GOSPEL OAK ACTION LINK YOUTH CLUB (GOAL)

Registered charity 1172351 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GOSPEL OAK ACTION LINK (GOAL)

We are located in Gospel Oak, Camden. We provide a range of free activities to young people aged 8 to 19 years. With partners we open five evenings a week and operate holiday programmes. The provision of these activities is designed to achieve outcomes for the young people which would not otherwise be available for them and to provide a safe space for the young people to meet and have fun.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GOSPEL OAK WARD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") BY;(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION (2) THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH (3) THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT (4) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THE SAID INHABITANTS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION OF SUCH FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO ASSIST THEM TO GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total charity funds increased from £167,985 to £204,576, driven by a net movement in funds of £36,591. The trustees' report notes that the charity relies on its healthy level of reserves to fund programmes, with a stated policy target of maintaining £140,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/10/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian Marschair
• Ann Mason · trustee of 1 other charity
• Audrey Thomas
• James Robin
• Larraine Revah · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lindsay April Dellechaie
• Mark O'Mahony

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

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