Gateway Church Withernsea CIO
Charity Number 1171717
Gateway Church Withernsea
Annual Report and Financial Statement
2025
Gateway Church Withernsea CIO
Charity Number 1171717
Trustees Annual Report For the period ending 30 September 2025
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 September 2025.
Administrative Details of Gateway Church Withernsea
Name of charity:
Name of charity: Gateway Church Withernsea CIO Charity Registration Number: 1171717 Registered Address: 104 Queen Street Withernsea East Yorkshire HU19 2HB Bankers HSBC UK 3-4 Jameson Street Hull HU1 3JX
Trustees:
Mr Timothy Jarvis Chairperson Appointed February 2017 Mrs Melissa Hayton Treasurer Appointed February 2017 Mrs Annette Jarvis Appointed February 2017 Mr Matthew Milnes Appointed June 2023 Mrs Susan Harley Appointed February 2025 Mrs Carol Crawley Appointed March 2025
Church Pastor Mr Timothy Jarvis
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Gateway Church Withernsea CIO
Charity Number 1171717
Trustees Annual Report For the period ending 30 September 2025
Structure, Governance and Management
Governing Document
Kingstrust Network CIO is a registered charity governed by its Constitution adopted on 12 January 2017.
Appointment of Trustees
Trustees are appointed by nomination of the Church’s senior pastor Tim Jarvis and with the agreement of the board of trustees, decided by a simple majority vote. The trustees are responsible, along with the senior pastor, for the general running of the church, including deciding how the funds of the church are to be spent.
The Constitution states that the number of trustees must not be less than three but shall not be subject to any maximum.
All trustees are familiarised with the practical work of the charity, including but not limited to:
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The obligations of the charity,
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The obligations of trustees,
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The main documents which set out the operating framework for the charity, including its constitution,
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The resources and the current financial position of the church as set out in its latest published accounts and periodic management accounts presented at trustees meetings,
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Ongoing plans and objectives.
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Gateway Church Withernsea CIO
Charity Number 1171717
Trustees Annual Report For the period ending 30 September 2025
| 2025 | 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | ||
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| Note | Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total | |
| RECEIPTS | 1,3 | ||||
| Donations | 7,220.02 | - | 7,220.02 | 4,710.40 | |
| HMRC reclaimedgift aid | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | 1,359.31 | |
| Other | 8 | 173.12 | - | 173.12 | 10.00 |
| 7,393.14 | - | 7,393.14 | 6,079.71 | ||
| PAYMENTS | |||||
| Minister’s travelexpenses | 7 | 2,926.84 | - | 2,926.84 | 2,775.37 |
| Hall rental | 2,822.50 | - | 2,822.50 | 2,145.00 | |
| Churchevents &materials | 1,084.20 | - | 1,084.20 | 878.31 | |
| Denominational fees | 968.13 | - | 968.13 | 826.00 | |
| Insurance | 505.25 | - | 505.25 | 235.38 | |
| Charitable giving | 300.00 | - | 300.00 | 40.45 | |
| Visiting speakerexpenses | 215.00 | - | 215.00 | 210.00 | |
| Other | 10 | 112.98 | - | 112.98 | 0.00 |
| FoodProvision | 84.97 | - | 84.97 | 399.13 | |
| BankCharges | 63.27 | - | 63.27 | 73.54 | |
| Promotion/ publicity | 26.36 | - | 26.36 | 308.95 | |
| Capitalexpenditure | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | 208.90 | |
| Bookkeeping Costs | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | 150.00 | |
| 9,109.50 | - | 9,109.50 | 8,251.03 | ||
| NET SURPLUS(DEFICIT) | (1,716.36) | - | (1,716.36) | (2,171.32) | |
| ASSETS (LIABILITIES) | |||||
| Cash and bank balances broughtforward |
1,148.05 | - | 1,148.05 | 9,329.37 | |
| Cash and bank balances carriedforward |
1,441.61 | - | 1,441.61 | 1,148.05 | |
| Investments carriedforward | 8 | 4,000.08 | - | 4,000.08 | 6,010.00 |
| Creditors | 7,9 | (611.09) | - | (611.09) | (312.68) |
| Fixed assets [written down value] | 311.18 | - | 311.18 | 570.15 | |
| NET ASSET VALUE | 5,141.78 | - | 5,141.78 | 7,415.52 |
These financial statements were approved by the trustees on 3 July 2026 and signed on the charity’s behalf by: _____ Tim Jarvis, Chairperson _____ Melissa Hayton, Treasurer
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Gateway Church Withernsea CIO
Charity Number 1171717
Trustees Annual Report For the period ending 30 September 2025
Notes
1: Basis of Preparation
These accounts have been prepared on a Receipts and Payments (R&P) basis in line with Charities Commission guidance for a charity of this size.
