Little Gate Farm

Analysis

Little Gate Farm is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rye. It was registered in August 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Little Gate Farm reported income of £2.1m and spending of £1.8m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £965k to £2.1m (+115%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Little Gate Farm sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizens Advice West Northamptonshire and Cherwell (£2.1m), Ruils (£2.1m) and The Joseph Cox Charity (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and donations and legacies 3.5%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.3%. Reserves of £375k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 86 people.