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)

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2022

Financial health, per its FY2022 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £25,488 for the year ended 31 December 2022, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Total incoming resources decreased significantly to £713,972 from £1,458,912 in 2021, largely due to the transfer of the Southbourne Evangelical Church building in the previous year. The trustees report that free reserves of £374,635 remain above their stated policy target of three to six months of regular income.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of regular church giving income (held: £375k)
The trustees believe that the charity should hold free reserves of between three and six months of regular church giving income
Per its FY2022 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

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

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.2m
Cost of raising funds
£147k
Reserves (reported)
£219k
Employees
30

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

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Bournemouth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.1m£1.2m
31/12/2023£866k£878k
31/12/2022£714k£739k
31/12/2021£1.5m£646k
31/12/2020£657k£625k

Common questions

Is CITYGATE CHURCH financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £25,488 for the year ended 31 December 2022, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Total incoming resources decreased significantly to £713,972 from £1,458,912 in 2021, largely due to the transfer of the Southbourne Evangelical Church building in the previous year. The trustees report that free reserves of £374,635 remain above their stated policy target of three to six months of regular income. Its FY2022 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CITYGATE CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CITYGATE CHURCH as a grant recipient include THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUSTFY2024£2k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE DERBYSHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST LIMITED1£16k
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION1£4k
REGIONS BEYOND UK1£3k

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