Gateway Church Leyton

Analysis

Gateway Church Leyton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gateway Church Leyton reported income of £32k and spending of £48k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £39k to £32k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Gateway Church Leyton sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Askern Ward Community Partnership (£32k), The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Solution Ground Parish (£32k) and Fishmongers and Poulterers Charity (£32k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.