Citygate Church

Analysis

Citygate Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in February 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05899708). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Citygate Church reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.3m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.5m to £1.1m (-28%), an average of -7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Citygate Church sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Weston Provident Fund (£1.1m), Liver Care and Housing LTD (£1.1m) and Uxbridge United Welfare Trust (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 83%, trading 16% and charitable activities 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £26k. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 11%. Grants to other organisations totalled £41k. Reserves of £40k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.

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.