Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 0

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2

Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 3

THE GOLD STANDARD CHARITABLE TRUST

The Charity provides financial assistance: to eligible individuals of any age, who would not otherwise have the means to do so, to facilitate their participation in amateur sport, education, environmental protection or improvement and the Arts; by way of funding for full or part time education or tutoring at primary, secondary or tertiary level, or by the provision of other resources or equipment.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 15 years

www.goldstandardcharitabletrust.co.uk

info@goldstandardcharitabletrust.co.uk

02074876034

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/08/22	£1,253	£932	£321	£105	£378	£378	4.9	0
31/08/21	£725	£1,142	£-416	£0	£37	£37	0.4	0
31/08/20?	£382	£22	£360	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	£585	£831	£-247	£9	£167	£155	2.2	0
31/12/18	£351	£606	£-254	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/17	£316	£310	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/16	£151	£407	£-256	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/15	£963	£201	£762	£0	£939	£222	13.3	1
31/12/14	£391	£261	£130	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/13	£20	£19	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/12	£40	£6	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/11	£11	£0	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 10.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 11.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 63%
Liabilities/Income: 52%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 4.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

DR PRISCILLA CHADWICK MA FRSA Appointed: 2011

HOWARD GOLDSOBEL Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Solicitor

JANE RITCHIE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Education Consultant

MR GRAHAM ABLE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Company Director

MICHAEL GEORGE COHEN Appointed: 2021

SIR JOHN RITBLAT (Chair), Occupation: Company Chairman, Other trusteeship: BRITISH SKI AND SNOWBOARD NATIONAL FOUNDATION,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/08/2009, number: 1130999
Registered at Companies House on 13/02/2009, number: 06818920

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

13 returns made; all on time

Main office

LEWIS GOLDEN LLP
40 QUEEN ANNE STREET
LONDON
W1G 9EL

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO PROMOTESUCH PURPOSES AS SHALL BE CHARITABLE FROM TIME TO TIME UNDER ENGLISH LAW AS THEDIRECTORS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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