City Gate Community Projects

Analysis

City Gate Community Projects is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in July 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04298200). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, City Gate Community Projects reported income of £800k and spending of £1.2m, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £887k to £800k (-9.9%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, City Gate Community Projects sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Navigate (£798k), Kangaroos Mid Sussex (£800k) and Snap Cymru (£797k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 78% and charitable activities 20%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £35k. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 8.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4,125. Reserves of £417k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.