SWANSEA AND BRECON DIOCESAN BOARD FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Registered charity 1095035 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity works primarily with children, young people and their parents and/or carers to provide educational and experiential opportunities, support, advice, childcare and vocational training. In this capacity we operate within Swansea. We also support through our Multibank which is Pan Wales.We work in identified areas of disadvantage offering both premises based and outreach support.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.3m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £1,019,087 in unrestricted funds at the balance sheet date, which is above the minimum reserves target of £877,000 but below the ideal target of £1,129,000. Per the trustees' report, the charity ended the year with higher cash reserves and secured core funding until at least March 2026, placing it in a strong position for the year ahead.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Received grants from Swansea & Brecon Diocesan Board of Finance Limited.
“During the year the charity received grants totalling £69,128 (2024 - £66,055) from The Swansea & Brecon Diocesan Board of Finance Limited.” — page 57
“The charity also recharged staff costs totalling £18,877 (2024 - £45,092) to the Swansea and Brecon Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility (Wellbeing Project Brecon).” — page 57
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Recharged staff costs to Swansea and Brecon Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility.
“During the year the charity received grants totalling £69,128 (2024 - £66,055) from The Swansea & Brecon Diocesan Board of Finance Limited.” — page 57
“The charity also recharged staff costs totalling £18,877 (2024 - £45,092) to the Swansea and Brecon Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility (Wellbeing Project Brecon).” — page 57
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Provided a grant to Swansea and Brecon Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility.
“During the year the charity received grants totalling £69,128 (2024 - £66,055) from The Swansea & Brecon Diocesan Board of Finance Limited.” — page 57
“The charity also recharged staff costs totalling £18,877 (2024 - £45,092) to the Swansea and Brecon Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility (Wellbeing Project Brecon).” — page 57
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bevan Buckland LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Swansea And Brecon Diocesan Board For Social Responsibility (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 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 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.3m
Total spending
£1.6m
Reserves (reported)
£973k
Employees
45

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (78% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.3m£1.6m
31/03/2024£1.6m£1.2m
31/03/2023£1.2m£1.1m
31/03/2022£1.2m£995k
31/03/2021£884k£830k

Common questions

Is SWANSEA AND BRECON DIOCESAN BOARD FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held £1,019,087 in unrestricted funds at the balance sheet date, which is above the minimum reserves target of £877,000 but below the ideal target of £1,129,000. Per the trustees' report, the charity ended the year with higher cash reserves and secured core funding until at least March 2026, placing it in a strong position for the year ahead. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bevan Buckland LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/05/2024£300kBrighter Futures 2
The National Lottery Community Fund24/09/2020£298kBrighter Futures
The National Lottery Community Fund25/11/2015£500kSt Teilos Family Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund27/10/2011£4kPenplas Arts and Crafts Project
The National Lottery Community Fund28/01/2010£451kSt John's Children and Family Resource Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund14/04/2008£22kSt. John's Children and Family Resource Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund02/11/2005£45kThere is no project name available for this record
The National Lottery Community Fund23/11/2004£25kThere is no project name available for this record

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Swansea Bay University LHB Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SWANSEA AND BRECON DIOCESAN BOARD FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY£2.3m——unclear—no doubt
Swansea Bay University LHB Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities FY2025£1.4m—0unclear18.7%no doubt
Swansea City AFC Foundation FY2025£1.5m——unclear—no doubt
SWANSEA AND BRECON DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE FY2024£4.2mmore than £60,0001above—no doubt
CORNERSTONE CHURCH SWANSEA FY2026£344k—0above—no doubt
Swansea MAD FY2025£449k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.