THE GATE COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1146562 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. Holding of worship services, meetings, seminars, conferences, and training courses.2. Making grants of money for the relief of poverty.3. Supporting missionary activities at home and overseas, including the support of existing churches and christian ministries in other countries.

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH [IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS] IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;2 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT; AND3 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts exceeded total expenses by £1,999.45, resulting in a surplus for the year. The charity reports having no financial liabilities and holds unrestricted reserves of £8,553.45 alongside designated funds of £1,620.00. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention regarding the keeping of accounting records or compliance with the Charities Act 2011.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ROBERT DAVID BOWEN GRIMSHAWchair
• Dennis Rogers
• JANICE SYLVIA ARROWSMITH
• James Stanley Whitworth
• Myles Darren Cross
• Nigel Peter Thompson
• Philip John Warne · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bulgaria · Lancashire · Pakistan

Income and spending

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