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Registered charity · Harpenden

Gospel Standard AID and Poor Relief Society

Gospel Standard AID and Poor Relief Society is a registered charity (number 209373) based in Harpenden, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Gerald David Buss. Latest income £265k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £265k (2025)
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About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
Throughout England, Australia, United States
Website
www.gospelstandard.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£265k£258k
  • 2024£875k£248k
  • 2023£324k£275k
Earlier years
  • 2022£192k£214k
  • 2021£476k£198k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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.

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.

5.3y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (10)

6
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

4
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
209373
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 15 OCTOBER 2007 as amended on 14 Jul 2023
Contact on the register
01582762717
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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