The Gathering Gates

Registered charity 1141757 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Covid Conversations, Julian's Window, NCF, NORWICH CONTEMPLATIVE FORUM, Norfolk Conscious Dance Collective, Norfolk Grief Tending

Creating spaces in East Anglia where people can access support and resources that enable human and planetary evolution on multiple levels, including spiritual, social, ecological and economic. Drawing on diverse traditions and practices, exploring questions of meaning and purpose, and collaborating together in order to renew community and contribute to a more beautiful and regenerative society.

Objects

1. THE PROMOTION OF THE SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, DRAWING ON A VARIETY OF RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS AND PRACTICES.2. THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.3.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£42k
Latest spending
£28k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of approximately £2,900 for the year, with total income of £43,600 and total expenditure of £35,500. The trustees declare that unrestricted reserves are maintained at £1,000 specifically as a winding-up reserve to meet commitments if the charity ceases operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £1,000 for contingencies and as a winding up reserve (held: £1k)
“We maintain a reserves fund of £1,000 for contingencies and as a winding up reserve to ensure we can meet our commitments in the event that we cease operating.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£42k£28k
30/09/2024£30k£25k
30/09/2023£11k£18k
30/09/2022£8k£16k
30/09/2021£6k£4k

Common questions

Is The Gathering Gates financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of approximately £2,900 for the year, with total income of £43,600 and total expenditure of £35,500. The trustees declare that unrestricted reserves are maintained at £1,000 specifically as a winding-up reserve to meet commitments if the charity ceases operating.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/11/2024£20kGrief Support Programme For Norwich Residents Suffering Loss or Bereavement
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2022£10kGrief Circles and Community Development Workshops in Inner City Norwich