 £ 1,971 131 Training/networking/Misc expenses £ 200
50.00 Gifts from individuals £ 100
0.00 Shepherd Drive Baptist Church £ 2,250 Volunteers
1,500.00 Arnold Clark 273.00 Volunteers expenses £ 750 £ 303 40
92.00 Archant Team Meetings £ - £ 30
4,136.00 Suffolk Community Trust £ 2,000 7.00 Training/networking/Misc expenses £ 200 £ 558 279
SCC Support for Iranian
160.00 Students (via SDBC)
80.00 SCC Fees Students
2,000.00 Suffolk Community Trust Social activities £ 300 £ 56
0.00 Stewardship £ 600 637.00 Lunches £ 1,000 £ 1,120 112
0.00 Burlington Baptist Church £ 420
Resources
135.00 Stationery / postage £ 175 £ 78 45
72.00 Student books £ 1,000 £ 495 49
29.00 Printer cartridges / copying £ 150 £ 107
101.00 Website domain £ 150 0
185.00 Insurance £ 300 £ 185 62
0.00 Examination of accounts / payroll £ 100 £ 170 170
30.00 Publicity £ 100 £ 76 76
992.00 Misc £ 500 £ 507 101
23,364.00 Total Receipts £ 12,527.82 £ 18,368.82 147 12,337.00 Total Payments £ 14,925.00 15,331.46 103
Surplus (Deficit) budget for year -2,397 3,037
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BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30 June 2023

CURRENT ASSETS

Cash in hand and at bank

Cash 28.69 as at 30/06 Bank 3,037.36 3,066.05