THE GOSHEN TRUST

Registered charity 1119064 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

TO APPLY THE INCOME AND CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COMPANY SHALL IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE: "CHARITABLE" SHALL MEAN CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£381k
Latest spending
£336k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds stood at £9,728,023, with unrestricted reserves of £9,728,023. The trustees report that the charity has reduced expenditure to align with income to ensure long-term viability, noting that budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient with the level of reserves to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: spend any cash income received in the year and to use reserves for any expenditure over and above this income (reserves figure: £9.7m)
“The charity’s policy is to spend any cash income received in the year and to use reserves for any expenditure over and above this income. However, any surplus may be carried forward for use in the foreseeable future.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Baines Jewitt Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (8 freehold); recorded price paid £725k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£381k£336k
05/04/2024£417k£450k
05/04/2023£355k£427k
05/04/2022£318k£414k
05/04/2021£310k£457k

Common questions

Is THE GOSHEN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds stood at £9,728,023, with unrestricted reserves of £9,728,023. The trustees report that the charity has reduced expenditure to align with income to ensure long-term viability, noting that budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient with the level of reserves to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Baines Jewitt Limited.

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE P27 TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE GOSHEN TRUST£381k—0above—no doubt
THE P27 TRUST FY2026£963k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GWENETH MOXON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£43k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GODINTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£153k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GOODENOUGH CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£50k—0unclear—no doubt
GOSPEL PARTNERS TRUST FY2025£259k——above—no doubt

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