GL COMMUNITIES
Registered charity 1134656 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
We deliver services in areas of deprivation in Gloucestershire. Current activities : Money Advice Services, General welfare benefits advice, Community education, Learning disability well-being centre, and programmes that increase employability by learning practical skills i.e. landscaping, carpentry, painting etc. We accept volunteers in service areas above to enhance skills.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income rose to £623,290, resulting in a positive net movement in funds of £71,555. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves grew to £107,201, exceeding the stated policy target of three months of core operating expenditure.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £107k)
“The Board of Trustees aspires to maintain unrestricted reserves equivalent to three months of the charity's core operating expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (82% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- ALBERT MARK GARDINER · trustee of 4 other charities
- Elizabeth Pullin
- JASON DUNSFORD
- Liam John Kelch
- Sophie Kay Wootton-Lee
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Gloucestershire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is GL COMMUNITIES financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income rose to £623,290, resulting in a positive net movement in funds of £71,555. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves grew to £107,201, exceeding the stated policy target of three months of core operating expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds GL COMMUNITIES?
Funders whose own accounts filings name GL COMMUNITIES as a grant recipient include LOCAL TRUST, GLOUCESTERSHIRE GATEWAY TRUST, COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, CHELTENHAM ROUND TABLE CHARITABLE TRUST FUND.
Known funders
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