CITYGATE CHURCH
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Cash
£131k
-67.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.6m
-7.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
32
+6.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £865,767 | £166,380 | £164,461 | -1.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£12,717 | -£52,570 | -£203,186 | -286.5% | |
| Cash | £401,415 | £401,736 | £131,431 | -67.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,832,864 | £2,780,294 | £3,178,499 | +14.3% | |
| Net assets | £2,832,864 | £2,780,294 | £2,577,108 | -7.3% | |
| Equity | £2,832,864 | £2,780,294 | £2,577,108 | -7.3% | |
| Average employees | 22 | 30 | 32 | +6.7% | |
| Wages | £412,952 | £545,007 | £575,526 | +5.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £174,787 | £96,712 | £100,379 | +3.8% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -1.5% | -31.6% | -123.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.1% | 2.2% | — | |
| Current ratio | 7.46x | 7.25x | 2.30x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CITYGATE CHURCH 2008-02-05 → present
- BOURNEMOUTH FAMILY CHURCH 2006-08-08 → 2008-02-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group or the parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CITYGATE CHURCH · parent
- Citygate Events Limited 100%
Significant events
- “in April 2025, we purchased New Church Tuckton Road, the sale of which was completed in April 2025 for £525,000. We acquired a mortgage through Kingdom Bank for £600,000.”
- “Our Southbourne congregation moved out of our Admiralty Road site and into the new Tuckton Road site in October 2025.”
- “At the end of 2025 we agreed the sale of Admiralty Road which we are hoping will be completed in early 2027.”
- “By the end of 2026, we plan to be in the last phase of the sale of our Admiralty Road property. We have agreed a sale price of £950,000 with Shemron Developments. The details of the conditional contract will be finalised around April 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THEUNISSEN, Sean Desmond | Secretary | 2013-07-16 | — | — |
| BEAL, Nicholas | Director | 2018-10-31 | Sep 1971 | British |
| SALWAY, James Stuart | Director | 2006-08-08 | Feb 1953 | British |
| THEUNISSEN, Sean Desmond | Director | 2006-08-08 | Apr 1982 | Irish |
| TRUESDALE, Mark Robert, Dr | Director | 2023-06-27 | Oct 1969 | British |
| WHITE, Russell James | Director | 2016-05-24 | Dec 1973 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALWAY, James Stuart | Secretary | 2006-08-08 | 2013-07-16 |
| CORNISH, John Dylan | Director | 2017-06-20 | 2022-03-02 |
| GOLLINGS, Simon Mark Anthony | Director | 2006-08-08 | 2011-09-20 |
| KINDER, Julian Christopher | Director | 2015-05-20 | 2018-07-16 |
| KIRKHAM, Catherine Mary | Director | 2007-06-25 | 2016-04-04 |
| LAWRENCE, Andrew Charles | Director | 2007-06-25 | 2016-05-25 |
| MCCLELLAND, Jonathan Gerald | Director | 2006-08-08 | 2012-10-23 |
| MILLARD, Rosemary | Director | 2022-01-25 | 2024-06-10 |
| MOORE, Hugh Hamish | Director | 2009-04-28 | 2010-11-28 |
| MORSE, Clifford Chappell | Director | 2010-09-22 | 2015-05-20 |
| MORTON, John | Director | 2017-06-20 | 2020-11-13 |
| PAGET, James Robert | Director | 2006-08-08 | 2009-06-23 |
| SMITH, Cheryl | Director | 2022-09-27 | 2025-03-04 |
| VESSEY, Chris | Director | 2013-07-16 | 2017-06-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Sean Desmond Theunissen | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2023-09-04 | Active |
| Mr Russell James White | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-09-04 | Active |
| Mr Tim Francis | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2023-09-04 | Active |
| Mr Russell James White | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2020-06-30 | Ceased 2021-07-15 |
| Mr Timothy Francis | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2020-06-30 | Ceased 2021-07-15 |
| Mr Sean Desmond Theunissen | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2020-06-30 | Ceased 2021-07-15 |
| Mr Michael John Taylor | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-06-20 | Ceased 2018-05-16 |
| Mr Russell James White | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-06-20 | Ceased 2018-05-16 |
| Mr Guy Ashley Miller | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-06-20 | Ceased 2018-05-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-07 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-06-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-08 | RP01PSC01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.