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GATWICK AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1089683 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

GRANT MAKING CHARITY IN AREA OF OPERATIONS OF GATWICK AIRPORT

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

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 (held: £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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
RONTADES LIMITED1£300k
THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY1£11k
BEIS KOSOV1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GATWICK AVIATION MUSEUM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GATWICK AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST£250k—0above—not going concern
GATWICK AVIATION MUSEUM FY2025£222k—0above—no doubt
HEATHROW COMMUNITY TRUST FY2024£946k—0unclear—noted
MANCHESTER AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST FUND FY2025£140k—0unclear—no doubt
WINDSOR ROAD FOUNDATION FY2025£101kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
LUBAVITCH EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£311k—0unclear—no doubt

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