The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Gospel Standard Baptist Library Fund

Registered charity 247869 Registered since 1966

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Canada, Netherlands, United States, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

11 trustees on the board

5.3y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (8)

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 10The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Accommodation/housing 1Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 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 4Finance 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£122k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.gospelstandard.org.uk/GS-Library
Emailgospelstandardlibrary@gmail.com
Phone01273559813
AddressGOSPEL STANDARD BAPTIST LIBRARY, 5 HOVE PARK GARDENS, HOVE, BN3 6HN

Finances

£10,890 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£9,465£6,655
2022£16,660£10,338
2023£11,021£8,088
2024£121,815£10,512
2025£10,890£123,866

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A DENOMINATIONAL LIBRARY FOR THE USE OF THOSE PROTESTANT DISSENTERS CALLING THEMSELVES THE GOSPEL STANDARD STRICT AND PARTICULAR BAPTISTS OR OTHER PERSONS DESIRING TO USE THE SAME WHO ARE APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 24/05/1949AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 25/11/1971AS AMENDED ON 28/02/2006AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 13/07/2012

Trustees (12)

11trustees
69median age
3aged 70+

Connected charities (10)

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