The Edward Gostling Foundation

Registered charity 1068617 Registered since 1998

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

7.8y median 6.5y

average tenure

14y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Finance 6Health and social care 3Property 3

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Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£2.7m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

36.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 120.0 in 2021

8 from 8 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

The Millennium Trust Similar size; both General purposes
AGE UK Milton Keynes Similar size; both General purposes
The Women's Centre Cornwall LTD Similar size; both General purposes
Ageuk Worcester,Malvern Hills & Hereford Localities Similar size; both General purposes
The Haydn Green Foundation Similar size; both General purposes
The Cyril Taylor Charitable Foundation Similar size; both General purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.edwardgostlingfoundation.org.uk
Email	info@edwardgostling.org.uk
Phone	01753753900
Address	THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, Parkside, 33-39 Sheet Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1BY

Finances

£2,738,547 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£4,064,902	£6,855,794
2022	£3,765,465	£9,774,630
2023	£3,794,782	£14,954,337
2024	£3,405,112	£15,292,975
2025	£2,738,547	£19,731,429

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

A) PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHERESOEVER LOCATED WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE;B) PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY;C) ADVANCE HEALTH;D) ADVANCE EDUCATION; ANDE) ADVANCE CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BY IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) PROMOTING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF OTHER CHARITIES

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 27 FEBRUARY 1998 AS AMENDED ON 29 MAY 2002, 4 FEBRUARY 2004, 2 NOVEMBER 2005, 21 FEBRUARY 2006 AND 26 JANUARY 2009MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 11/07/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 OCT 2017 as amended on 24 Jun 2021

Trustees (7)

7trustees

70median age

3aged 70+

Denis Newman Taylorage band 70-74 Chair since 2022
Christine Margaret Erwoodage band 70-74 since 2012
Carole Ann Sawyersage band 70-74 since 2022
John Joseph O'Sullivan MBE
Jonathan Mark Holmes CBEage band 60-64 since 2023
Russell Peter Meadowsage band 65-69 since 2013
Stephen Charles O'Sullivanage band 60-64 since 2017

Linked company (Companies House)

The Edward Gostling Foundation · 03522188 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 27/02/1998

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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