GATEWAY INTO THE COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1198034 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Gateway into the Community enables people with learning disabilities to take part in a broad programme of leisure and learning opportunities. The safe environment within our own 'groups' prepares our members to participate in mainstream activities in their wider communities. We work to ensure that the inclusion of people who have a learning disability is enjoyable and beneficial for everyone.

Objects

1. TO SUPPORT, PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN WEST NORTHUMBERLAND WHO HAVE A NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.2. TO SUPPORT, PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN WEST NORTHUMBERLAND WHO HAVE A LEARNING DISABILITY, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

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 · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Northumberland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £120,576 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total unrestricted funds held at £607,378. The Trustees report that these free unrestricted reserves amount to approximately six months' operating costs, thereby meeting their stated policy target of three months' operating costs plus exit charges. The charity also holds a significant property asset valued at £550,000, secured by a loan of £262,523 which is anticipated to be fully repaid by September 2031.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Newcastle Building Society — “A huge thank you to Newcastle Building Society who provided a grant to Gateway into the Community to host a Platinum Jubilee Celebration.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £550k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Liz Holmeschair
• JOYCE ELIZABETH WINDER
• Paul White
• ROSEMARY EILEEN THEOBALDS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sheelagh Vivien Craven

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REACH LEARNING DISABILITY.

• REACH LEARNING DISABILITY income £3.9m
• BOURNEMOUTH GATEWAY CLUB LIMITED income £113k
• HARROW GATEWAY income £40k
• CITY GATEWAY LIMITED income £1.4m
• COLCHESTER GATEWAY CLUBS income £222k
• LEGACY IN THE COMMUNITY income £342k

Side by side with its peers

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