THORNGATE CHURCHER TRUST

Registered charity 1169965 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THORNGATE CHURCHER LIMITED

Registered to be incorporated form of Thorngate Almshouse Trust in March 2017. Owns and manage 124 sheltered flats for older people in Gosport, Hampshire. Registered provider number 4839. Also owns and manage a 44 bedroomed registered care home for older people in Gosport Hampshire.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£4.0m

Latest spending

£3.4m

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported a surplus of £604,947 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by cost controls and high occupancy levels. While the Trust holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £8,411,257, it reported a net current liability position of £3,301,562, largely due to deferred income related to a new housing development scheme. The trustees and auditors confirm that the overall financial position is 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

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 1 £80,001 - £90,000” — page 29

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 1 £80,001 - £90,000” — page 29

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Mr Mark Hook, Chairman and Trustee, is a director of GS Building Services. A transaction occurred on commercial terms during the year and was fully documented.

“Mr Mark Hook, Chairman and Trustee, is a director of GS Building Services. A transaction occurred on commercial terms during the year and was fully documented. Mr Hook is also a director of Court Barn Catering (Commercial) Ltd. No transactions between this company and the Trust have occurred during the year.” — page 37

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Pension scheme deficit: £1560.0m

“This actuarial valuation was issued to employers in August 2021 and showed assets of £5,148m, liabilities of £6,708m and a deficit of £1,560m.” — page 34

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MC Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 09953572 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

LORETI, Joao Henrique Brito Costa — director, appointed 20/08/2026on trustee list
COMBER, Judith Rebecca — director, appointed 21/08/2025on trustee list
PETTIGREW, Neil Robert — director, appointed 21/08/2025on trustee list
POPOOLA-SMITH, David — director, appointed 17/02/2022on trustee list
ZAKI, Oliver — director, appointed 19/08/2020on trustee list
CLARK, John Graham — director, appointed 28/07/2020on trustee list
PALMER, Julie Katharine — director, appointed 07/02/2019on trustee list
MATTHEWS, Christopher Keith — director, appointed 22/08/2016on trustee list
HOOK, Mark William Paul — director, appointed 22/08/2016on trustee list
TAYLOR, Anne Elizabeth — secretary, appointed 15/01/2016

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (9 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Thorngate Churcher Trust — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 18/12/2020.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£4.0m

Total spending

£3.4m

Reserves (reported)

£8.4m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~29.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Russell Churcher Court: Good (16/04/2020) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

Mark William Paul Hookchair
CHRISTOPHER KEITH MATTHEWS
David Popoola-Smith
Joao Henrique Brito Costa Loreti
John Graham Clark
Judith Rebecca Comber
Julie K Palmer
Neil Robert Pettigrew · trustee of 1 other charity
Oliver Zaki

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£4.0m	£3.4m
31/03/2024	£3.6m	£3.2m
31/03/2023	£3.2m	£3.0m
31/03/2022	£3.1m	£2.7m
31/03/2021	£2.8m	£2.7m

Common questions

Is THORNGATE CHURCHER TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust reported a surplus of £604,947 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by cost controls and high occupancy levels. While the Trust holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £8,411,257, it reported a net current liability position of £3,301,562, largely due to deferred income related to a new housing development scheme. The trustees and auditors confirm that the overall financial position is healthy and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MC Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THORNGATE CHURCHER TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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
ESTATE CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE	1	£1.1m
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUST	1	£72k
THE F GLENISTER WOODGER TRUST CIO	1	£71k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DONNINGTON HOUSE CARE HOME LIMITED.

DONNINGTON HOUSE CARE HOME LIMITED income £2.0m
THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES income £233k
THE ABBEYFIELD REIGATE SOCIETY LIMITED income £207k
THORNER'S HOMES income £989k
THRALE ALMSHOUSE AND RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY income £274k
THE JOHN THORNHILL MEMORIAL TRUST income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THORNGATE CHURCHER TRUST	£4.0m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	above	—	no doubt
DONNINGTON HOUSE CARE HOME LIMITED FY2025	£2.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£233k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD REIGATE SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£207k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THORNER'S HOMES FY2024	£989k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THRALE ALMSHOUSE AND RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY FY2025	£274k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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