Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
All male board: -3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 7

GATEWAY CHURCH (KENDAL)

The promotion of the Christian faith in Kendal and its surrounding areas. The charity was established for Christian worship, prayer, Bible teaching and preaching of the Christian gospel. We seek to serve the local community by providing a place of prayer and worship, Meeting needs of the community and helping individuals in need.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
Why is the Board completely male?
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/12/23		£60	£57	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22		£63	£49	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£31	£27	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£50	£32	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	*	£40	£21	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£10	£2	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17		£31	£30	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.gatewaychurchkendal.org

jgios@me.com

01539732002

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Cumbria,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
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

National Lottery Community Fund	£9,810
Cumbria Community Foundation	£8,555
The Bishop Radford Trust	£1,050

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Cumbria Community Foundation - Winter Warm Spot
£1,855	21/10/2022 6	Winter Warm Spot
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to Gateway Church
£1,050	29/04/2022	Community engagement / development - football hoiday club, post covid memory makign trip for families in UDA.
National Lottery Community Fund - Neighbourhood Chaplain project - COVID-19 response
£9,810	22/05/2020 3	The funding will be used to develop an online community hub working with local organisations to provide a one-stop place where residents can access a range of online support services to help address issues affecting them. This includes bereavement ....more The funding will be used to develop an online community hub working with local organisations to provide a one-stop place where residents can access a range of online support services to help address issues affecting them. This includes bereavement befriending and emotional support access to weekly digital mental health first aid courses and online money management training. The aim is to support people during the current COVID-19 pandemic to help reduce isolation and improve wellbeing.
Cumbria Community Foundation - Staff, volunteer training, advertising costs
£6,700	13/05/2020 6	Staff, volunteer training, advertising costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DAVID GREY Appointed: 2023

NIGEL PETER THOMPSON (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Sales Director

REV ANDREW GARDENER Appointed: 2024

REV JONATHAN ALDO GIOS MA Appointed: 2018

STEPHEN HARTLEY Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/10/2016, number: 1169843

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; AR19: 17 days late,

Main office

Office 4
South Lakes Foyer
Yard 95
Stricklandgate
KENDAL
Cumbria

Objectives

The prevention or relief of poverty, the advancement of the Christian faith, the advancement of citizenship or community development

Data Sources

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