Gateway Church Northumberland (A Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Annual Report Report and Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 March 2025
Charity number 1164586
Gateway Church Northumberland
(A Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 March 2025
Contents
Legal and Administrative Information
Annual Report of the Trustees
2024 - 25 Financial Report and Accounts
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Gateway Church Northumberland Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2025
The Trustees present their report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024
Reference and Administrative Information
Charity Name: Gateway Church Northumberland
Charity registration number: 1164586
Registered Office and operational address :
Dene House Shilbottle Alnwick Northumberland NE66 2HS
Church Eldership Joss Bray Dave Harbertson Ray Middleton
Trustees
Mr D Harbertson Chair Mrs J Verity Minutes Secretary Mrs G Bray Treasurer Dr J Bray Mr W Ritchie Resigned 19-1-25 Mrs S Fenwick Appointed 23-9-24 Mrs S Whitworth Appointed 23-9-24
Auditors -
Lucid Accounting Ltd
1 Trinity Green, Eldon Street, South Shields, NE33 1SA
Bankers - Lloyds Bank PLC, PO box 1000, BX1 1LT
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Structure, Governance and Management
Governing Document
The organisation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), registered as a charity on 1st December 2014. The charity was established with a constitution who’s only voting members are its charity trustees. In the event of the charity being wound up the trustees have no liability to settle its debts and liabilities.
Recruitment and Appointment of the Trustees
Under the requirements of the Constitution, except for the initial Trustees, every Trustee must be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the Trustees.
There shall be a minimum of three and a maximum of twelve Trustees.
Any person retiring as a Trustee is eligible for reappointment.
All members of the Trustees give their time voluntarily and received no benefits from the charity.
Organisational Structure
Gateway Church Northumberland has up to 12 Charity Trustees who are responsible for ensuring all legal requirements of the charity are met. The strategic and spiritual direction and pastoral oversight of Gateway Church Northumberland are the responsibility of the Church Elders.
Responsibilities of the Trustees
The Trustees prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the charitable company as at the balance sheet date and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including income and expenditure, for the financial year. In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees should follow best practice and:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is not appropriate to assume that the charity will continue on that basis.
The Trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the CIO and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 1985. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the CIO and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Members of the Trustees
Members of the Trustees, who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out on page 3. As the CIO’s Trustees, we certify that:
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as far as we are aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the charity’s auditors are unaware; and
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we have taken all the steps that we ought to have taken in order to make ourselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the charity’s auditors are aware of that information.
Our Aims and Objectives
Purposes and Aims
Our charity's purposes as set out in the objects contained in the CIO’s constitution:
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the advancement of the Christian Religion in the United Kingdom and overseas in accordance with the statement of faith produced by the Evangelical Alliance
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to relieve people who are in charitable need because of:
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sickness or poor health
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age
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financial hardship or
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some other reason by any proper means as the trustees think fit and including (where appropriate but not by way of limitation) the provision of advice, the promotions of good practices to combat such conditions and the provision of resources to alleviate or prevent need.
Ensuring our work delivers our aims
Each year we review our objects and activities to ensure that what we are doing meets the objects of the charity. In reviewing the year, it helps us focus on what we need to do in the coming year in order to further our aims.
The focus of our work
The work of Gateway Church Northumberland is always to “Love God, Love Each Other and Serve the Community.” We seek to ensure we achieve these by meeting together to worship God both in a weekly large gathering and during the week in small groups, through meeting up for coffee in friendship groups, holding social events and by helping out members of our community when it is needed, whether they are part of Gateway Community Church or not.
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How our activities deliver public benefit
Who used and benefited from Gateway Church Northumberland?
Gateway Church Northumberland gathers people of all ages, from a wide variety of backgrounds and nationalities, from twenty miles in all directions and is open for anyone to come along to any of our meetings, events, and activities. Sunday meetings have regularly been attended by 40+ people. We gather families and singles, people with a wide range of health issues, those in financial need and those who have
the ability to help support people in their own community and beyond. People from the church help out at the local charities, work with Gateway into Life, give practical help to their neighbours and raise money for local, national, and international charities.
