THE GOLD STANDARD CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1130999 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ALPHA STANDARD TRUST

The Charity provides financial assistance: to eligible individuals of any age, who would not otherwise have the means to do so, to facilitate their participation in amateur sport, education, environmental protection or improvement and the Arts; by way of funding for full or part time education or tutoring at primary, secondary or tertiary level, or by the provision of other resources or equipment.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity held unrestricted reserves of £334,080 as a deficit at the year end, compared to a deficit of £186,138 in the prior year. The Trustees acknowledge a material uncertainty regarding the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to this negative net liabilities position, though they note sufficient funds exist to honour commitments through the end of the current academic year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: material uncertainty (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Gold Standard Charitable Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Sir John Ritblat — “This evening was made possible with special support from Sir John Ritblat, Chairman of Alpha Plus Group. We are grateful for his enduring ge…” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR GRAHAM ABLEchair
• Ashley Edward Harrold
• HOWARD GOLDSOBEL
• Jane Ritchie
• Mark William Edward Snell
• Stephanie Claire Petit

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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 GOLDSCHMIED CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.

• THE GOLDSCHMIED CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT income £129k
• STANFORD FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED income £1.0m
• BOLTON WANDERERS COMMUNITY TRUST income £1.5m
• SPORTS AID TRUST income £16.8m
• THE RECORD CHARITABLE TRUST income £208k
• MILTON KEYNES DONS FOOTBALL CLUB SPORTS & EDUCATION TRUST income £3.9m

Side by side with its peers

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