THE GROUP-BASED OPEN LEARNING DISCIPLESHIP PROJECT

Registered charity 1166567 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GOLD PROJECT

In order to help Christians grow and apply their faith at home, in the Church and society, the GOLD Project: a) provides interactive learning resources to enable systematic study of the Bible and other theological subjects; b) appoints and trains tutors to organise and run local study groups;c) runs regional study days for the benefit of students, tutors and other Christians.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD BY:(A) THE PROVISION OF INTERACTIVE SELF-STUDY COURSES AND PROGRAMMES TO BE UNDERTAKEN AT HOME BUT SUPPLEMENTED AND SUPPORTED BY A TUTOR AND INTERACTIVE GROUP DISCUSSIONS DESIGNED TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF THE BIBLE, CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND RELATED SUBJECTS AND THEREBY BETTER EQUIP STUDENTS FOR DISCIPLESHIP, MINISTRY (WHETHER ORDAINED OR LAY) AND MISSION IN VARIOUS CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS;(B) SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY ASSISTING IN THE TRAINING OF MEN AND WOMEN IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION TO EQUIP THEM BETTER FOR DISCIPLESHIP, MINISTRY (WHETHER ORDAINED OR LAY) AND MISSION IN VARIOUS CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS THE CIO SUBSCRIBES TO THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT OF FAITH (CHURCHES TOGETHER IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND):“WE ACKNOWLEDGE GOD’S REVELATION IN CHRIST, CONFESS THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AS GOD AND SAVIOUR ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES, AND, IN OBEDIENCE TO GOD’S WILL AND IN THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT COMMIT OURSELVES:- TO SEEK A DEEPENING OF OUR COMMUNION WITH CHRIST AND WITH ONE ANOTHER IN THE CHURCH, WHICH IS HIS BODY; AND- TO FULFIL OUR MISSION TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL BY COMMON WITNESS AND SERVICE IN THE WORLD TO THE GLORY OF THE ONE GOD, FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT.”

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted cash reserves were £5,716.95, which is below the stated policy target of six months' operating costs (£7,020). The trustees note that the charity is currently in discussions regarding a potential merger with SEAN International to secure its future viability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (31/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• REVD DR JOHN LESLIE NOLLANDchair
• Ben Andrew Stansfield · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr DAVID MARK BALL
• Jolyon Trickey
• Rev Richard John Moy · trustee of 3 other charities
• SAMANTHA DOROTHY HANDS

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

Operates in: Throughout England · United States

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