The last 12 months ~ from the Chair
It seems to me that this has been a year of allowing God to deepen us in the foundations of our faith, with, we trust, individuals growing in their relationship with Him. In all our activities though, our heart is still to see God glorified and His Kingdom increased. Our emphasis continues to be on
building relationships rather than putting on meetings. We put on record, year after year, that God continues to remain faithful and continues to bless us. We are so grateful to Him. We believe, God, who has provided our needs thus far, and as always has far exceeded them, will continue to do so in all the areas of the church’s work. Our commitment is to prayer, particularly seen in the Wednesday morning prayer meeting, in the meeting together before the Sunday meeting to pray and in the fortnightly prayer meeting in Amble. We believe that God will use us, along with others, as a body of believers to further His purposes in Northumberland and beyond.
Our numbers have remained constant this year, although there have been some comings and goings However, we must remind ourselves that growth is not measured in terms of numbers.
Sundays continue to be a day when we have been aware of His presence and we again acknowledge the outstanding work put in by Joss and Gill. We must not take this for granted. Gill has ably and sensitively led us in worship, and she has been ably supported by the worship team. We continue to be thankful to those who manage the sound desk and words for the screen and, also those who set up the chairs and tables. Washer uppers and driers have been indispensable in their service.
The arrival of an influx of younger people from the neighbourhood has been a challenge and a blessing. This has, and remains to be, a great opportunity to share and demonstrate the love of Jesus. It has been a learning process for us all, particularly for the elders, and the adjustments to the meeting, in breaking the worship into 2 shorter parts, has been, I believe, of benefit to the whole body. As the family grows, we have to make adjustments,
but still ensure that Jesus is central, and that all are cared for.
There are 4 teams that prepare the Sunday lunch, who are ably assisted by others. Wonderful food, great family commitment to us as a church and the meals and fellowship add so much to us in our church family life. We continue to be amazed at how well the cooks cope with numbers,
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particularly as there are those who arrive having not signed up for the meal. Our gratefulness for their commitment is often under expressed but we do remain unbelievably thankful for all that they do. The eating together is essential for binding us together as a body of believers.
The preaching continues to be shared out between the elders. Over the last year, at Gateway, we have journeyed our way through 1 John, studied in detail
the book of Acts, and are commencing our focus on ‘What did Jesus say about ‘. In addition, we have had our Easter and Christmas emphases, alongside our joint Christmas service with St James’. Our prayer continues to be that we would be doers of the Word, and not hearers only.
The children have continued to benefit considerably from Susan’s leadership and dedication over the year, and we just want to thank her for her commitment. Our prayer is that she also may know God’s blessing in all that she does along with all those who support the work. There has been a fully committed team of teachers and helpers this year. I am sure that the parents echo my thanks to those who work with the children. One or two have stepped up to support the teachers, but additional teachers would always be welcomed. We continue to have communion every 2 weeks with many being involved in leading us to the Lord’s table.
In terms of midweek, the elders continue to meet on Thursdays and have one meeting a month with the wider leadership team to pray for all aspects of the church’s work. The elders continue to be supported by Regions Beyond through regular contact with other leaders across the country and world and through our ongoing relationship with Ray Lowe. There is a regional hub for northern church leaders which adds that extra support. Dave is involved with the North East Gospel Partnership, which involves leaders from evangelical churches across our region.
Our Easter Sunday morning service on Alnmouth beach was enjoyed by all, as, undoubtedly, was the cooked breakfast afterwards. Our church weekend was again a highlight of the year, with a real sense of family togetherness and more importantly, a real sense of the presence of God. Ray Lowe’s preaching, as ever, was so encouraging as he brought together a conclusion to our study of the book of Acts. We have said it before, but we so much appreciated Joss and Gill’s hospitality. It seems that this year, incredibly so, that there was more available over the 2 days, yet still time to relax and enjoy each other’s company.
The discipleship groups continue, and these meetings cannot be overemphasised. Good relationships are being maintained and a good grounding in the scriptures has taken place. Prayer continues to be part of the group’s life, and we as a church will die if we are not committed to prayer.
Brian’s Big Breakfast continues to be highly successful and appreciated by all who attend. It is just so good to meet around the area, blessing local cafes or golf clubs and using the opportunity to invite friends along to the meal as well.
Outside of the regular church activities, there have been other activities. The Badminton group continues with additional members and there has been an increase in activity from the Gateway Bikers.
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We continue to have strong links with Freedom Church in Waddington, where Joss and Gill have steady input into the leadership team. Also, the youth had an encouraging time at New Day where they met up with those from Freedom Church. Alongside these, the church had a positive day at Durham, joining with other Regions Beyond churches from the North.
