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Registered charity · Northumberland

Gust Independent School Ltd

Gust Independent School Ltd is a registered charity (number 1108544) based in Northumberland, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Derek Leathard since 2024. Latest income £1.0m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as GET U Started Training Limited (Charity Commission)

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £1.0m (2025)
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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Northumberland
Linked company
Gust Independent School LTD
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.0m£971k
  • 2024£953k£890k
  • 2023£896k£847k
Earlier years
  • 2022£866k£712k
  • 2021£657k£668k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 99%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE(A) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF NORTHUMBERLAND IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PERSONS IN THE LOCAL AREA BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES (NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY) FOR EDUCATION BY THE ORGANIZATION.(C) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH A WAY BE THOUGHT FIT INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF TRAINING TO INCREASE CHANCES OF FINDING EMPLOYMENT.

Grants received

12 grants · £21,600 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

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.

5 trustees on the board

1.2y median 1y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
1.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 5Education/training 5

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

Education 5

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£1.0m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

9.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.1 in 2021

17 from 15 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.
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1108544
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20TH OCTOBER 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 28TH FEBRUARY 2005 as amended on 13 Jul 2020
Companies House
Company number 05264900 · Active
Contact on the register
01670850943 · info@gustschool.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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