THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 326840 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity aims to distribute grants primarily to those organisations that the board of trustees decide are in line with the objects of the charity.

Objects

(A) The relief of need, hardship or distress of regular and reservist personnel of the Royal Navy and the naval services generally, their families and dependants to include making grants to welfare and other organisations who support them. (B) To advance in life and help young people living in the United Kingdom by supporting charitable organisations that provide opportunities and assistance for young people, including (a) through leisure time activities and (b) by facilitating and providing development of their skills to improve their conditions in life and develop their capabilities, that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society. (C) To assist those who, through their social and economic circumstances, are in financial hardship or are marginalised or disadvantaged, in particular by making grants to charitable organisations providing support and relief from hardship in the United Kingdom. (D) For the public benefit to promote the education of young people in such ways as the trustees think fit, including by assisting any charity in the United Kingdom whose aims include advancing education of persons by developing their mental, physical and moral capabilities through educational or vocational or leisure time activities. (E) To provide funding or grants to any such other charitable purposes for the benefit of the public at the discretion of the trustees.

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM

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 · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £79,773,284 and reports a net surplus of £3,403,252 for the year. The Trustees confirm that current funds are undesignated and sufficient to meet current and foreseeable obligations, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Francis Clark LLP. Discloses 4 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
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01892360

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.

• MCPARLAND, Andrew James — director, appointed 10/09/2025on trustee list
• GILES, Nicholas Philip, Mr. — director, appointed 19/09/2019on trustee list
• CAPLAN, Peter Leonard — director, appointed 05/12/2018on trustee list
• GOSLING, Adam Peter, Hon Capt — director, appointed 10/07/2007not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (8 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~209.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (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: 13.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew James McParland
• HON CAPT ADAM PETER GOSLING RNR
• NICHOLAS PHILIP GILES · trustee of 2 other charities
• PETER LEONARD CAPLAN

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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