Joss and Gill have continued to develop their close relationship with Letsema and Pete West, a Regions Beyond leader in Lesotho. The personal support of Letsema from many members of the church has been great to see. In addition to Letsema, the church supports financially seven Regions Beyond churches in Lesotho and Free State in South Africa. We trust to hear much more of God’s work over there.
There continues to be a tremendous amount of unseen pastoral work done, many lifts offered to those without cars and all this loving service is genuinely appreciated.
Finally, can I thank my fellow trustees for their invaluable work, handling the financial and administrative side of the church and would highlight our need for a fresh input from any others who would like to consider the role of a trustee.
We are one body and we all have our part to play and all of us must continue to have our focus on Jesus and our hearts filled with compassion for those who, as yet, do not know Him.
Contribution of Volunteers
Gateway Church Northumberland is run by volunteers as we have no paid workers. Everything we do is reliant on these volunteers: cooking Sunday lunch, setting out tables and chairs, setting up the PA, playing in the band, washing up, preaching God’s word, visiting people, giving lifts to appointments, transporting people to events, gardening for community members, setting up Zoom meetings, delivering food parcels and much more. Everyone can and does do something to help out, whatever their age, ability, or gender.
Carrying out our Plans for the future
As we continue through 2025 and into 2026, we will continue to Love God, Love Each Other and Serve our Communities and Desperately Expecting God to Breakthrough into our lives and into the lives of the people around us. We will continue to learn to be relaxed in God, be reliant on God and be ready for God. We will continue to meet on Sunday afternoons at Shilbottle Community Hall. Through the week we will continue to support each other as part of God’s family through the Discipleship Groups, the use of WhatsApp and in person where appropriate. We will continue to support each other practically, where possible, and also reach out into our communities to demonstrate God’s love to all. The Big Breakfasts which happen monthly in various locations continue.
As we go on through the next year and beyond, we expect the discipleship groups to continue to grow and that new groups will be formed as we seek to find the best way to organise the groups. We would like to run more ALPHA courses and hope to run a Marriage Course to offer time for couples to strengthen their marriages.
We expect the links between ourselves and Freedom Church in Waddington to continue to strengthen and for us to support the leadership there as they establish their church and the
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people that are part of them. We are also continuing to see our relationship with other leaders across the Regions Beyond group of churches deepen and strengthen, receiving and giving support to each other. In particular we will be maintaining and building our relationship with Ray Lowe as an apostolic input into the church. Dave will also continue to develop relationships with leaders from evangelical churches from the North East.
Our support of prison ministry will continue both financially, through Junction42, and with people being involved in a variety of ways, including through voluntary work and those employed by NEPACS. We will continue to support “Gateway into Life” including providing some of the trustees. We will also continue to support Christian work - in particular supporting the Glorious Tabernacle church in Lesotho along with the other Regions Beyond churches in Lesotho and the group of churches we belong to, Regions Beyond – which is part of Newfrontiers.
We also continue aim to use the Gateway Bikers, Gateway Badminton, Gateway Golfers, further church walks and other social events to build relationships with people in our communities.
We continue to aspire to use at least 50% of our income to help others.
Financial review Overview
We began the financial year (April 1[st] 2024) with £53840 in the bank and ended the financial year (31[st] March 2025) with £67249 in the bank, giving us a profit on the year of £12258. This was due to an increase of generous giving over the year, an increase in our Gift Aid income and not reaching our target of giving 50% of donated income away.
Our income from donations from church members has increased on the previous year, more members are continuing to give through the bank. Our Gift Aid payment from HMRC also increased to £8813!!
Our outgoings have also increased slightly over the last year. This is partly due to the increase in living costs. We also had our Church Weekend, our normal outgoings for licences and subscriptions with thirtyone:eight (formally CCPAS), Worship Tools (online song projection facility) and CCLI plus the monthly subscription for the children’s work along with our licences for Zoom and online streaming permissions.
We set out with the intention of trying to give 50% of our donation income away. 50% would have been £23056; we gave away £15967, 34% of our income, which was more than last year. This was to the charities we are committed to giving to and to members of the church in need of support. Donations are made regularly to Regions Beyond Churches, the Bible Network, Gateway into Life, Contagious Charity and Junction42. We have also given donations to the Royal British Legion (wreath for Remembrance Day), members of the church and Letsema Thejane (Church Leader in Lesotho).
The recommendation is that we continue to try to give at least 50% of donated income away, but that we also aim to keep 6 months out goings in reserve ~ i.e. £23500 with the current rate of monthly outgoings (for 2024-25) and the extras we are committed to. In the current financial year, we are expecting income to stay about the same and
expenditure to continue to increase due to rising living costs.