2: Staffing Costs
There were no staffing costs in the period.
3: Restricted Funds
There were no restricted funds in this financial period.
4: Taxation
The church is a registered charity (no: 1171717). All the church’s income is applied to its charitable objectives and the church is therefore exempt under current legislation from most forms of taxation.
5: Transactions with connected persons
No financial transactions with trustees or connected persons occurred in this financial period.
6: Foreign Transactions
There were no foreign transactions in this financial period.
7: Payments to connected persons
Tim Jarvis was reimbursed £2,926.84 for his travel expenses in 2024/25. £293.59 was owed to Tim Jarvis for travel expenses outstanding at 30/09/2025. There were no other reimbursements of expenses to Trustees paid during the year.
8: Investments and other income
The church had invested £4,000 in the Green Pastures housing scheme for the homeless in 2024 on a two year plan with 4% interest accrued over two years and payable on completion of the term which completes in 2026. The church invested £2,000 in a savings account that had earned £102.08 interest as of 30/09/2025. The church sold its old Internet domain name gateway.uk.net for £71.04 after deducting fees.
9: Creditors
£293.59 was owed to Tim Jarvis for travel expenses and £317.50 was owed to the Meridian Centre Withernsea CIO for room hire.
10: Other expenses
£96.00 was paid to Phoenix Accounting Ltd for filing the church’s HMRC tax returns for 2024 and 2025 and £16.98 was paid to DBS-direct for DBS check fees.
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Gateway Church Withernsea CIO
Charity Number 1171717
Trustees Annual Report For the period ending 30 September 2025
Reserves Policy
The trustees were able to retain three to six months’ core running costs in the unrestricted general fund to ensure a sufficient buffer to enable effective financial decision-making, rather than short term decisions, and the charity will work towards maintaining this reserve in the future by careful ongoing monitoring of income and expenditure.
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Gateway Church Withernsea CIO
Charity Number 1171717
Trustees Annual Report For the period ending 30 September 2025
Objectives and Activities
The objects of the charity as set out in the Constitution are:
- The advancement of the Christian faith in such ways as the charity trustees may from time to time decide.
Main objective for 2025:
To grow the church membership, to see new converts to the faith become members, and to build up the Christian faith of the church membership.
Activities in 2025:
The church performed the following activities for the advancement of the Christian faith:
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1 Weekly Sunday service at the Meridian Centre Withernsea including junior church for children. During the summer months two services were held outdoors in public, in Valley Gardens Withernsea. One service was jointly held with our Groundlevel denomination at the annual conference in Lincoln in August.
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2 Weekly hybrid bible study,
All the church’s activities both are open to the general public, advertised locally and online at www.gatewayuk.net, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GatewayChurchWithernsea
Main objectives for the following year:
In developing the main objectives for the following year the Trustees have given regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit.
The charity aims to strengthen and increase the church membership at Withernsea. We would love to see new members from the local community who have adopted the Christian Faith with Jesus as their saviour.
The charity intends to continue to work with Kingstrust Network CIO (number 1161181) in running the Gateway Community Care Hub in Withernsea. This collaboration will bring new opportunities to meet and serve new people in the coming year.
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Gateway Church Withernsea CIO
Charity Number 1171717
Trustees Annual Report For the period ending 30 September 2025
Achievements and Performance
Review of Activities in 2025
The church held all its Sunday Services at the Meridian Centre, Withernsea except for those it held outdoors. A weekly bible study continues in the Gateway Community Care Hub on a Tuesday night and online (hybrid meeting).
The charity continued to work with Kingstrust Network CIO (number 1161181) in running the Gateway Community Care Hub in Withernsea greatly benefiting the people of the Withernsea area.
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Gateway Church Withernsea CIO
Charity Number 1171717
Trustees Annual Report For the period ending 30 September 2025
Policies
The church has adopted the following policies and ensures that all volunteers comply with their recommendations:
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Safeguarding policy (includes the DBS checking of all who work with children and vulnerable adults),
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Moral policy,
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Statement of faith,
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Confidentiality policy,
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Requirements of Gateway leaders.
The church requires all its leaders and trustees to sign their commitment to these policies.
Risk Review
The trustees aim to conduct a periodic review of the major risks to which the charity is exposed:
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Risks are minimised by the implementation of the policies listed above,
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The needs to minimise financial risks is recognised and is managed by a requirement for all significant expenditure to be authorised at a meeting of the trustees of a sub-committee thereof,
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The church holds a current public liability insurance policy.
Statement of Trustee’s responsibilities
Charity law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of the excess of income over expenditure of the Charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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Charity Number 1171717
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charity will continue to operate.
The Trustees confirm that the accounts comply with the above requirements. The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
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