CITYGATE CHURCH

Registered charity 1117985 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOURNEMOUTH FAMILY CHURCH, BOURNEMOUTH FAMILY CHURCH (NEW COVENANT CHURCH BOURNEMOUTH)

To advance the Christian religion, to proclaim and further the gospel of God the Father, the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit and to preach and teach the Christian faith.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £52,570 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a deficit of £12,717 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, total incoming resources increased to £1,111,390, driven by higher donations and trading income from the subsidiary. The charity holds free reserves of £219,153, which the trustees confirm is within their stated policy target of three to six months of regular church giving income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Russ White — Lead Elder (source)
• Tim Francis — Elder - Teaching and Pastoral (source)
• Sean Theunissen — Elder - Operations and Worship (source)
• Lanre Yusuf — Elder - Prayer (source)
• Priscilla Roxburgh — SLT - Leadership Development & Social Action (source)
• Peter Roxburgh — Elder - Leadership Development, Poole & Life Groups (source)
• Zac Dixon — Elder - Southbourne (source)
• Mark Truesdale — Chair & Strategy (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £525k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (82% 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: 13.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JAMES STUART SALWAY
• Mark Truesdale · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicholas Beal
• Russell White
• Sean Theunissen

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

Operates in: Bournemouth

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• CITY GATE CHURCH, UK income £115k
• CITY GATE FOUNDATION income £115k
• THE GATE CHURCH income £116k
• GATEWAY CHURCH income £411k
• CITYGATE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTRE income £3.4m
• THE HOLY TRINITY GATESHEAD CHURCH TRUST income £289k

Side by side with its peers

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