# GOSPEL STANDARD AID AND POOR RELIEF SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 209373
- **Other names:** GOSPEL STANDARD POOR RELIEF SOCIETY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** April 26, 1965
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=209373


## Contact

- **Address:** 5 ROUNDWOOD GARDENS, HARPENDEN
- **Postcode:** AL5 3AJ
- **Phone:** 01582 762717
- **Website:** www.gospelstandard.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: (A) THE RELIEF IN NEED, WHETHER OCCASIONED BY FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS, INFIRMITY, DISABILITY OR OLD AGE OF;(I) STRICT BAPTIST MINISTERS, THEIR WIDOWS AND DEPENDANTS; AND OR(II) MEMBERS OF STRICT BAPTIST CHURCHES; AND OR(III) PERSONS WHO HAVE REGULARLY ATTENDED RELIGIOUS WORSHIP FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS AT STRICT BAPTIST CHAPELS.(B) THE AUGMENTATION OF THE WORKING FUNDS OF NEEDY STRICT BAPTIST CHURCHES IN FURTHERANCE OF THEIR RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES. (2) THE INCOME AND PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE APPLIED SOLELY TOWARDS THE PROMOTION OF THE OBJECTS.

**Activities:** To provide financial assstance to needy cases who qualify under the rules of the trust deed and to publish monthly the Gospel Standard and Friendly Companion magazines.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Australia
- United States
- Throughout England





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **GERALD DAVID BUSS** | Chair |  |
| ANDREW JOHN COLLINS |  | April 10, 2015 |
| BRIAN PHILIP MERCER |  | June 11, 2013 |
| David Francis Stevens |  | Jan. 14, 2022 |
| Dr Andrew Frank Wilderspin |  | Jan. 14, 2022 |
| Dr MATTHEW JAMES HYDE |  | Feb. 26, 2024 |
| GILBERT WILLIAM HYDE |  |  |
| GRAHAM ERIC HADLEY |  | Feb. 16, 2024 |
| JOHN BENJAMIN HART |  | March 30, 2023 |
| JOHN HENRY COTTINGTON |  |  |
| MARTIN COTTINGTON |  | July 12, 2024 |
| TIMOTHY JAMES PARISH |  | July 12, 2019 |



## Linked charities

- GADSBY MEMORIAL CHRISTMAS FUND (209373-1)
- GOSPEL STANDARD AID SOCIETY (209373-2)



