Gateway Church Ashford

Analysis

Gateway Church Ashford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashford. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04984514). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gateway Church Ashford reported income of £471k and spending of £496k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £271k to £471k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Gateway Church Ashford sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leeds South and East Foodbank (£471k), West View Advice and Resource Centre Limited (£471k) and International Waqf and Relief Foundation (Iwarf) (£470k).

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.