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Principal Funding Sources
Gateway Church Northumberland’s only funding source is the donations of the church members.
Reserves Policy
The Trustees have examined the charity’s requirements for reserves in light of the main risks to the organisation. It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds held by the charity should be at least 6 months of the expenditure. Budgeted expenditure for 202526 is £53970 and therefore the target is £26985 in the general funds. The reserves are needed to meet the day-to-day expenditure requirements of the charity, and the Trustees are confident that at this level they would be able to continue the current activities of the charity in the event of a significant drop in funding. At the end of 2024-25, the general funds had £67249 easily giving us our 6-month buffer going forward. The strategy is to continue to maintain a 6-month buffer whilst aiming to give away at least 50% of our donated income, which includes the Gift Aid claim from HMRC.
Auditors
Lucid Accounting Ltd have been appointed as the charitable company’s auditors during the year.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (issued in March 2005) and in accordance with the special provisions of Part VII of the Companies Act 1985 relating to small entities.
Approved by the Trustees on November 26[th] 2025 and signed on its behalf by
Dave Harbertson
Mr David Harbertson (Chair)
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| Gateway Church Northumberland | Gateway Church Northumberland | Gateway Church Northumberland | Charity No (if any) |
1164586 | CC17a | |
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| Annual accounts for theperiod | ||||||
| Period start date | 01-Apr-24 | To | Period end date |
31-Mar-25 | ||
| Section A | Statement of financial activities | |||||
| Recommended categories by activity Details of own analysis Note Incoming resources (Note 3) Incoming resources from generated funds Voluntary income S01 Activities for generating funds S02 Investment income Bank interest S03 Incoming resources from charitable activities S04 Other incoming resources S05 S06 Resources expended (Notes 4-8) Costs of Generating Funds Costs of generating voluntary income S07 Fundraising trading costs S08 Investment management costs S09 Charitable activities S10 Governance costs S11 Other resources expended S12 S13 S14 S15 S16 S17 S18 S19 S20 S21 Total funds carried forward Total funds brought forward Net movement in funds Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before transfers Gains and losses on investment assets Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the charity’s own use Other recognised gains/(losses) Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before other recognised gains/(losses) Gross transfers between funds Total resources expended Total incoming resources |
Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds £ £ £ F01 F02 F03 |
Total this year Total last year £ £ F04 F05 |
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| 46,678 | 46,678 | 45,519 | ||||
| - | ||||||
| - | ||||||
| 651 | 651 | 499 | ||||
| - | ||||||
| - | ||||||
| 47,329 | - | - | 47,329 | 46,018 | ||
| - | - | - | - | |||
| 9,623 | - | - | 9,623 | 8,239 | ||
| 1,122 | - | 1,122 | 1,929 | |||
| 591 | - | - | 591 | 542 | ||
| 22,107 | - | - | 22,107 | 19,645 | ||
| 978 | - | - | 978 | 3,523 | ||
| - | - | - | - | |||
| 34,421 | - | - | 34,421 | 33,878 | ||
| 12,908 | 0 | 0 | 12,908 | 12,140 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12,908 | 0 | 0 | 12,908 | 12,140 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12,908 | 0 | 0 | 12,908 | 12,140 | ||
| 54,340 | 0 | 0 | 54,340 | 42,200 | ||
| 67,248 | 0 | 0 | 67,248 | 54,340 |
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Section B Balance sheet
| Fixed assets Tangible assets (Note 9) Investments (Note 10) Total fixed assets Current assets Stock and work in progress Debtors (Note 11) (Short term) investments Cash at bank and in hand Total current assets Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (Note 12) Net current assets/(liabilities) Total assets less current liabilities Creditors: amounts falling due after one year (Note 12) Provisions for liabilities and charges Net assets Funds of the Charity Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds (Note 13) Endowment funds(Note 13) Total funds Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Note B01 B02 B03 B04 B05 B06 B07 B08 B09 B10 B11 B12 B13 B14 B15 B16 B17 B18 B19 B20 |
Unrestricted funds £ F01 |
Restricted income funds £ F02 |
Endowment funds £ F03 |
Total this year Total last year £ £ F04 F05 |
Total this year Total last year £ £ F04 F05 |
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| - | - | - | - | - | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 67,248 | - | - | 67,248 | 54,340 | ||
| ~~67,248~~ | ~~-~~ | ~~-~~ | ~~67,248~~ | 54,340 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 67,248 | - | - | 67,248 | 54,340 | ||
| ~~67,248~~ | ~~-~~ | - | ~~67,248~~ | 54,340 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||
| ~~67,248~~ | ~~-~~ | ~~-~~ | ~~67,248~~ | - | ||
| 67,248 | 67,248 | 54,340 | ||||
| - | - | - | ||||
| - | - | - | ||||
| - | - | - | ||||
| ~~67,248~~ | ~~-~~ | ~~-~~ | ~~67,248~~ | 54,340 | ||
| Signature | Date of approval Print Name |
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| Mrs G Bray | 26-Nov-25 | |||||
| Mr D Harbertson | 26-Nov-25 |
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Section C Notes to the accounts
Note 1 Basis of preparation
This section should be completed by all charities .
