YMDDIRIEDOLAETH ADDOLDAI CYMRU WELSH RELIGIOUS BUILDING TRUST

Registered charity 1084030 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Welsh Religious Buildings Trust aims to secure the conservation, repair and maintenance for future generations of a representative selection of non-Anglican redundant religious buildings in Wales which are of particular historic or architectural significance. These buildings are important parts of our rich and diverse man-made environment and contribute much to Wales' unique identity.

Objects

THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE RELIGIOUS AND ASSOCIATED HERITAGE OF WALES, OR THAT WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH WALES, FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE OF WALES AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:TO SECURE THE CONSERVATION, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF CHAPELS, CHURCHES, MEETING HOUSES OR OTHER RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS AND ENVIRONMENTS SITUATED IN WALES, OTHER THAN THOSE CONSECRATED TO THE USE OF THE CHURCH IN WALES, TOGETHER WITH THEIR CONTENTS, BURIAL GROUNDS AND CURTILAGES, WHERE THE BUILDINGS ARE OF RELIGIOUS INTEREST, OR OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST.TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION AND APPRECIATION OF CHAPELS, CHURCHES, MEETING HOUSES OR OTHER RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS, OTHER THAN THOSE CONSECRATED TO THE USE OF THE CHURCH IN WALES, TOGETHER WITH THEIR ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS, ENVIRONMENTS, CONTENTS, BURIAL GROUNDS AND CURTILAGES WHERE SUCH BUILDINGS ARE OF RELIGIOUS INTEREST OR OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST, PRIMARILY SITUATED IN WALES, OR THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH WALES, WHETHER THE BUILDINGS ARE BEING USED FOR THEIR ORIGINAL PURPOSES OR NOT, AND TO ADVISE ON THEIR CONSERVATION.

Area of benefit: WALES

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £7,143 for the year, with unrestricted funds totaling £710,172. The trustees note that current funds are insufficient for all requirements and that the organization operates with limited resources, relying heavily on annual grants from Cadw. The charity has not built up significant reserves, stating it would like to build a modest amount for unforeseen eventualities.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03870343

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• DAVIES, Tomos Prys — director, appointed 11/04/2025on trustee list
• LANCASTER, Natalie — director, appointed 11/04/2025on trustee list
• DOVE, Genesis Yisselda — director, appointed 11/04/2025on trustee list
• DAVEY, Elaine Marilyn, Dr — director, appointed 14/11/2019on trustee list
• NASH, Gerallt — director, appointed 27/07/2012on trustee list
• SCOURFIELD, Robert Stuart — director, appointed 16/07/2004not on trustee list
• OWEN, David Huw, Dr — director, appointed 02/11/1999on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Elaine Davey
• GERALLT NASH
• Genesis Yisselda Dove
• MR D HUW OWEN
• Natalie Lancaster
• ROB SCOURFIELD
• Tomos Prys Davies

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).