GATEWAY CHURCH SWINDON

Registered charity 1123831 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SWINDON FAMILY CHURCH

Gateway Church Swindon aims to be a continuously growing community of Christian believers who are making a significant spiritual contribution locally, nationally and internationally.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£545k

Latest spending

£569k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit in unrestricted funds of £6,337, resulting in general reserves of £98,372. This balance is below the trustees' stated policy target of three to four months of gross expenditure, which equates to between £108,300 and £144,400. The trustees note that a small surplus is budgeted for the upcoming year and that action is being taken to encourage greater gift aid giving to bring reserves back within policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (57% of income)

“Income from donations was £309,321” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three to four months gross expenditure (held: £98k)

“The Trustees believe that an amount equivalent to a minimum of three to four months gross expenditure in general reserves is needed.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Employment benefits to E Howarth

“E Howarth, who is closely related to Nigel Howarth, a trustee of the charity, received employment benefits totalling £4,725 (2024: nil) for providing administrative services to the charity.” — page 31

“J Howarth, who is closely related to Nigel Howarth, a trustee of the charity, received employment benefits totalling £9,450 (2024: £2,700) for providing administrative services to the charity.” — page 31

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Employment benefits to J Howarth

“E Howarth, who is closely related to Nigel Howarth, a trustee of the charity, received employment benefits totalling £4,725 (2024: nil) for providing administrative services to the charity.” — page 31

“J Howarth, who is closely related to Nigel Howarth, a trustee of the charity, received employment benefits totalling £9,450 (2024: £2,700) for providing administrative services to the charity.” — page 31

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 31/03/2025)

Total income

£545k

Total spending

£569k

Reserves (reported)

£98k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

MARK KEVIN OWEN ACAchair
Andrew Edward Colin Neale
Hyeladzira Paul Thahal
Mallika Ebenezar
NIGEL JEREMY HOWARTH · trustee of 1 other charity
Thomas Edward Halliwell · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Burundi · Swindon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£545k	£569k
31/03/2024	£537k	£488k
31/03/2023	£482k	£577k
31/03/2022	£571k	£627k
31/03/2021	£585k	£483k

Common questions

Is GATEWAY CHURCH SWINDON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit in unrestricted funds of £6,337, resulting in general reserves of £98,372. This balance is below the trustees' stated policy target of three to four months of gross expenditure, which equates to between £108,300 and £144,400. The trustees note that a small surplus is budgeted for the upcoming year and that action is being taken to encourage greater gift aid giving to bring reserves back within policy. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GATEWAY CHURCH SWINDON?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GATEWAY CHURCH SWINDON as a grant recipient include REGIONS BEYOND UK.

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.

NIGEL JEREMY HOWARTH — trustee here and at REGIONS BEYOND UK

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
REGIONS BEYOND UK	FY2024	£10k	RB Finance support
REGIONS BEYOND UK	FY2023	£3k	RB Finance support

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JERUSALEM TRUST	1	£120k
CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST	1	£73k
THE DERBYSHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST LIMITED	1	£16k
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON	1	£15k
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION	1	£6k
HOPE CHURCH HARROGATE	1	£3k
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

GATEWAY CHURCH income £411k
CITY GATE CHURCH, UK income £115k
THE GATE CHURCH income £116k
THE GATEWAY CHURCH - NEWCASTLE income £105k
GATEWAY BAPTIST CHURCH income £140k
SWINDON CCRC TRUST income £377k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GATEWAY CHURCH SWINDON	£545k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GATEWAY CHURCH FY2025	£411k	—	below	—	no doubt
CITY GATE CHURCH, UK FY2025	£115k	Under £60,000	below	—	no doubt
THE GATE CHURCH FY2025	£116k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GATEWAY CHURCH - NEWCASTLE FY2025	£105k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GATEWAY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£140k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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