MID GLAMORGAN MISSION OF THE METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1128203 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MGM

THE MID GLAMORGAN MISSION CIRCUIT ACTS AS THE UMBRELLA BODY AND A RESOURCE PROVIDER FOR ALL OF THE METHODIST CHURCHES WITHIN OUR CIRCUIT BOUNDARY

Objects

The purposes of the Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have been since the date of union the advancement of -(a) the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and the dicipline of the Methodist Church;(b) any charitable purpose for the time being of any Connexional, district, circuit, local or other organisation of the Methodist Church;(c) any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institution subsiduary or ancillary to the Methodist Church;(d) any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE LOCAL

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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Latest income

£419k

Latest spending

£234k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity aims to hold reserves sufficient to cover cash flow requirements, with a policy that retained reserves should not exceed six months of total circuit expenditure. The document notes that there are no funds materially in deficit. No independent audit report or specific financial figures regarding income, expenditure, or total reserves are provided in the submitted text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Examples of public community events across the Circuit this year include: flower festivals, carol services, coffee mornings, strawberry and cream teas, craft fairs, all of which raised considerable amounts of money for various charities.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months total circuit expenditure

“It is felt that retained reserves should not exceed six months total circuit expenditure.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints 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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Andrew Charlesworth BSc BAchair · trustee of 3 other charities
AVRIL BARRY
Alma Mills
Audrey Davies
CAROL EDMUNDS
CLIVE JAMES GARDNER
DIANE COLLIER STOLTMAN
Emily F C Barry
GILLIAN DOROTHY GARDNER
GLENIS HUNT BSC DIP ED
Gaynor Mary Logan
HELEN AVERY
HOWARD ADRIAN SMITH CEng MIET · trustee of 3 other charities
James Peter Hall
John Lewis Cullwick · trustee of 1 other charity
MERVYN RICHARD PUGH CPFA
PHYLLIS PAVELTISH
Paul Cooke B Pharm
Paul Jonathan Savage MSC
Philip Maurice Steel BSC CEng
Rev Alfred Hugh Williams MA · trustee of 1 other charity
Ronald John Edmunds
Sarah Elizabeth Peacock
TEFWEN MARY GEORGE MED
WYNDHAM DAVID DAVIES
YVONNE THOMAS
Yvonne Savage

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

Operates in: Caerphilly · Merthyr Tydfil · Rhondda Cynon Taff

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£419k	£234k
31/08/2024	£216k	£110k
31/08/2023	£103k	£124k
31/08/2022	£197k	£309k
31/08/2021	£426k	£256k

Common questions

Is MID GLAMORGAN MISSION OF THE METHODIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity aims to hold reserves sufficient to cover cash flow requirements, with a policy that retained reserves should not exceed six months of total circuit expenditure. The document notes that there are no funds materially in deficit. No independent audit report or specific financial figures regarding income, expenditure, or total reserves are provided in the submitted text.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST	1	£50k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST	1	£30k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CARDIFF METHODIST CIRCUIT.

CARDIFF METHODIST CIRCUIT income £419k
THE METHODIST CHURCH - BIRMINGHAM (SUTTON PARK) CIRCUIT income £400k
LAMBETH CIRCUIT METHODIST CHURCH income £490k
TELFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT income £318k
NEW MALDEN METHODIST CHURCH income £154k
Nottingham North East Circuit of the Methodist Church income £985k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MID GLAMORGAN MISSION OF THE METHODIST CHURCH	£419k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CARDIFF METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£419k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE METHODIST CHURCH - BIRMINGHAM (SUTTON PARK) CIRCUIT FY2025	£400k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LAMBETH CIRCUIT METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£490k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TELFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£318k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW MALDEN METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£154k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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