THE AMELIA METHODIST TRUST COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 1053468 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE AMELIA TRUST FARM

We deliver therapeutic programmes for young people facing multiple disadvantages to help them get their lives back on track by involving them in meaningful activities at the Farm. We also work in partnership with other charities to reach out to different groups of vulnerable people and provide community facilities for everyone to enjoy the countryside and the benefits of nature.

Objects

(I) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE USE OF THE PERSONS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (IV) HEREOF AND FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS. (II) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, HOME CRAFTS, COUNTRY LIFE AND RELATED SUBJECTS. (III) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE CARE AND CONSIDERATION OF ALL ANIMALS PARTICULARLY ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION. (IV) TO ASSIST PERSONS OF ANY AGE RESIDENT IN WALES AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER ASSISTANCE AND WHO ARE PREPARING FOR, ENTERING UPON OR ENGAGED IN ANY PROFESSION, TRADE OCCUPATION OR SERVICE, BY PROVIDING THEM WITH OUTFITS, BY PAYING FOR FEES, TRAVELLING OR MAINTENANCE EXPENSES, OR BY SUCH OTHER MEANS FOR THEIR ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OR TO ENABLE THEM TO EARN THEIR LIVING AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.(V) FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES (ACCORING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE SOUTH GLAMORGAN

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £1,741,214, while available free reserves were £243,195. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, with total net assets standing at £1,772,971. The trustees confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (66% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/12/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW PAUL CROSS
• Joanna Howell
• Joanne Sarah Thomas
• Lisa Marianne Cordery
• NICHOLAS PARKER RODGERS
• Rev Andrew Charlesworth · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev Stephen Wigley · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sian Davies · trustee of 2 other charities
• Stephen John Thomas
• VANESSA CLAIRE JOHNS-POWELL

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Bridgend · Caerphilly · Cardiff · City Of Swansea · Merthyr Tydfil · Monmouthshire · Newport City · Rhondda Cynon Taff · Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONGMEAD COMMUNITY FARM LIMITED.

• LONGMEAD COMMUNITY FARM LIMITED income £77k
• THE CHILDREN'S ADVENTURE FARM TRUST LTD income £1.2m
• MAKING MIRACLES income £301k
• THE ALEXANDER MOSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST income £5.8m
• THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH, BARTLE income £82k
• MAKING EVERY ADULT MATTER income £717k

Side by side with its peers

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