The Gemmological Association of Great Britain

Registered charity 1109555 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GEM-A, THE GEMMOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION AND GEM TESTING LABORATORY OF GREAT BRITAIN

Providing gemmological education and information, and providing Gemmological Association membership services.

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Latest income

£3.3m

Latest spending

£3.0m

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a healthy surplus of £325,685 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total incoming resources rising to £3,320,137. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,309,614, which the trustees consider adequate to cover short to medium-term downturns and meet liabilities for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £100,001 - £110,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)

“In the band £100,001 - £110,000 1”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three to six months of annual operating costs adjusted for deferrable direct costs (held: £2.3m)

“The trustees aim to hold unrestricted reserves equivalent to 3-6 months of annual operating costs adjusted for those costs that could readily be deferred or cancelled in a stress event, taken to be direct costs.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Charity charged management fees to subsidiary

“During the year the charity charged management fees of £62,765 (2024: £60,602) to Gemmological Instruments Limited.” — page 48

“The charity also made purchases of £97,540 (2024: £133,210) from Gemmological Instruments Limited.” — page 48

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Charity purchased from subsidiary

“During the year the charity charged management fees of £62,765 (2024: £60,602) to Gemmological Instruments Limited.” — page 48

“The charity also made purchases of £97,540 (2024: £133,210) from Gemmological Instruments Limited.” — page 48

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Subsidiary donated profits to charity

“During the year the charity charged management fees of £62,765 (2024: £60,602) to Gemmological Instruments Limited.” — page 48

“The charity also made purchases of £97,540 (2024: £133,210) from Gemmological Instruments Limited.” — page 48

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£3.3m

Total spending

£3.0m

Cost of raising funds

£396k

Reserves (reported)

£2.9m

Employees

22

Reported reserves equal ~11.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Alistair McCallum
Joanna Hardy
Katie McKenzie Flitcroft
Marguerite Ann Campbell Pedersen
Nevin Bayoumi - Stefanovic
Philip Sadler
Pia Pompea Tonna

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Australia · Bahrain · Burma · Canada · China · El Salvador · France · Greece · Hong Kong · India · Israel · Italy

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£3.3m	£3.0m
31/12/2024	£3.2m	£3.2m
31/12/2023	£3.2m	£3.3m
31/12/2022	£3.0m	£2.8m
31/12/2021	£2.8m	£2.6m

Common questions

Is The Gemmological Association of Great Britain financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a healthy surplus of £325,685 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total incoming resources rising to £3,320,137. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,309,614, which the trustees consider adequate to cover short to medium-term downturns and meet liabilities for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of The Gemmological Association of Great Britain earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £100,001 - £110,000 band.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE CADOGAN CHARITY	1	£20k
THE JENOUR FOUNDATION	1	£7k
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£5k
THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETIES	1	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREEN STREET GREEN AND PRATTS BOTTOM (ST. MARY'S WITH ALL SOULS)	1	£4k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY	1	£3k
THE ARDWICK TRUST	1	£100

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS income £7.5m
Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland income £506k
GIA ENGLAND income £1.6m
THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION income £31.6m
THE LONDON AND MIDDLESEX RIFLE ASSOCIATION income £170k
BRITISH AMERICAN DRAMA ACADEMY income £3.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
The Gemmological Association of Great Britain	£3.3m	£100,001 - £110,000	—	within	—	no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS FY2024	£7.5m	£100,001 - £110,000	8	above	—	no doubt
Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland FY2025	£506k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
GIA ENGLAND FY2024	£1.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION FY2025	£31.6m	£70,001 - £80,000	—	above	—	no doubt
THE LONDON AND MIDDLESEX RIFLE ASSOCIATION FY2025	£170k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.