The Edward Gostling Foundation

Analysis

The Edward Gostling Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in March 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03522188). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Edward Gostling Foundation reported income of £2.2m and spending of £9.9m, spending 454% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £3.8m to £2.2m (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 438% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Edward Gostling Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Active Partners Trust (£2.2m), Community Transport Sussex (£2.2m) and Harrow Carers (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 99%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £8.1m. Reserves of £53.3m would cover about 64 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.