The Gateway Foundation
What it does
Provision of funding for education and vocational or practical training, to assist ex-offenders and recovering drug addicts. The objective is for the individual to secure long term employment, which will enable the individual to re-build their life and become useful and productive members of society.
Its charitable purposes
(I) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF OFFENDERS AND FORMER OFFENDERS OF ANY OF HM PRISONS WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY PROVIDING FINANCE TO OR ON BEHALF OF SUCH OFFENDERS, INCLUDING FUNDING OR CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE COST OF TUITION , BOOKS, TRANSPORT, MEALS, AND THE LIKE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING THEM TO OBTAIN EDUCATION AT ANY LEVEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF BETTER ENABLING THEM TO OBTAIN GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT.(II) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG FORMER OFFENDERS AND TO BENEFIT OFFENDERS AND FORMER OFFENDERS WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK FIT, WHETHER BY WAY OF CASH GRANTS, GUARANTEES, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT AND ACCOMMODATION.(III) TO CARRY OUT SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DEEM, IN THEIR DISCRETION, TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE FOREGOING OBJECTS.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Economic and community development, and employment
- Who it helps
- Other defined groups
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
- Provides other finance
- Provides services
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Throughout England and Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: Within the United Kingdom.
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £156 and spent £2,405.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £156 | £2,405 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2024 | £156 | £850 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2023 | £0 | £0 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2022 | £6,600 | £4,410 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2021 | £453 | £3,858 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 66%, from £453 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £156 in the year to 31 December 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 1,542% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 4 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
3 trustees run the charity.
- David John Thorp
- Sherard Wood
- Wendy Frayne
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | 31 October 2026 | Received 14 August 2026, 78 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2024 | 31 October 2025 | Received 17 September 2025, 44 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2023 | 31 October 2024 | Received 3 December 2024, 33 days late | Not required |
| 31 December 2022 | 31 October 2023 | Received 7 January 2023, 297 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2021 | 31 October 2022 | Received 8 March 2022, 237 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1121627
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 20 November 2007
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 19 OCTOBER 2007.
- Website
- thegatewayfoundation.co.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Torfaen
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.