Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 14
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +14
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

CITY GATEWAY LIMITED 

City Gateway serves people in communities most impacted by social and economic inequality. They seek to transform those communities by improving individuals’ life chances delivering programmes that enable positive, sustained outcomes in empowerment, education and employment
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/23£1,416£1,398£18£0£172£1621.42323
31/08/22£1,659£1,629£29£0£147£1471.12616
31/08/21£1,598£1,587£11£81£118£1180.93012
31/08/20£1,714£1,706£8£176£107£920.63225
31/08/19£2,534£2,812£-278£0£98£980.46316
31/08/18£2,755£2,789£-34£0£376£3751.6980
31/08/17£2,607£2,881£-274£0£410£3801.61220
31/08/16£7,544£8,174£-630£0£784£5760.82940
31/08/15£7,608£7,503£106£69£1,365£1,2892.12660
31/08/14£8,037£7,746£292£64£1,259£1,2371.92880
31/08/13£5,727£5,591£136£35£968£8311.82350
31/08/12?£4,937£4,830£107£26£832£7301.81850
31/03/11£3,120£2,972£148£18£725£6172.51030
31/03/10£2,093£1,968£126£15£577£4762.9520
31/03/09£1,235£1,127£108£7£451£4334.6300
31/03/08£1,102£947£155£6£350£3504.4280
31/03/07*£757£671£87£4£201£2013.6200
31/03/06*£363£298£65£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£194£175£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£84£78£5£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 79%
Liabilities/Income: 45%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 1.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 25 years

www.citygateway.org.uk

finance@citygateway.org.uk

02037276230

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Employment training & rehabilitation
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Impetus PEF£1,261,391
Henry Smith Charity£90,100
The Childhood Trust£53,375
Charles Hayward Foundation£50,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,903
Department for Education£16,884
The Berkeley Foundation£16,819
The Rayne Foundation£15,700
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
London Catalyst - City Gateway - 8
£1,200 05/09/2023
Hardship Fund
The Childhood Trust - Route to Employment
£50,000 23/12/2022
City Gateway supports young people, drawn from many of London's most disadvantaged communities, to reach their full potential. We work with young people aged 16 to 24 who are currently NEET (Not in ....more
London Catalyst - City Gateway - 7
£1,200 06/09/2022
Hardship Fund
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to City Gateway
£90,100 25/08/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing training and education for young people not in education, employment or training in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Impetus PEF -
£375,000 01/08/2022
The Childhood Trust - Coaching disadvantaged young people to employment
£3,375 12/06/2022
Disadvantaged young people are 50% more likely to be unemployed than more advantaged peers with identical qualifications. We will provide one-to-one coaching and support to 200 disadvantaged young ....more
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to City Gateway
£25,000 29/11/2021
Bright Starts programme for pre-school childre and their families
London Catalyst - City Gateway - 6
£1,200 23/09/2021
Hardship Fund
Impetus PEF -
£486,391 01/07/2021
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to City Gateway Ltd
£15,700 28/06/2021
Towards an innovative remote work placement product that removes identified barriers preventing the connection between employers with opportunities, and disadvantaged young people with potential.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bright Starts
£9,903 07/05/2021
The funding will be used to provide advice training and support sessions for women from ethnic minority communities. The project aims to help people skills which improve their chances of finding ....more
The Berkeley Foundation - Emergency Covid-19 grant
£16,819 13/11/2020
Emergency funding to support a new online student hub and work experience offer
Impetus PEF -
£400,000 01/07/2020
Department for Education - Apprenticeships Participation 18+
£16,884 01/04/2020
To fund the provision of apprenticeship training.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to City Gateway
£25,000 27/02/2020
Bright Starts programme for pre-school childre and their families
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Potential
£10,000 24/02/2020
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The funding will be used to host introduction and welcome days to offer guidance and support to young people who are NEET. The project aims to engage participants in education and employment ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to City Gateway
£15,000 04/02/2020
purchase of furniture and equipment for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in Poplar and Tower Hamlets
Impetus PEF -
£632,187 01/07/2019
Impetus PEF -
£396,000 01/07/2018
Impetus PEF -
£420,000 01/07/2017
BBC Children in Need - Grant to City Gateway
£111,952 14/06/2017
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Funding for a Family Support worker to work with disadvantaged families in Tower Hamlets. By taking part in the project the children will be more school ready, have improved home-learning ....more
Impetus PEF -
£320,000 01/07/2016
Greater London Authority - Grant to City Gateway
£45,000 08/04/2015
Volunteering Programme to secure employment, education or training
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to City Gateway
£83,700 12/06/2014
24
towards two years' continuation funding towards a project providing language classes and support services for BAME women in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
National Lottery Community Fund - City Gateway Women's Project (CGWP)
£268,478 17/06/2013
24
This is a continuation and development of the very successful City Gateway Women's Project which works with economically excluded and vulnerable women in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-54
  • ADAM PIZZEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Senior Manager
  • BARRI DISU Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Assistant Academy Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/11/1999, number: 1078360
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/04/1999, number: 03760619
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 21 days late, AR06: 17 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

The Pavilion
Import Building
2 Clove Crescent
London
E14 2BE

Objectives

TO DEMONSTRATE THE CONSISTENT CONCERN OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE POOR AND SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ACROSS LONDON AND PRINCIPALLY EAST LONDON BY IMPROVING THE EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS IN THE AREA, THROUGH PROVIDING TRAINING IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER DISCIPLINES, BY PROVIDING MENTORS FROM THE CITY FOR THE TRAINEES, BY BUILDING LINKS BETWEEN THE CITY OF LONDON AND THE COMMUNITY ALLOWING THE CITY INSTITUTIONS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FURTHERANCE OF THE AREA'S EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT, BY PROVIDING AN AGENCY WHICH WILL DELIVER INDIVIDUALS INTO JOBS, BY PROVIDING A CARING AND ENCOURAGING ENVIRONMENT TO DEVELOP SKILLS, BY WORKING WITH OTHER LOCAL ORGANISATIONS WHICH PURSUE SIMILAR AIMS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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