GOWER STREET

Registered charity 1183461 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MARPLE CHARITABLE TRUST

Latest income
£231k
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,138,766, having adopted no conventional reserves policy as it intends to wind up and disburse all funds by 2030. The charity has no employees and incurred no fundraising costs, resulting in a net expenditure of £999,832 for the year.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Charitable grants of £4,300 were made to Students Organising for Sustainability UK, where trustee H Williams is also a trustee.
Charitable grants of £4,300 (2023 - £11,335) were made by the charity to Students Organising for Sustainability UK. H Williams, a trustee of Gower Street, is a trustee of Students Organising for Sustainability UK. — page 21
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2023)

Total income
£807k
Total spending
£2.0m
Reserves (reported)
£340k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Ghana · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2024£231k£1.5m
31/10/2023£807k£2.0m
31/10/2022£1.8m£1.5m
31/10/2021£454k£478k
31/10/2020£10k£177k

Common questions

Is GOWER STREET financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,138,766, having adopted no conventional reserves policy as it intends to wind up and disburse all funds by 2030. The charity has no employees and incurred no fundraising costs, resulting in a net expenditure of £999,832 for the year. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GOWER STREET?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GOWER STREET as a grant recipient include THE A TEAM FOUNDATION LIMITED, POLDEN PUCKHAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MONTPELIER FOUNDATION LIMITED1£30k
NEWBY TRUST LIMITED1£10k
WOODCOCK CHARITABLE TRUST1£120

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