Gateway Waterside

Registered charity 1143971 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Gateway Church, NEW FOREST COMMUNITY CHURCH

Advancement of the Christian Faith, Relief of Persons who are sick and in need, the advancement of education and the provision of facilities for social welfare and recreation.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£140k

Latest spending

£69k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £148,836, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months' average expenditure. The trustees confirm the financial position remains healthy and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £149k)

“The Trust’s policy is to allow reserves to accrue to a level of three months’ average expenditure, plus funds which may be earmarked for specific projects in the future.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The document states 'No payments were made to Trustees or any persons connected with them' and 'No material transaction took place between the charity and the Trustees or any person connected with them.' While it mentions supporting 'The Crossings' (where trustees attend) and MAF (connected to the church), these are described as charitable support/donations, not related-party transactions involving trustees receiving payments or connected businesses. Therefore, no related party flags are triggered based on the explicit text.

“No payments were made to Trustees or any persons connected with them during this financial period. No material transaction took place between the charity and the Trustees or any person connected with them.” — page 14

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 (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (27/01/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID GEORGE NORBURY · trustee of 1 other charity
Deborah Anne Bailey
Kathryn Mary Holmes
Michael Ford
Sarah Neusinger

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£140k	£69k
31/03/2024	£71k	£62k
31/03/2023	£59k	£68k
31/03/2022	£55k	£65k
31/03/2021	£52k	£60k

Common questions

Is Gateway Waterside financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £148,836, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months' average expenditure. The trustees confirm the financial position remains healthy and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION	1	£80k
HOPE CHURCH HARROGATE	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

GATEWAY CHURCH income £411k
GATEWAY CHURCH ASHFORD income £471k
GATES OF PRAISE INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £218k
BRIDGE STREET PENTECOSTAL CHURCH income £1.6m
THE WHARFEDALE VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £357k
FOUNTAIN GATE CHAPEL (HARLOW) income £148k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Gateway Waterside	£140k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GATEWAY CHURCH FY2025	£411k	—	below	—	no doubt
GATEWAY CHURCH ASHFORD FY2025	£471k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GATES OF PRAISE INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE FY2024	£218k	—	below	—	no doubt
BRIDGE STREET PENTECOSTAL CHURCH FY2025	£1.6m	—	below	—	no doubt
THE WHARFEDALE VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2025	£357k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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