Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: -16
Support Score: 3
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Dormant: -10
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Submission defaults: -10
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • All female board: -3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -21 ?

GATEWAY NORTH EAST

GNE supports children ,young people, families and carers affected by disability or a barrier to learning by providing leisure activities, holiday schemes, training and work experience. We provide emotional, physical, practical and spiritual support we work towards educating society about the needs and positive attributes of young people with a disability or barrier to learning and their families
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There have been multiple defaults for filing returns
  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • Why is the Board completely female?
  • Over half the Board have joined recently
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • This charity appears to be dormant

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/20£169£171£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19*£241£239£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£203£203£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£231£190£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£208£210£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15*£165£166£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£124£123£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£128£130£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£17£13£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years

www.gatewaynortheast.com

Joanne@gatewaynortheast.org.uk

07878510312

Charity Commission for England and Wales
This Charity appears to be dormant
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Durham, Gateshead, Ghana, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-tees, Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Sport England£38,830
True Colours Trust£9,325
National Lottery Community Fund£8,800
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - COVID-19 Return to Play
£35,830 25/06/2021
2
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled COVID-19 Return to Play. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
True Colours Trust - Towards essential renovations to improve accessibility of toilets
£9,325 09/02/2021
Towards essential renovations to improve accessibility of toilets
National Lottery Community Fund - communicating better
£8,800 12/01/2021
4
The funding will be used to continue providing activities and support to families who have a child or young adult with a disability who have been shielding during the pandemic. This includes the provision of activity bags and family cooking/baking ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£3,000 08/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
National Lottery Community Fund - Young peoples Beyond the wall project
£9,960 01/08/2019
12
The funding provide weekly after school peer support sessions, activities and residentials for children and young people, with the aim of building confidence and self-esteem.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sunderland Gateway Sports
£70,082 23/10/2018
36
This project will support disabled children and young people to devise their own "personal projects" and take part in activities which will empower them, improve self esteem and increase independence.
National Lottery Community Fund - Easington Lane Stepping Out Project
£10,000 24/05/2017
12
The project will provide group meetings for young people with disabilities or learning difficulties and engage them in projects in the organisation and the community. This will help young people develop new life skills, confidence and independence.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Gateway North East
£20,000 21/10/2016
purchase and refurbishment of building for a charity which works with disabled people in Tyne and Wear
National Lottery Community Fund - A4A - Focus Project
£10,000 20/05/2015
12
The organisation will use the funding to develop a mentoring scheme for young people with disabilities or learning difficulties. This will enable the organisation to teach the beneficiaries new skills, whilst building their confidence and self ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Gateway Active Award
£109,550 23/10/2013
24
Project: This is a continuation and development of a previous project which aims to provide support to young people with learning disabilities (LD) in the North East, which is both accessible and personalised, to improve their health and well-being.
National Lottery Community Fund - Multi Sensory Room Provision
£10,000 02/05/2012
12
This is a project by a registered charity in Sunderland. The group will use the funding to provide a multi sensory room for young people living with profound disabilities. This will provide an accessible activity for young people and provide respite ....more
Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CHRISTINE MARSHALL HLTA Appointed: 2024
  • JOANNE FEARN BED MA FF Appointed: 2022
  • LAURA FEARN BSC, MA Appointed: 2022
  • MELODY DICKENS BSC Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/02/2011, number: 1140476
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR19: 242 days late, AR18: 56 days late, AR15: 79 days late, AR14: 249 days late,
Main office

Gateway North East
Elemore Lane
Easington Lane
HOUGHTON LE SPRING
Tyne And Wear
DH5 0QE

Objectives

(A) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY THEPROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES,DEPENDANTS AND CARERS, AND TO PREVENT LEARNING DISABILITIES FOR THEPUBLIC BENEFIT AND TO ADVANCE RELIGION AMONGST PERSONS WITH A LEARNINGDISABILITY; AND(B) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OROTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED THEREOF BYREASON OF LEARNING DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.LEARNING DISABILITY MEANS ANY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY OF THE MINDAND ANY ASSOCIATED CONDITION HOWSOEVER CAUSED AND WHETHER MILD,MODERATE OR SEVERE..

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?
The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more
Our Top Tips for Philanthropy
Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more
How to become a Philanthropist
In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more

Giving is Great