Emmanuel Gateway Church

Registered charity 1054397 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EMMANUEL, EMMANUEL CHURCH, EMMANUEL PENTECOSTAL CHURCH

CHURCH SERVICES AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; ANDC) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE LEE HIGH ROAD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£363k
Latest spending
£427k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £64,197 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a fall in net assets to £1,299,575. Despite the deficit, the trustees report that the charity remains in a strong financial position with free reserves of £269,121, which exceed their policy target of six months of fixed expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of fixed expenditure over committed income (held: £269k)
“During the pandemic the Trustees agreed that we should aim to hold free reserves that were at least equal to six months of fixed expenditure over committed income to ensure that we could continue to operate smoothly were our income and / or our expenditure to vary unexpectedly. This policy remains in place” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£363k£427k
31/03/2024£355k£439k
31/03/2023£367k£362k
31/03/2022£338k£317k
31/03/2021£327k£293k

Common questions

Is Emmanuel Gateway Church financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £64,197 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a fall in net assets to £1,299,575. Despite the deficit, the trustees report that the charity remains in a strong financial position with free reserves of £269,121, which exceed their policy target of six months of fixed expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/02/2019£10kChanging Faces Mentoring
The National Lottery Community Fund12/01/2012£10kStrengthening Families Strengthening Communities Parenting Programme

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GATEWAY CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Emmanuel Gateway Church£363k—0above—no doubt
GATEWAY CHURCH FY2025£411k—0below—no doubt
CITY GATE CHURCH, UK FY2025£115kUnder £60,0000below—no doubt
EMMANUEL CHURCH, EASTBOURNE FY2025£273k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GATE CHURCH FY2025£116k—0unclear—no doubt
EMMANUEL CELEBRATION CENTRE FY2025£412k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.