1.1 Basis of accounting
These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic cost (except that investments are shown at market value) in accordance with:
• Accounting and Reporting by Charities – Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005); • and with* Accounting Standards; or Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Enterprises (FRSSE);
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and with the Charities Act.
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[** except for the following].
Give details in this box if a different standard has been followed.
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-Tick as appropriate:
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if all relevant disclosures shown in the pack have been given then please tick “Accounting Standards”;
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if disclosures completed in these accounts have been restricted to those required by the FRSSE, then please tick
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“Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Enterprises (FRSSE)”.
** - If no departures from the chosen standards have been made then delete these words; otherwise give details of any changes in the boxes.
1.2 Change in basis of accounting
There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and methods of accounting) since last year.
Give details in this box of any material changes that have been made.
1.3 Changes to previous accounts
No changes have been made to accounts for previous years.
Give details in this box of any material changes that have been made.
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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 2 Accounting policies
This standard list of accounting policies has been applied by the charity except for those deleted. Where a different or additional policy has been adopted then this is detailed in the box below.
INCOMING RESOURCES
Recognition of incoming These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when: resources • the charity becomes entitled to the resources; • the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and • the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability. Incoming resources with Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income) related expenditure the incoming resources and related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA. Grants and donations Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources. Tax reclaims on donations Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SoFA at the same time as the gift to and gifts which they relate. Contractual income and This is only included in the SoFA once the related goods or services have been delivered. performance related grants Gifts in kind are accounted for at a reasonable estimate of their value to the charity or the Gifts in kind amount actually realised. Gifts in kind for sale or distribution are included in the accounts as gifts only when sold or distributed by the charity. Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as incoming resources when receivable. Donated services and These are only included in incoming resources (with an equivalent amount in resources facilities expended) where the benefit to the charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and material . The value placed on these resources is the estimated value to the charity of the service or facility received. The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the Volunteer help trustees’ annual report. Investment income This is included in the accounts when receivable. Investment gains and losses This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments and any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value at the end of the year.
EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES
Liability recognition Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources. Governance costs Include costs of the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of trustee meetings and cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters. Grants with performance Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of service conditions or output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the recipient of the grant has provided the specified service or output. Grants payable without These are only recognised in the accounts when a commitment has been made and there are performance conditions no conditions to be met relating to the grant which remain in the control of the charity. Support Costs Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, eg allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.
ASSETS
Tangible fixed assets for use These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £500. by charity They are valued at cost or a reasonable value on receipt. Investments Investments quoted on a recognised stock exchange are valued at market value at the year end. Other investment assets are included at trustees' best estimate of market value. Stocks and work in progress These are valued at the lower of cost or market value.
POLICIES ADOPTED ADDITIONAL TO OR DIFFERENT FROM THOSE ABOVE
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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 3 Analysis of incoming resources - UN-RESTRICTED
Incoming resources may be further analysed if this would help the reader of the accounts.
| Investment income Activities for generating funds Incoming resources from charitable activities Voluntary income |
This year Last year £ £ Analysis |
This year Last year £ £ Analysis |
This year Last year £ £ Analysis |
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| Donations | 37,298 | 37,517 | |
| Gift Aid | 8,813 | 6,535 | |
| Devoted | - | - | |
| Total | 46,111 | 44,052 | |
| Badminton | 565 | 1,015 | |
| Other | 2 | 452 | |
| Total | 567 | 1,467 | |
| Bank interest | 651 | 499 | |
| Total |
651 | 499 | |
| - | - | ||
| Total Grand Totals |
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| - | - | ||
| 47,329 46,018 |
Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 3 Analysis of incoming resources - RESTRICTED
Incoming resources may be further analysed if this would help the reader of the accounts.
