Family Gateway

Analysis

Family Gateway is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tyne And Wear. It was registered in October 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07583330). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Family Gateway reported income of £771k and spending of £916k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £987k to £771k (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Family Gateway 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 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gingerbread Corner (£771k), Women for Refugee Women (£771k) and Ealing Foodbank (£770k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 81%, trading 15% and charitable activities 2.3%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.4%. Reserves of £328k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.