GLOUCESTERSHIRE GATEWAY TRUST

Registered charity 1140440 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion for the benefit of the public or urban or rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation particularly in Gloucestershire. The charity focuses its activities in and around the largest concentrations of peripheral social housing estates in Gloucester and Stroud particularily Matson & Robinswood, Podsmead, Tuffley and Stonehouse/GL10 area.

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Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year and holds unrestricted reserves of £419,294, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover six months of core funding and contingency costs. The charity is funded primarily by donations from its wholly owned trading subsidiary, Gloucestershire Gateway Trust (Operating) Limited, and maintains a positive net current asset position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Gloucestershire Gateway Trust (Operating) Limited (65% of income)
“Donations from Gloucestershire Gateway Trust (Operating) Limited”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months’ core funding and subsequent redundancy liability of the CEO together with contingency for early exit grants (held: £419k)
“The trustees are mindful that unrestricted reserves are needed to enable the Charitable Company to cover six months’ core funding and subsequent redundancy liability of the CEO together with contingency for early exit grants to existing charity partners.” — page 8
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Gloucestershire Gateway Trust (Operating) Limited
“The company owns 100% of the ordinary share capital of Gloucestershire Gateway Trust (Operating) Limited.” — page 22
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
Gloucestershire County CouncilParenting Support Programme10/04/2026£200k
Gloucestershire County CouncilParenting Support Programme10/04/2026£200k

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£498k
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (58% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.4m£1.2m
31/03/2024£1.1m£1.1m
31/03/2023£1.3m£1.2m
31/03/2022£1.5m£1.4m
31/03/2021£884k£797k

Common questions

Is GLOUCESTERSHIRE GATEWAY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year and holds unrestricted reserves of £419,294, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover six months of core funding and contingency costs. The charity is funded primarily by donations from its wholly owned trading subsidiary, Gloucestershire Gateway Trust (Operating) Limited, and maintains a positive net current asset position. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Hazlewoods LLP.

Who funds GLOUCESTERSHIRE GATEWAY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GLOUCESTERSHIRE GATEWAY TRUST as a grant recipient include THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATIONFY2022£111kPlace-based Fund
THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATIONFY2023£88k

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 THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE SOCIETY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GLOUCESTERSHIRE GATEWAY TRUST£1.4m—0above—no doubt
THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE SOCIETY FY2024£160k—0unclear—no doubt
HEREFORDSHIRE AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE CANAL TRUST LIMITED FY2024£195k—0unclear—no doubt
NEW HORIZONS COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE FY2025£1.2m£100,001 - £110,000—above—no doubt
PADDINGTON DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£3.2m—3above—no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE FY2025£964k—0within—no doubt

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