River Church Wales

Registered charity 1050640 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TAB LIFE CENTRE, THE GOSPEL TABERNACLE, THE TABERNACLE (PONTLLANFRAITH)

Advancement of Christian faith, To relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of focus, goods or services including counselling and supportTo advance education and trainingfoodbank meeting needs in area, street pastors, mums and toddlers, youth group

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;(B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND(C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE PONTLLANFRAITH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Caerphilly, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded an operating loss of £4,270 for the year ended 31 December 2024. Unrestricted reserves stood at £973,682, which the trustees consider sufficient to enable the church to function effectively in the coming year. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or related party transactions.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Thomas
• Kerry Ann Stockman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lisa Farquhar · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ruth Elaine Thomas · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Leighton Waters · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RIVER CHURCH.

• RIVER CHURCH income £499k
• RIVER CHURCH WALES income £293k
• RIVERSIDE CHURCH income £547k
• RIVER OF LIFE CHURCH, FELIXSTOWE income £96k
• RIVER CHURCH (ORPINGTON) income £179k
• RIVER CHURCH (ST NEOTS) LTD income £93k

Side by side with its peers

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