BRIDGEND UNITED AREA

Registered charity 1127992 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The puposes of the united area are and shall be deemed to have been the advancement of:-(a) Christian faith in accordance with the doctrines of the united churches(b)any chacritable pupose of the area, society, susidiary or any charity being a charity subsidiary of ancillary of the area

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE AREA SHALL BE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINAL PRINCIPLES, PRACTICES AND USAGES OF THE PARTICIPATING DENOMINATIONS INCLUDING THE PROMOTION OF FELLOWSHIP AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE LOCAL CHURCHES AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND INTERESTS OF THE AREA AND THOSE OF THE LOCAL CHURCHES SO FAR AS THEY ARE WHOLLY AND EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

Area of benefit: BRIDGEND UNITED AREA ECUMENICAL AREA WHICH IS A METHODIST CIRCUIT WITHIN THE WALES SYNOD OF THE METHODIST CHURCH DESIGNATED BY THE CONFERENCE AS AN ECUMENICAL AREA AND AN AREA OF ECUMENICAL COOPERATION TO WHICH THE NATIONAL WALES SYNOD OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (URC)

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 charity reports unrestricted reserves of £45,829 against a stated policy target of £15,000–£20,000, indicating it is above its internal reserves policy. The accounts state the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

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 4 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 handling
• Conflicting interests
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

• AMANDA JAYNE Reed
• ARTHUR NEVILLE GRANVILLE
• Christian Martinson
• ELIZABETH CERI GRIFFITHS
• HEATHER ANN PHILLIPS
• ISOBEL STINTON
• JILL TROTMAN
• JOSEPHINE LEWIS
• Joan Eleanor Wickett
• MARGARET RUTH BRADSHAW
• MICHAEL WILLIAM BOYLES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Moira James
• NEVILLE THOMAS
• PHILIP STINTON
• PHILLIP BENJAMIN
• ROSEMARIE JAYNE WARD
• Rev JEAN HUMPHREYS
• Rev JOHN HANSON CERT ED
• Rev Malcolm Stinton
• SANDRA BAKER
• Winston James Griffiths

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

Operates in: Bridgend · Rhondda Cynon Taff

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