Gospel Standard AID and Poor Relief Society

Registered charity 209373 Registered since 1965

Operates: Throughout England, Australia, United States

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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.

12 trustees on the board

5.3y median 4y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Gilbert William Hyde
Martin Cottington since 2024

Portfolio (10)

company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 12General Charitable Purposes 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3Accommodation/housing 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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

Health and social care 3Finance 1Tech and media 1

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.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£875k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

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.

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.

Related organisations

The Gospel Standard Baptist Library Fund 7 shared trustees
The Gospel Standard Trust 2 shared trustees
Gospel Standard Bethesda Fund 2 shared trustees
The Piggott Charity 2 shared trustees

Connected through a shared trustee

Nash Strict Baptist Charity 1 shared trustee
J E Bowyer Charitable Will Trust 1 shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.gospelstandard.org.uk
Phone	01582762717
Address	5 ROUNDWOOD GARDENS, HARPENDEN, AL5 3AJ

Finances

£265,386 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£475,509	£197,750
2022	£191,577	£214,280
2023	£323,682	£275,277
2024	£874,866	£248,269
2025	£265,386	£258,010

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Elderly/old PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

(1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: (A) THE RELIEF IN NEED, WHETHER OCCASIONED BY FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS, INFIRMITY, DISABILITY OR OLD AGE OF;(I) STRICT BAPTIST MINISTERS, THEIR WIDOWS AND DEPENDANTS; AND OR(II) MEMBERS OF STRICT BAPTIST CHURCHES; AND OR(III) PERSONS WHO HAVE REGULARLY ATTENDED RELIGIOUS WORSHIP FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS AT STRICT BAPTIST CHAPELS.(B) THE AUGMENTATION OF THE WORKING FUNDS OF NEEDY STRICT BAPTIST CHURCHES IN FURTHERANCE OF THEIR RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES. (2) THE INCOME AND PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE APPLIED SOLELY TOWARDS THE PROMOTION OF THE OBJECTS.

Governing document: SCHEME DATED 15 OCTOBER 2007 as amended on 14 Jul 2023

Trustees (12)

12trustees

69median age

3aged 70+

Gerald David Bussage band 75-79 Chair
Andrew John Collinsage band 75-79 since 2015
Brian Philip Mercer since 2013
David Francis Stevensage band 75-79 since 2022
Dr Andrew Frank Wilderspin since 2022
Dr Matthew James Hydeage band 40-44 since 2024
Gilbert William Hyde
Graham Eric Hadley since 2024
John Benjamin Hartage band 60-64 since 2023
John Henry Cottington
Martin Cottington since 2024
Timothy James Parishage band 50-54 since 2019

Connected charities (10)

The Gospel Standard Baptist Library Fund 7 shared trustees
The Gospel Standard Trust 2 shared trustees
The Piggott Charity 2 shared trustees
Gospel Standard Bethesda Fund 2 shared trustees
Poor Fund of Galeed Baptist Chapel 1 shared trustee
J E Bowyer Charitable Will Trust 1 shared trustee
Nash Strict Baptist Charity 1 shared trustee
Providence Strict Baptist Chapel 1 shared trustee
Heritage Sermons 1 shared trustee
Free Grace Evangelistic Association 1 shared trustee

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