LITTLE GATE FARM
Registered charity 1153584 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LITTLE GATE CARE FARM, Little Gate
Little Gate is a charity providing a skills and training program for learning disabled & Autistic adults and young people who want to go into paid work through supported employment. We also provide respite through our holiday club for children with learning disabilities and difficulties.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £245,493 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, total funds carried forward were £417,873, with unrestricted reserves of £375,158 held for general expenditure. The trustees confirmed sufficient financial resources to continue operations for at least the next 12 months.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six weeks of recurring expenditure and operating costs (held: £375k)
“It is the policy of Little Gate to have a surplus of 6 weeks recurring expenditure and operating costs in reserve should the charity experience a sudden drop in funding.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Ashdown Hurrey Auditors Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Little Gate Farm (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Andrea Randall-Smith — Chief Executive (source)
- John Hassell — Chair (source)
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.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£23k
Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: East Sussex · Kent
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LITTLE GATE FARM financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £245,493 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, total funds carried forward were £417,873, with unrestricted reserves of £375,158 held for general expenditure. The trustees confirmed sufficient financial resources to continue operations for at least the next 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Ashdown Hurrey Auditors Limited.
Who funds LITTLE GATE FARM?
Funders whose own accounts filings name LITTLE GATE FARM as a grant recipient include THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED, CULLUM FAMILY TRUST, The Ashley Family Foundation, THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO.
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