GATEWAY CHURCH ASHFORD

Registered charity 1102554 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advancement of Christian ReligionRelief of PovertyEducation in Christian matters

Objects

3.1.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY SUCH MEANS AS THE CHARITY SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME;3.1.2 TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF LOCAL NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY OR DISASTER OR BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL MEDICAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES3.1.3 TO EDUCATE AND ASSIST YOUNG PERSONS THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITY THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAYBE IMPROVED3.1.4 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN FAMILY LIFE IN MARRIAGE AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE ORGANISATION OF COURSES FOR THE TEACHING OF THE SKILLS OF PARENTHOOD3.1.5 TO ADVANCE CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Area of benefit: ASHFORD, KENT

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a modest operating surplus with total income of £470,999 against total expenditure of £495,983, resulting in a net decrease in funds of £24,984. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Unrestricted reserves stood at £605,109, supported by tangible fixed assets valued at £761,081 and significant bank loan liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 15/03/2023, 43 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04984514

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.

• ASOMANING, William Ampofo — director, appointed 28/09/2025not on trustee list
• LUNGU, Mwaka Nambela — director, appointed 28/09/2025not on trustee list
• WOOLGAR, Andrew Timothy — director, appointed 30/09/2024not on trustee list
• HALL, Barnabas James Morgan — director, appointed 01/04/2020on trustee list
• COLE, James Peter — director, appointed 13/02/2020on trustee list
• MOYE, Rebecca Jane — director, appointed 13/02/2020on trustee list
• JEACOCK, David Paul — director, appointed 08/11/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £535k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barnabas James Morgan Hall
• Craig Matthew Norman
• David Paul Jeacock
• James Peter Cole · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rebecca Jane Moye

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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• GATEWAY PEOPLE'S CENTRE income £87k
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• STROUD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £110k
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• GATEWAY CHURCH BARNSLEY income £147k
• GATEWAY CHURCH - BRIDGEND VALLEYS income £64k

Side by side with its peers

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