THE BENEFICE OF EGLWYSILAN AND CAERPHILLY PCC

Registered charity 1131172 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Benefice of E & C, Caerphilly and Aber Valley Ministry Area, PARISH OF CAERPHILLY PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

The provision of regular public worship, and sacred space for personal payer and contemplation. Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and bereaved. Teaching of Christianity through sermons, small groups and assemblies in local schools. Promoting the mission of the Church in Wales in aiding community cohesion through provision of activities for older people, children and other specific groups,

Objects

The promotion of the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical, in the parish.

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Caerphilly, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£399k

Latest spending

£374k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total net surplus of £24,947 for the year, driven largely by restricted legacies and designated funds, while unrestricted activities ran a deficit of £10,604. The Trustees note that unrestricted reserves are currently held at £344,288.58, which significantly exceeds their stated policy target of £92,000 (six months' expenditure). The charity has no paid employees and relies on volunteers and clergy appointed by the Diocese.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months expenditure (£92,000) (reserves figure: £344k)

“it is our policy to hold sufficient unrestricted funds to cover six months expenditure. While our policy is to hold £92,000” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £30,000 — grants £30,000 (3); 8% of the £399,417 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 50

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £1,400 — grants £1,400 (3); under 1% of the £480,243 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

ANGELA ANDERSON BA, MAchair
Andrew John Hall
Bronwen Parish
CLIVE MARTIN EVANS
David Harry Birnie
Emily Burniston MA, PGCE
Gaynor Dorothy Rees
Gerald Rees FCA
Helen Marena Steele Murphy
Heulwen Handley
Hugh Bruce Dixon
JANICE MARGARET ROBERTS BSc M Ed
JOHN CHILD DL FCA
Julia Rawlins
Laurence Harry Brown
Margaret Elizabeth Ware · trustee of 1 other charity
PETER MORGRUGYN JONES
REV Pauline Patricia Smith
Rev Emma Rees-Kenny
Rev Natalie Jones

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

Operates in: Caerphilly

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£399k	£374k
31/12/2024	£299k	£194k
31/12/2023	£480k	£232k
31/12/2022	£219k	£253k
31/12/2021	£158k	£160k

Common questions

Is THE BENEFICE OF EGLWYSILAN AND CAERPHILLY PCC financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total net surplus of £24,947 for the year, driven largely by restricted legacies and designated funds, while unrestricted activities ran a deficit of £10,604. The Trustees note that unrestricted reserves are currently held at £344,288.58, which significantly exceeds their stated policy target of £92,000 (six months' expenditure). The charity has no paid employees and relies on volunteers and clergy appointed by the Diocese. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/08/2020	£32k	"COVID19 benefice of Eglwysilan and Caerphilly"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/12/2019	£38k	"St Martin's External Repairs Phase 1"
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/10/2015	£630	Festive Family Fun Day
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/02/2014	£5k	St Martin's Re-ordering - Phase 1 - replacement of pews with chairs

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PARISH OF ABERYSTWYTH PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL.

PARISH OF ABERYSTWYTH PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL income £554k
ALED MISSION AREA income £552k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WELWYN AND WOOLMER GREEN income £251k
CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST income £59k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PELSALL income £217k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS WITH HOLY TRINITY, WANDSWORTH income £552k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BENEFICE OF EGLWYSILAN AND CAERPHILLY PCC	£399k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
PARISH OF ABERYSTWYTH PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FY2025	£554k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ALED MISSION AREA FY2025	£552k	—	—	within	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WELWYN AND WOOLMER GREEN FY2025	£251k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST FY2025	£59k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PELSALL FY2025	£217k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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