## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024** ## **Charity name: Oasis English Language School** ## **Charity registration number: 1168323** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The objects of the CIO are:**
**• 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)**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Providing English lessons; creche, free**
**lunch**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issued**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Not applicable**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Not applicable**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Volunteers teach, manage the creche**
**and work in the kitchen to provide lunch**
**for students**| Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Oasis English Language School had 90**
**students from 33 countries during this**
**academic / financial year.**
**Some progressed to more advanced**
**classes, some to further education and**
**some to volunteer jobs or employment.**
**The charity’s strapline is ‘communicate**
**to integrate’ and having a greater grasp**
**of English helps students manage their**
**own affairs and those of their families.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**In a healthy position and carrying funds**
**forward to the next financial year**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Sufficient funds held to cover 3 months**
**operation - to provide time for Trustees**
**to meet to review the situation**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**3 months of annual budget**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| |**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|| |---|---|---|---| |You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|||| ||||**Subscriptions from students**| ||||**Grants**| ||The charity’s principal||**Donations from supporting**| ||sources of funds (including|Para 1.47|**organisations**| ||any fundraising)||| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Subscriptions from students**
**Grants**
**Donations from supporting**
**organisations**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Need to recruit a replacement Director**
**as the existing one is retiring at the end**
**of the current academic / financial year.**
**The Charity uses a building owned by a**
**Church free of charge and there could**
**be uncertainty about its continued use.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**The Trustees invite suitably qualified**
**people to become Trustees.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **Use Charity Commission information for Trustees** Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees **N/A** The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works **N/A** Relationship with any Para 1.51 related parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**Oasis English Language School**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|**None**| |Registered charitynumber|**1168323**| |Charity’s principal address|**14 Wardley Close, Ipswich IP2 9RT**| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||RodneyCook|Chair||The Trustees as a body| ||Alan Durrant|Treasurer||| ||David Pepper|||| ||Alan Cutting|||| ||JennyHowe|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Rodney Cook|Alan Durrant| ||
Chair of Trustees|Treasurer| |||| |||| ## **OASIS ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL** **----- Start of picture text -----**
2022-23 2023-24 Income to % of 2022-23 2023-24 Expend to % of
INCOME EXPENDITURE
Actual Budget date Budget Actual Budget date Budget
Director
11,028 Brought forward £ 3,037 £ 3,037 11,408 Salary (incl. employee cont) £ 10,900 £ 10,520 97
0 Grant from Burlington BC £ - £ - 237 Employer's NI & Pension £ 350 £ 222 64
1,971 Registration & Subscriptions £ 1,500 £ 2,211 147 Training/networking/Misc expenses £ 200 £ 50 25
100 Gifts from individuals £ - £ 1,080
2,250 Shepherd Drive Baptist Church £ 750 £ 750 100 Volunteers
0 SCF 232705 A,B,C £ - £ 4,200 303 Volunteers expenses £ 750 £ 322 43
0 Belstead Trust £ - £ 2,000 30 Team Meetings £ 50 £ 10 20
2,000 SCT SCCAPORS £ 10,000 £ 10,000 100 558 Training/networking/Misc expenses £ 200 £ 319 159
SCC Support for Iranian
0 Students (via SDBC) £ - £ -
0 SCC Fees £ - £ - Students
600 Stewardship £ - £ 702 56 Social activities £ 300 £ 25 8
420 Burlington Baptist Church £ 420 £ 400 95 1,120 Lunches £ 1,500 £ 933 62
Local Giving Ltd £ - £ 500
Resources
78 Stationery / postage £ 100 £ - 0
495 Student books £ 1,000 £ 153 15
107 Printer cartridges / copying £ 200 £ 67 33
Website domain £ 100 £ 7 7
185 Insurance £ 300 £ 185 62
170 Examination of accounts / payroll £ 160 £ 156 98
76 Publicity £ 100 £ 76 76
507 Misc £ 500 £ 27 5
18,368.82 Total Receipts £ 15,707.36 £ 24,879.92 158 15,331.46 Total Payments £ 16,710.00 13,073.01 78
Budget (Deficit) Surplus for year -£ 1,003
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30 June 2024 Surplus for Year £ 11,806.91
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## **CURRENT ASSETS** **Cash in hand and at bank Cash £ 5.55 Bank £ 11,806.91 Total £ 11,812.46**