PEARLY GATES CHURCH

Registered charity 1180586 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious activities

Objects

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.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Vale of White Horse, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£40k
Latest spending
£32k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £7,639 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £11,550. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting at least three months of normal expenditure, though the specific monthly expenditure figure required to verify compliance is not stated. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least three months normal expenditure (reserves figure: £12k)
“The target is to build and maintain unrestricted reserves equating to at least three months normal expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 5

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 13/11/2024, 13 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 06/12/2023, 36 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 13/12/2022, 43 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pearly Gates Church (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£40k£32k
31/12/2024£14k£16k
31/12/2023£12k£13k
31/12/2022£13k£18k
31/12/2021£13k£16k

Common questions

Is PEARLY GATES CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net income of £7,639 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £11,550. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting at least three months of normal expenditure, though the specific monthly expenditure figure required to verify compliance is not stated. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PEARLY GATES CHURCH£40k——unclear—no doubt
GENERATIONS CHURCH FY2025£151k—0unclear—no doubt
GOLDINGS CHURCH FY2025£91k——above—no doubt
MACKINTOSH EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025£99k—0above—no doubt
RESGATE CHURCH FY2025£110k—0unclear—no doubt
PINNER BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£359k—0unclear—no doubt

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