GATE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1090915 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GATE

A community arts centre with a wide range of classes, exhibitions, events, education and community work.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£30k

Latest spending

£58k

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an unrestricted deficit of £27,947 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in free reserves of £795,987. The trustees report that the overall financial picture has improved and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity holds no restricted funds and has no paid staff or trading subsidiaries.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unrestricted funds, not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (the "free reserves") held by the charity, will be invested in appropriate external funds (held: £796k)

“The directors have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds, not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (the "free reserves") held by the charity, will be invested in appropriate external funds.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04118613

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

VINCENT, Robin Andrew — director, appointed 15/02/2023on trustee list
BROOKS, Peter Howard Edward — director, appointed 26/01/2016on trustee list
ADAMS, William Norman — director, appointed 27/02/2009on trustee list
PARSONS, Robert — director, appointed 05/06/2007on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

MR NORMAN ADAMS · trustee of 2 other charities
PAUL EDWIN FRANCIS · trustee of 4 other charities
Peter Howard Edward Brooks
ROBERT PARSONS · trustee of 3 other charities
Robin Vincent

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

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£30k	£58k
31/03/2024	£34k	£25k
31/03/2023	£343k	£90k
31/03/2022	£139k	£166k
31/03/2021	£303k	£168k

Common questions

Is GATE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated an unrestricted deficit of £27,947 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in free reserves of £795,987. The trustees report that the overall financial picture has improved and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity holds no restricted funds and has no paid staff or trading subsidiaries. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/06/2020	£46k	"COVID19: The Gate Arts Centre"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/05/2015	£62k	"The Gate: A self-sustainable community arts centre"