The Gosling Foundation Limited

Analysis

The Gosling Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01892360). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Gosling Foundation Limited reported income of £5.1m and spending of £4.6m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.0m to £5.1m (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Gosling Foundation Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Milton Keynes Community Foundation Limited (£5.1m), Service to the Aged (£5.1m) and Teesside Mind Limited (£5.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 14%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.8m. Reserves of £79.8m would cover about 203 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.