GULF FOR GOOD

Registered charity 1140294 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The prevention or releif of povetyThe advancement of educationThe advancement of health or saving livesThe relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, financial hardship or other disadvantage.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £69,744 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £565,523 to £495,779. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and remain confident that voluntary income will increase to build sufficient reserves. Financial sustainability is identified as the major risk, managed through regular reviews of liquid funds and active management of debtors and creditors.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07428793

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.

• BARWICK, Lena — director, appointed 24/03/2025not on trustee list
• MCCABE, Ben — director, appointed 24/03/2025on trustee list
• SAULT, Jennifer — director, appointed 01/02/2021not on trustee list
• KEARSEY, Katherine — director, appointed 28/05/2019on trustee list
• BERRY, James Boyd — director, appointed 03/11/2010on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

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: 12.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ben McCabe
• Elena Barwick
• JAMES BOYD BERRY
• Katherine Kearsey

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

Operates in: Cambodia · China · Cuba · Egypt · Ethiopia · Haiti · India · Jordan · Kenya · Lebanon · Madagascar · Malaysia

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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