GLOUCESTER CITY MISSION

Registered charity 1115780 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Gloucester City Mission seeks to give practical help to rough sleepers, the homeless, those who are vulnerable or marginalised members of the local community. It is an alliance of Christians working together to share the love of Christ in Gloucester through witness in the neighbourhood and on the streets.

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Latest income
£462k
Latest spending
£398k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £63,997 for the period, with total income of £462,090 against total expenditure of £398,093. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £139,701, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain current activities and equivalent to over four months of expenditure. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six months expenditure (held: £140k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months expenditure” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31 December 2025)
  • Average employees: 0.11

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.

Official officers record.

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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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£462k£398k
30/06/2023£293k£336k
30/06/2022£241k£299k
30/06/2021£216k£188k
30/06/2020£228k£170k

Common questions

Is GLOUCESTER CITY MISSION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £63,997 for the period, with total income of £462,090 against total expenditure of £398,093. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £139,701, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain current activities and equivalent to over four months of expenditure. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GLOUCESTER CITY MISSION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GLOUCESTER CITY MISSION as a grant recipient include THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST, BARNWOOD TRUST, THE FYRISH FOUNDATION, THE MONTAL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUSTFY2024£45kover 3 years
BARNWOOD TRUSTFY2022£20k
THE FYRISH FOUNDATIONFY2024£11kGrants awarded
THE MONTAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5kSocial Welfare and Community
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2023£5kYouth
SYLVANUS LYSONS CHARITYFY2025£3k
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUSTFY2025£2kFoundation Grants
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£2kDisadvantaged communities
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£2kHomelessness
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HUCCLECOTE, ST PHILIP AND ST JAMESFY2022£1kTithe donation
KENDAL ROAD BAPTIST CHURCHFY2022£1k
KENDAL ROAD BAPTIST CHURCHFY2024£1k
KENDAL ROAD BAPTIST CHURCHFY2023£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST CATHARINE, GLOUCESTERFY2024£500
MARINERS GLOUCESTERFY2023£500
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST CATHARINE, GLOUCESTERFY2022£500
MARINERS GLOUCESTERFY2022£500
MARINERS GLOUCESTERFY2021£500
MARINERS GLOUCESTERFY2024£500
KENDAL ROAD BAPTIST CHURCHFY2021£396Mission - Indirect
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HUCCLECOTE, ST PHILIP AND ST JAMESFY2023£250Donation from Jazz concert
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HUCCLECOTE, ST PHILIP AND ST JAMESFY2023£0Tithe donation
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST CATHARINE, GLOUCESTERFY2023£0
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£0Homelessness

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/07/2025£20kGloucester City Mission - Recovery Support
Postcode Lottery29/03/2024£5kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund28/02/2024£84kRetreat Day Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund08/12/2023£10kTherapeutic Interventions for homeless people

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITY CHURCH GLOUCESTER.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GLOUCESTER CITY MISSION£462k—0within—no doubt
CITY CHURCH GLOUCESTER FY2025£151k—0unclear—no doubt
EMMAUS GLOUCESTERSHIRE FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
THE LONDON CITY MISSION FY2025£8.4m——unclear—no doubt
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH GLOUCESTER FY2025£212k—0unclear—no doubt
DERBY CITY MISSION LIMITED FY2025£1.3m—0above—no doubt

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