# GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY SKILLS AND DEVELOPMENT (GOSAD)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1121565
- **Other names:** GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ASSOCIATION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 12, 2007
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1121565


## Contact

- **Address:** THE RESOURCE CENTRE, FEATHERSTONE TERRACE, SOUTHALL
- **Postcode:** UB2 5AL
- **Phone:** 02085719529
- **Email:** admin@gosad.org.uk
- **Website:** www.gosad.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1 TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF PEOPLE FROM SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGE COMMUNITY OF LONDON AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE FROM BLACK, MINORITY ETHNIC, AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES SO THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY2 TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS AND SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMICDISADVANTAGE AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ITS COMMUNITY; AND IN PARTICULARLYBUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED YOUNGPEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE LIFE OF THEIR COMMUNITY IN WAYS WHICH ADDRESS ANDALLEVIATE SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE.3 TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITYIN LONDON AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, AND TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN LINKS WITH SUCH PEOPLE AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHO WORK WITH THEM IN UNITED KINGDOM AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

**Activities:** GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY SKILLS AND DEVELOPMENT (GOS&D) provides.Employability Skills ProgrammeHealth and Well-being ProjectsInformation, Advice and Guidance (IAG)ESOLIntergenerational ProjectsCrime Diversionary Activities Offender Support Program Sports Activities

**Area of benefit:** LONDON




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Brent
- Ealing
- Hillingdon
- Hounslow
- Slough



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £430943 | £487407 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £490333 | £476283 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £460166 | £466940 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £396140 | £326442 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £314522 | £275750 | — | — |



## Trustees

- ABDIRRISAK JIBRIL
- Billal Issa Nuh — appointed Sept. 15, 2025
- Glen Gayle — appointed March 1, 2016
- Hakim Shakur — appointed Aug. 6, 2024
- Issack Jirow Olow — appointed June 15, 2018