| Investment income Activities for generating funds Incoming resources from charitable activities Voluntary income |
This year Last year £ £ Analysis |
This year Last year £ £ Analysis |
This year Last year £ £ Analysis |
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| Total | - | - | |
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| Gd Ttl | - - |
Grand Totals
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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 4 Analysis of resources expended - UN-RESTRICTED Resources expended may be further analysed if this would help the reader of the accounts.
| Investment management costs Costs of generating voluntary income Charitable activities Fundraising trading costs Governance costs |
Analysis | This year Last year £ £ |
This year Last year £ £ |
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| Hall Hire | 4,281 | 4,425 | |
| Drop In | - | - | |
| Speaker |
- | - | |
| Events | 284 | - | |
| Cornerstone Church | - | 31 | |
| Newday | 133 | 600 | |
| Travel expenses | 122 | - | |
Church weekend |
4,310 | 2,171 | |
| Other | 493 | 1,012 | |
| Total | 9,623 | 8,239 | |
| Licences & Subscriptions | 906 | 552 | |
DBS Checks |
176 | 220 | |
| Equipment | 40 | 535 | |
| Tshirts |
- | 622 | |
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| Total | 1,122 | 1,929 | |
| Bank Charges | - | - | |
| Audit Fee |
- | - | |
| Insurance | 591 | 542 | |
| Total | 591 | 542 | |
| Childrens Youth Work | 260 | 272 | |
| Gifts | 3,500 | 5,471 | |
| Gateway Into Life | 2034 | 187 | |
Charity Giving |
10,300 | 7,500 | |
Church Meals |
6,013 | 6,215 | |
| Total | 22,107 | 19,645 | |
| Staff Training, Welfare | 880 | 3,361 | |
| Office costs, Website, sundry |
98 | 162 | |
| - | |||
| Total | 978 | 3,523 | |
| Grand Totals | 34,421 33,878 |
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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 4 Analysis of resources expended - RESTRICTED Resources expended may be further analysed if this would help the reader of the accounts.
| Costs of generating voluntary income Fundraising trading costs Investment management costs Charitable activities Governance costs |
This year Last year £ £ Analysis |
This year Last year £ £ Analysis |
This year Last year £ £ Analysis |
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| Total | - | - | |
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| - | - | ||
| - | - | ||
| Total | - | - | |
| - | - | ||
| - | - | ||
| - | - | ||
| Total | - | - | |
| Grand Totals | - - |
Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 5 Support Costs
Please complete this note if the charity has analysed its expenses using activity categories and has support costs.
| support costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support cost type | Fundraising activity £ |
Charitable Activity £ |
Governance Activity £ |
Total Cost £ |
| Badminton | 984 | - | - | 984 |
| Staff Training & Welfare |
853 | 853 | ||
| Course Materials | - | - | - | |
| Equipment,Event hire | 109 | - | - | 109 |
| Stationery& Sundry | - | - | - | |
| Insurance | - | - | 370 | 370 |
| Licences and Subscriptions |
- | - | 943 | 943 |
| Website | - | |||
| Alpha | - | |||
| GatewayInto Life | - | - | ||
| DBS Checks | 182 | 182 | ||
| Social Events | 8 | 8 | ||
| Travel Expenses | 272 | 272 | ||
| Conferences/training, Speakers |
300 | - | - | 300 |
| Total | 2,436 | - | 1,585 | 4,021 |
Note 6 Details of certain items of expenditure
6.1 Trustee expenses
Please provide details of the amount of any payment or reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses made to trustees or to third parties for expenses incurred by trustees. If no expenses were paid, please enter ‘None’ in the appropriate box(es).
| please enter ‘None’ in the appropriate box(es). | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number of trustees who were paid expenses Nature of the expenses Total amount paid |
This year | Last year |
| £ | £ |
6.2 Fees for examination or audit of the accounts
Please provide details of the amount paid for any statutory external scrutiny of accounts and other services provided by your independent examiner or auditor. If nothing was paid please enter NONE in the
| Other fees (for example: advice, consultancy, accountancy Independent examiner’s or auditors' fees for reporting on the |
This year £ |
Last year £ |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | 30 | |
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Note 7 Paid employees Please complete this note if the charity has any employees.
