CROSSGATE CHURCH LTD
Registered charity 1119350 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LONGTON COMMUNITY CHURCH
The Charity exists in order to preach the Gospel to the unsaved, provide worship facilities to the membership and wider congregation and to provide fellowship and support for each other. At the same time, in recognition of our evangelistic role, it exists to continue the charitable work of Longton Community Church
Causes: 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 FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £75,317 against a policy target of two months of unrestricted expenditure, which the trustees confirmed was met. The charity reported a net income surplus of £24,171 for the year, with total incoming resources of £482,268 and total expenditure of £458,097.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: two months (held: £75k)
“It is intended that sufficient reserves are retained in order to enable the Charity to undertake its financial commitments for a minimum of two months.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees made donations to the charity
“During the year the trustees made donations to the Charity totalling £9,715 (2024: £12,232). There were no other transactions with related parties during the current or previous year.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)
Reported reserves equal ~45.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).
- Adam Jonah Gardnerchair
- Dr Arnold Wadzanayi Gangaidzo
- Ian Keith Ferguson · trustee of 1 other charity
- John Robert Parker
- Stephen Barratt
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Lancashire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CROSSGATE CHURCH LTD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £75,317 against a policy target of two months of unrestricted expenditure, which the trustees confirmed was met. The charity reported a net income surplus of £24,171 for the year, with total incoming resources of £482,268 and total expenditure of £458,097. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds CROSSGATE CHURCH LTD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CROSSGATE CHURCH LTD as a grant recipient include THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
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 GATE CHURCH, UK.
Side by side with its peers
Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.