METHODIST CHURCH IN WALES - WALES SYNOD CYMRU

Registered charity 1128205 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as METHODIST CHURCH IN WALES - WALES SYNOD

The Methodist Church in Wales - Wales Synod acts as the umbrella body and a resource provider for all of the primarily English-speaking Methodist Church bodies in Wales.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Synod reported an overall surplus of £164,791 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds carried forward reaching £3,766,564. The Trustees confirmed that the Synod is a going concern, citing the ability of Circuits to meet assessments and adequate reserves to cover any income shortfalls. Per the trustees' report, the Synod holds sufficient unrestricted and designated reserves to support its ongoing mission and grant commitments.

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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~14.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/09/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BARRY JOHN HAWKINS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Jepson-Randall
• Dr Richard Phillip Noyes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ffion Pennant Rowlinson
• Margaret Birch · trustee of 1 other charity
• Margaret Webber
• Martin Lougher
• Rev Andrew Charlesworth · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev Bethany Willers · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev David Marc Morgan
• Rev Dr James Stephen Garnett · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Evelyn Ruth Bhajan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Gareth John Edwards
• Rev Howard David Long · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Ian David Morris · trustee of 4 other charities
• Rev James Eaton-Challinor · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Jennifer Anne Hurd · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Keith Edwards
• Rev Malcolm Peacock · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Phillip Terence Poole
• Rev Richard Brian Gillion · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rhian Evans-Hill · trustee of 1 other charity
• Steve McElveen · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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