7.1 Staff Costs
| Fundraising Charitable Activities Governance Other Total Gross wages, salaries and benefits in kind The parts of the charity in which the employees work 7.2 Average number of full-time equivalent employees in the year Employer’s National Insurance costs Pension costs Total staff costs |
Fundraising Charitable Activities Governance Other Total Gross wages, salaries and benefits in kind The parts of the charity in which the employees work 7.2 Average number of full-time equivalent employees in the year Employer’s National Insurance costs Pension costs Total staff costs |
This year £ |
Last year £ |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | ||
| - | - | ||
| - | - | ||
| - | - | ||
| nt employees in the year | This year Number |
Last year Number |
|
| Fundraising | - | - | |
| Charitable Activities | - | - | |
| Governance | - | - | |
| Other | - | - | |
| **Total ** | - | - |
7.3 Defined contribution pension scheme Please complete if a defined contribution pension scheme is operated. Brief details of the scheme
The costs of the scheme to the charity for the year The amount of any contributions outstanding at the year end The amount of any contributions prepaid at the year end
| This year | Last year | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 8 Grantmaking
Please complete this note if the charity made any grants or donations which in aggregate form a material part of the charitable activities undertaken.
8.1 Total value of grants
| part of the charitable activities undertaken. 8.1 Total value of grants |
||
|---|---|---|
| Purpose for which grants made | Grants to institutions Total amount £ |
Grants to individuals Total amount £ |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| Total | - | - |
8.1 Grantmaking costs
If the charity’s accounts are prepared on the “activity basis” please give details of any support cost associated with grantmaking. Please enter “Nil” if the charity does not identify and/or allocate support costs.
Support costs of grantmaking
£
8.3 Grants made to institutions
If the charity has made grants to particular institutions that are material in the context of its grantmaking please give details of the institution supported, purpose of the grant and total paid to each institution listed. Sufficient information should be given to provide a reasonable understanding of the range of institutions supported.
| institutions supported. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Names of institutions | Purpose | Total amount of grants paid £ |
| - | ||
| - | ||
| - | ||
| - | ||
| - | ||
| - | ||
| - | ||
| - | ||
| - | ||
| - | ||
| Total grants to institutions | - |
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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 9 Tangible fixed assets Please complete this note if the charity has any tangible fixed assets
9.1 Cost or valuation
| Freehold land & buildings Other land & buildings Plant, machinery and motor vehicles Fixtures, fittings and equipment Payments on account and assets under construction Total £ £ £ £ £ £ Balance brought forward - - - - - - Additions - - - - - - Revaluations - - - - - - Disposals - - - - - - Transfers - - - - - - Balance carried forward - - - - - - Basis* SL or RB SL or RB SL or RB SL or RB SL or RB Rate Balance brought forward - - - - - - Depreciation charge for year - - - - - - Impairment provisions - - - - - - Revaluations - - - - - - Disposals - - - - - - Transfers - - - - - - Balance carried forward - - - - - - Brought forward - - - - - - Carried forward - - - - - - 9.3 Net book value 9.2 Accumulated depreciation and impairment provisions* |
Freehold land & buildings £ |
Other land & buildings £ |
Plant, machinery and motor vehicles £ |
Fixtures, fittings and equipment £ |
Payments on account and assets under construction £ |
Total £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
9.4 Revaluation
If any fixed assets have been revalued please give details of the valuer and method of valuation
* The "transfers" row is for movements between fixed asset categories.
** Please indicate the method of depreciation by deleting the method not applicable (SL = straight line; RB = reducing balance). Also please indicate the rate of depreciation: for straight line, what is the anticipated life of the asset (in years); for reducing balance, what is the percentage annual deduction.
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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 10 Investment assets
Please complete this note if the charity has any investment assets.
10.1 Fixed assets investments
| Add/(deduct):net gain/(loss) on revaluation Carrying (market) value at beginning of year Carrying (market) value at end of year Add:additions to investments at cost Less:disposals at carrying value |
£ |
|---|---|
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| - |
Please provide below:
10.2 A breakdown of the market values of investments shown above agreeing with the balance sheet row B03.
10.3 A breakdown of the income from investments agreeing with SOFA row S03.
| Investments in subsidiary or connected undertakings and companies Analysis of investments Other investments Total Investment properties Securities not listed on a recognised Stock Exchange Cash held as part of the investment portfolio Investments listed on a recognised stock exchange or held in common investment funds, open ended investment companies, unit trusts or other collective investment schemes |
10.2 Market value at year end £ |
10.3 Income from investments for the year £ |
|---|---|---|
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - |
10.4 Material investment holdings
If any single investment is material in terms of its value (for example represents more than 5 per cent of the value of the charity’s total investments) please provide details.
