CHRISTCHURCH (WEST SUSSEX)

Registered charity 1074034 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GATEWAY CHURCH INTERNATIONAL

DURING THE YEAR THE CHURCH HAS HELD SUNDAY MORNING MEETINGS, SUNDAY EVENING PRAYER MEETINGS AND MID WEEK GROUP MEETINGS IN HOMES AS WELL AS OTHER IRREGULAR MEETINGS PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE CRAWLEY AREA. OTHER EVENTS AIMED SPECIFICALLY AT YOUTH AND ADULTS WERE ALSO UNDERTAKEN.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£121k
Latest spending
£110k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net incoming resource of £11,947 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £44,602, which exceeds the stated policy target of maintaining approximately three months of running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £45k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level the trustees feel are sufficient to cover the running costs of the charity for a period of approximately 3 months.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£121k£110k
31/03/2024£115k£120k
31/03/2023£127k£96k
31/03/2022£92k£104k
31/03/2021£110k£99k

Common questions

Is CHRISTCHURCH (WEST SUSSEX) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net incoming resource of £11,947 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £44,602, which exceeds the stated policy target of maintaining approximately three months of running costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.