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The Gosling Foundation Limited
The Gosling Foundation Limited is a registered charity (number 326840) based in London, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £5.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
(A) The relief of need, hardship or distress of regular and reservist personnel of the Royal Navy and the naval services generally, their families and dependants to include making grants to welfare and other organisations who support them. (B) To...
- 4 trustees
- Income £5.1m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 6 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.thegoslingfoundation.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Gosling Foundation Limited
- Registered
- 1985
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£5.1m£4.6m
- 2024£4.7m£3.9m
- 2023£5.2m£4.5m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.4m£2.9m
- 2021£4.0m£2.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(A) The relief of need, hardship or distress of regular and reservist personnel of the Royal Navy and the naval services generally, their families and dependants to include making grants to welfare and other organisations who support them. (B) To advance in life and help young people living in the United Kingdom by supporting charitable organisations that provide opportunities and assistance for young people, including (a) through leisure time activities and (b) by facilitating and providing development of their skills to improve their conditions in life and develop their capabilities, that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society. (C) To assist those who, through their social and economic circumstances, are in financial hardship or are marginalised or disadvantaged, in particular by making grants to charitable organisations providing support and relief from hardship in the United Kingdom. (D) For the public benefit to promote the education of young people in such ways as the trustees think fit, including by assisting any charity in the United Kingdom whose aims include advancing education of persons by developing their mental, physical and moral capabilities through educational or vocational or leisure time activities. (E) To provide funding or grants to any such other charitable purposes for the benefit of the public at the discretion of the trustees.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Andrew James Mcparland since 2025
- HON Capt Adam Peter Gosling RNR since 2007
- Nicholas Philip Giles since 2019
- Peter Leonard Caplan since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- HON Capt Adam Peter Gosling RNR since 2007
- Nicholas Philip Giles since 2019
- Peter Leonard Caplan since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Andrew James Mcparland since 2025
- HON Capt Adam Peter Gosling RNR since 2007
- Peter Leonard Caplan since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Nicholas Philip Giles since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 326840
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5TH MARCH 1985 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 22ND SEPTEMBER 1987 as amended on 01 Jul 2025 as amended on 07 Sept 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 01892360 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02038727723 · office@thegoslingfoundation.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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