Golden Opportunity Skills and Development (Gosad)

Analysis

Golden Opportunity Skills and Development (Gosad) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southall. It was registered in November 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06396150). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Golden Opportunity Skills and Development (Gosad) reported income of £431k and spending of £487k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £315k to £431k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Golden Opportunity Skills and Development (Gosad) sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Future Regeneration of Grangetown (Frog) (£430k), Cambray Baptist Church, Cheltenham (£431k) and My Foundation (£430k).