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GATEWAY QUALIFICATIONS LIMITED

Registered charity 1114282 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GATEWAY QUALIFICATIONS, OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK EASTERN REGION

Awarding Organisation

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Latest income
£6.2m
Latest spending
£5.3m
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £0.9 million for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income increasing by 16.8% to £6.2 million. Per the trustees' report, reserves at year-end stood at £7.4 million, which is 156% of the total reserve policy, placing the company in a favourable financial position. The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The document states transactions are possible with Colleges where Board members are employed, but does not list specific transaction amounts or names in the Related Party Transactions note (Note 9).
“Due to the nature of the charitable company’s operations and the composition of the Board members (being drawn from member organisations) it is possible that transactions will take place with Colleges in which members of the Board may have interests, by reason only of being employed by such Colleges.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£6.2m
Total spending
£5.3m
Reserves (reported)
£7.4m
Employees
61

Reported reserves equal ~16.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£6.2m£5.3m
31/07/2024£5.3m£3.3m
31/07/2023£4.6m£3.8m
31/07/2022£4.1m£3.8m
31/07/2021£3.0m£2.7m

Common questions

Is GATEWAY QUALIFICATIONS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £0.9 million for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income increasing by 16.8% to £6.2 million. Per the trustees' report, reserves at year-end stood at £7.4 million, which is 156% of the total reserve policy, placing the company in a favourable financial position. The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OPEN AWARDS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GATEWAY QUALIFICATIONS LIMITED£6.2m——above—no doubt
OPEN AWARDS FY2025£2.7m——unclear—no doubt
FULL FACT FY2024£2.9m——within—no doubt
SKILLS AND EDUCATION GROUP AWARDS LIMITED FY2025£3.0m—0above—no doubt
1692 FY2025£462k—0within—no doubt
GAMLEARN FY2024£310k—0unclear—no doubt

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