Ministry Area of Roath and Cathays

Registered charity 1131605 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PARISH OF ROATH PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL, THE PAROCHAIL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ROATH, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ROATH

Place of Worship

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: Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£455k
Latest spending
£451k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small overall surplus of £1,766 for the year, with unrestricted funds showing a net deficit of £27,825. Overall reserves stood at £837,229, of which £396,084 was unrestricted, while the stated reserves policy intends to maintain reserves at a level equivalent to at least six months' operational expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months’ operational expenditure (reserves figure: £396k)
“Intentions are to maintain reserves at a level which is at least equivalent to six months’ operational expenditure” — page 16
Per its FY2024 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.

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: 60

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

  • Volunteers: 15

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

  • Volunteers: 15

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2025 (received 03/11/2026, 3 days after the 31/10/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Total income
£561k
Total spending
£348k
Cost of raising funds
£2k
Reserves (reported)
£455k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~15.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£455k£451k
31/12/2024£446k£447k
31/12/2023£410k£419k
31/12/2022£561k£348k
31/12/2021£141k£127k

Common questions

Is Ministry Area of Roath and Cathays financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a small overall surplus of £1,766 for the year, with unrestricted funds showing a net deficit of £27,825. Overall reserves stood at £837,229, of which £396,084 was unrestricted, while the stated reserves policy intends to maintain reserves at a level equivalent to at least six months' operational expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Ministry Area of Roath and Cathays£455k—0unclear—no doubt
BROADSTONE METHODIST CHURCH FY2025£137k—0unclear—no doubt
ROBERT LLOYDS CHARITY FY2025£62k—0unclear—no doubt
SUVARTHA MINISTRIES UK FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND FY2025£781k£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
LIFEHOUSE MINISTRIES FY2025£45k—0above—no doubt

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