GATES OF PRAISE INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE

Registered charity 1112960 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GATES OF PRAISE CHRISTIAN CENTRE, GATES OF PRAISE FOUNDATION, GATES OF PRAISE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE

Activities include Christian Worship teaching and discipling in Christian Principles, Values and Ethics; Social and Community Outreach reaching out to the needy in our community; Meeting spiritual and welfare needs of the members and those in our immediate area; Supporting estalished local, national and international charity bodies; Reaching out to the poor in the identified countries - Kenya, etc

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£218k

Latest spending

£207k

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £11,073 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £217,857 against expenditure of £206,784. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £83,925, which is below the stated policy target of £51,696 to £103,392, although the trustees remain satisfied that the charity is solvent and has adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £84k; policy: three to six months of expenditure)

“This general reserve policy has not been met this year as in previous years.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Rent paid to Akin and Funke Laosun Foundation

“During the year the church paid £7,200 as rent to Akin and Funke Laosun Foundation, under a lease agreement for the Charity to use for church activities. The property is partly owned by Pastor Akin Laosun.” — page 18

Per its FY2024 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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
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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Akinlolu Akinsola
BABATUNDE ABIODUN OLUGBENGA
Folashade Adunni Braimoh
Kayode Olabisi
OLANIYI ALAO OLAOSEBIKAN
PASTOR AKIN LAOSUN

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

Operates in: India · Kenya · Nigeria · Thurrock · Uganda · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£218k	£207k
31/12/2023	£175k	£170k
31/12/2022	£146k	£153k
31/12/2021	£120k	£127k
31/12/2020	£116k	£87k

Common questions

Is GATES OF PRAISE INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £11,073 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £217,857 against expenditure of £206,784. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £83,925, which is below the stated policy target of £51,696 to £103,392, although the trustees remain satisfied that the charity is solvent and has adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 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 Community Fund	16/01/2025	£20k	Cultural Food Care Project

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE DERBYSHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST LIMITED	1	£16k
ERSKINE MUTON TRUST FUND	1	£12k
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD HOUSE OF JOY FOR ALL NATIONS.

THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD HOUSE OF JOY FOR ALL NATIONS income £117k
CITY PRAISE CENTRE CIO income £763k
CITYGATE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTRE income £3.4m
GATEWAY BAPTIST CHURCH income £145k
THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST SALVATION ARK PARISH income £242k
THE GATE CHURCH income £116k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GATES OF PRAISE INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE	£218k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD HOUSE OF JOY FOR ALL NATIONS FY2025	£117k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CITY PRAISE CENTRE CIO FY2025	£763k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CITYGATE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTRE FY2026	£3.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GATEWAY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£145k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST SALVATION ARK PARISH FY2025	£242k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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