Investment held
Market Value
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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 11 Debtors and prepayments
Please complete this note if the charity has any debtors or prepayments.
| Analysis of debtors This year Last year This year Last year £ £ £ £ Trade debtors - - - - Amounts due from subsidiary and associated undertakings - - - - Other debtors - - - - Prepayments and accrued income - - - - Total - - - - 12.1 Analysis of creditors This year Last year This year Last year £ £ £ £ Loans and overdrafts - - - - Trade creditors - - - - Amounts due to subsidiary and associated undertakings - - - - Other creditors - - - - Accruals and deferred income - - - Total - - - - Amounts falling due within oneyear Amounts falling due after more than oneyear Amounts falling due within oneyear Note 12 Creditors and accruals Amounts falling due after more than oneyear Please complete this note if the charity has any creditors or accruals. |
Amounts falling due within oneyear |
Amounts falling due within oneyear |
Amounts falling due after more than oneyear |
Amounts falling due after more than oneyear |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This year £ |
Last year £ |
This year £ |
Last year £ |
|
| - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | |
| Amounts falling due within oneyear |
Amounts falling due after more than oneyear |
|||
| This year £ |
Last year £ |
This year £ |
Last year £ |
|
| - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | ||
| - | - | - | - |
12.2 Security over assets
If any loan, overdraft or other creditor holds a charge or other security over any assets of the charity please provide details.
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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 13 Endowment and restricted income funds
Please complete this section if the charity has any endowment or restricted income funds.
13.1 Funds held
Please give a brief description of any of the following type of funds held by the charity:
-
permanent endowment funds (PE);
-
expendable endowment funds (EE); and
-
restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity (R).
Type PE, EE Fund Name Purpose and Restrictions or R
13.2 Movements of major funds
Please give details of the movements of the major funds summarised in the restricted and endowment columns of the Statement of Financial Activities.
| Fund names | Fund balances brought forward £ |
Incoming resources £ |
Outgoing resources £ |
Transfers £ |
Gains and losses £ |
Fund balances carried forward £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total Funds | - | - | - | - | - | - |
13.3 Transfers between funds
Please give details of any transfers between funds.
From Fund (Name) To Fund (Name) Reason Amount
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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 14 Transactions with related parties
If the charity has any transactions with related parties (other than the trustee expenses explained in note 6) details of such transactions should be provided in this note. If there are no transactions to report, please enter “None” in the relevant boxes.
14.1 Remuneration and benefits
Please give the amount of, and legal authority for, any remuneration or other benefits paid to a trustee or other related parties by the charity or any institution or company connected with it.
| Name of trustee or connected party | Legal authority (eg order, governing document) |
Amounts paid or benefit value | Amounts paid or benefit value |
|---|---|---|---|
| This year £ |
Last year £ |
||
14.2 Loans
Please give details of and amounts owing to or from the charity’s trustees or other related parties by the charity at the year end.
| Due to trustees and related parties Due from trustees and related parties |
Name of trustee or connected party |
Legal authority | Amount owing | Amount owing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This year £ |
Last year £ |
|||
14.3 Other transaction(s) with trustees or related parties
Please give details of any transaction undertaken by (or on behalf of) the charity in which a trustee or related party has a material interest.
| Name of the trustee or relatedparty |
Relationship to charity |
Description of the transaction(s) |
This year £ |
Last year £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 15 Additional Disclosures
The following are significant matters which are not covered in other notes and need to be included to provide a proper understanding of the accounts. If there is insufficient room here, please add a separate sheet.
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees Gateway Church Northumberland On accounts for the year ended March 31•t 2025 Charlty no (if any) 1164586 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of th6 above charity (Ihe Trust.) for the year ended 3110312025. As the charity's truste8s, you are responsible for the preparation of the aount$ in accordance with the requir8ments of the Charrties Act 2011 (Ihe Acr). Responsibillties and basls of report I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts earriad out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under sedion 145{5)Ibl ofthe A. Indepandent I have completed my examination. examlner's statement I have no cOnrn$ and have come across no other matters in connection Wtth the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Slgned: Date: Name: G-Cf+4MA ALÉX&ND&R MIA8 IN*ITrTC OF ACCcu&ffAThlTS 2 @OOUL£-weos C I IXB) 10 LyfKIOAL Rèlevant professional qualiflcation{s) or l)ody (rfany): Addr•s8: èl3 3XL4 IER Oct 2018