The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Gateway Qualifications Limited

Registered charity 1114282 Registered since 2006

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

14 trustees on the board

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (2)

14
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 14Economic/community Development/employment 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 16Business services 1Other services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£6.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

16.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 15.0 in 2021

61 from 35 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.gatewayqualifications.org.uk
Emailenquiries@gatewayqualifications.org.uk
Phone01206 911211
Address6 Tollgate Business Park, Tollgate West, Stanway, COLCHESTER, CO3 8AB

Finances

£6,228,627 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,045,012£2,696,195
2022£4,072,733£3,825,484
2023£4,575,436£3,753,261
2024£5,333,178£3,329,603
2025£6,228,627£5,308,821

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

2. OBJECTS2.1 THE OBJECTS (“THE OBJECTS”) FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING AND EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:-2.1.1 BY PROMOTING AND WIDENING PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING, PARTICULARLY BY THOSE WHO HAVE BENEFITED LEAST FROM EXISTING PROVISION;2.1.2 BY IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND FLEXIBILITY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROVISION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PRIMARILY FOR THOSE LEARNERS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN EXCLUDED FROM EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES;2.1.3 BY IMPROVING THE EDUCATIONAL WELFARE AND ACCESS TO LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND FACILITATING PROGRESSION TO FURTHER LEARNING, EMPLOYMENT AND HIGHER EDUCATION PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE AWARD OF CREDITS AND CREDIT-BASED QUALIFICATIONS;2.1.4 BY SUPPORTING THE ARRANGEMENTS OF OFQUAL, THE NATIONAL OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK AND THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION OR THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND THE DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS INNOVATION AND SKILLS OR RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO MONITOR THE TERMS OF THEIR LICENCES;2.1.5 IMPROVING ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION BY ESTABLISHING, CARRYING ON AND CONDUCTING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE AWARD OF CREDITS AND CREDIT-BASED LEARNING THROUGH LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS WITH OFQUAL, THE NATIONAL OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK AND OPERATING AS AN ACCESS VALIDATING AGENCY UNDER LICENCE FROM THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION OR THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION;2.1.6 BY ENCOURAGING AND ASSISTING ORGANISATIONS WITHIN ITS OPERATIONAL AREA TO PROVIDE A WIDER RANGE OF QUALITY ASSURED ACCREDITED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES;

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7 JULY 2005NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 22/08/2012AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09/10/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23 MAR 2016 AS AMENDED ON 16 OCT 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 NOV 2020 as amended on 12 Mar 2025

Trustees (14)

14trustees
53median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Gateway Qualifications Limited · 05502449 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 07/07/2005

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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