Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -9 ?

GS TRUST 

We advance the religion by providing facilities for worship, Islamic education, community services via community projects, spiritual counseling, drop-in surgeries, seminars, workshops, interfaith, rites of passage for births, marriages and deaths. Engaging neighbours, schools, charities, council, professionals, males, females, elderly and the young in line with our purposes without discrimination.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year but the charity has substantial reserves available

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
28/02/23£38£54£-17n/an/an/an/an/a20
28/02/22£91£30£61n/an/an/an/an/a10
28/02/21£64£26£38n/an/an/an/an/a11
28/02/20*£2,247£32£2,215£0£2,215£2,215833.8011
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

info.gstrust@gmail.com

07971628457

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Muslim congregations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 43-57
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/02/2019, number: 1182151
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/02/2019, number: 11808067
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; AR20: 134 days late,
Main office

C/O Wilding Solicitors
Washwood Heath Road
Ward End
Birmingham
West Midlands
B8 2NG

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF ISLAM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING THE TEACHING AND TENETS OF ISLAM, PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORSHIP AND ISLAMIC EDUCATION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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