GATWICK AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1089683 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

GRANT MAKING CHARITY IN AREA OF OPERATIONS OF GATWICK AIRPORT

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE WITHIN THE AREA SHOWN EDGED RED ON THE PLAN ATTACHED HERETO FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE LIVING OR WORKING IN OR VISITORS TO THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR IN ANY AREA DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY OPERATIONS AT GATWICK AIRPORT.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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 · Disability · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Horsham, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£250k

Latest spending

£222k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern because the Trust will be wound up once its primary funder, Gatwick Airport Limited, agrees a Development Consent Order. The Trust held unrestricted reserves of £59,507 at the end of the year, which the Trustees believe is sufficient to wind up the Trust. No part of these reserves represents a designated or restricted fund.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of the budgeted annual operating costs, approximately £13,000 (reserves figure: £60k)

“The Trustees believe that six months of the budgeted annual operating costs should be held as unrestricted funds, approximately £13,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“The financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern for 2025 as the Gatwick Airport Community Trust will be wound up.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant awarded to Crawley Open House, an entity where a Trustee also serves.

“During the prior year, a grant of £7,500 was awarded to Crawley Open House. A member of the board of Trustees is also a Trustee of Crawley Open House and this grant was awarded without any input from them.” — page 13

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.

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Joanna Kate Rettiechair
Alan Jones
Atif Nawaz
Catherine Margaret Baart
Helyn Clack
Julie Annette Ayres
Melanie Wrightson
RICHARD DAVID BURRETT

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£250k	£222k
31/12/2024	£250k	£246k
31/12/2023	£200k	£198k
31/12/2022	£50k	£81k
31/12/2021	£236k	£224k

Common questions

Is GATWICK AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern because the Trust will be wound up once its primary funder, Gatwick Airport Limited, agrees a Development Consent Order. The Trust held unrestricted reserves of £59,507 at the end of the year, which the Trustees believe is sufficient to wind up the Trust. No part of these reserves represents a designated or restricted fund. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MANCHESTER AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST FUND.

MANCHESTER AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST FUND income £133k
THE ATWOOD TRUST income £30k
THE AIR CHARITIES TRUST income £37k
THE AIRD CHARITABLE TRUST income £88k
AIR SAFETY TRUST income £35k
GATWICK AVIATION MUSEUM income £222k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GATWICK AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST	£250k	—	0	above	—	not going concern
MANCHESTER AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST FUND FY2026	£133k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ATWOOD TRUST FY2025	£30k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE AIR CHARITIES TRUST FY2025	£37k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE AIRD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£88k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AIR SAFETY TRUST FY2025	£35k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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