GRIFFYDAM WESLEYAN REFORM CHURCH

Registered charity 1133353 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHAPEL IN THE VALLEY

To provide a safe, well equipped Church in which to worship God.To hold many and varied groups led by members of the fellowship for the benefit of the community, to enable worship and to extend the Kingdom of God. Although there are currently no restrictions on face to face meeting, we will continue to use a mix of online and face to face.

Objects

THE TRUSTS ARE - A CHAPEL AND OTHER BUILDINGS TO BE USED BY SUCH OF THE INHABITANTS OF GRIFFYDAM AFORESAID AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF AS SHALL CHOOSE TO WORSHIP THEREIN AND BE ASSOCIATED THEREWITH AS A PLACE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP SUBJECT TO THE GENERAL REGULATIONS HEREIN CONTAINED.

Area of benefit: GRIFFYDAM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North West Leicestershire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£18k

Latest spending

£28k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £27,227.46 and explicitly declares that it has no reserves policy. The trustees report that there are no risks facing the charity and that the accounts are monitored regularly by the treasurer.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Regular giving

“Regular giving by attendees as they wish to give to the work of God.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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.

Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media 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: 9

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

Volunteers: 10

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

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £150 — grants £150 (1); 1% of the £14,175 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

ALAN PARDOEchair
ADAM WEBSTER SHEPHERD
ANDREW THOMAS
CLIFF DARBY
DR LESLEY MURRAY NOTGHI
Rev ANTHONY EDWARD HODKINSON
Stewart Shepherd · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£18k	£28k
31/12/2024	£31k	£35k
31/12/2023	£14k	£12k
31/12/2022	£13k	£8k
31/12/2021	£14k	£15k

Common questions

Is GRIFFYDAM WESLEYAN REFORM CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £27,227.46 and explicitly declares that it has no reserves policy. The trustees report that there are no risks facing the charity and that the accounts are monitored regularly by the treasurer.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RICHMOND WESLEYAN REFORM CHURCH.

RICHMOND WESLEYAN REFORM CHURCH income £63k
GUILDFORD UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £248k
HYTHE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £126k
GLENWOOD CHURCH income £425k
GRACE REFORMED BAPTIST CHURCH income £39k
JUMP WESLEYAN REFORM CHURCH income £29k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GRIFFYDAM WESLEYAN REFORM CHURCH	£18k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RICHMOND WESLEYAN REFORM CHURCH FY2025	£63k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GUILDFORD UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025	£248k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HYTHE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025	£126k	—	above	—	no doubt
GLENWOOD CHURCH FY2025	£425k	—	below	—	no doubt
GRACE REFORMED BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£39k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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