GATEWAY (YORK) CIO

Registered charity 1165744 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Gateway Church meets for worship and teaching at the Gateway Centre. It also runs activities for the local community such as: drop-in cafe for over 65's, parent & toddler groups, an after-school club, community nursing service, debt advice services & the distribution of food from York Foodbank. The Centre also houses the offices of different charities whose work supports the local community.

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Latest income

£419k

Latest spending

£374k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £44,849 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward reaching £1,002,020. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting three to six months of unrestricted expenditure, against which the current unrestricted funds of £962,496 appear sufficient. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or material uncertainties regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £962k)

“The charity's policy is to maintain unrestricted reserves, which are the free current reserves of the charity not invested in tangible fixed assets, at a level that equates to approximately three to six months of unrestricted expenditure.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Gateway (York) CIO (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein 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.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (13/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr ALAN DAVID GEEchair
CALEB SAMUEL ELLWOOD · trustee of 1 other charity
Christopher Young
DAVID CHRISTOPHER DONKIN
Jean Geraghty
KIRSTY RUTH ALLEN
Kate Langley

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

Operates in: City Of York

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£419k	£374k
31/03/2024	£328k	£351k
31/03/2023	£378k	£422k
31/03/2022	£441k	£301k
31/03/2021	£321k	£277k

Common questions

Is GATEWAY (YORK) CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £44,849 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward reaching £1,002,020. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting three to six months of unrestricted expenditure, against which the current unrestricted funds of £962,496 appear sufficient. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or material uncertainties regarding its going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
City of York Council	—	£2k	Yorpart grant
City of York Council	—	£4k	Westfield Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£1k	Westfield Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£500	Westfield Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£500	Westfield Ward