GILGAL BAPTIST CHURCH, PORTHCAWL

Registered charity 1134864 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activities include:regular public worship, prayer, Bible study, preaching & teachingbaptismCommunion of the Lord's Supperevangelism & missionteaching, encouragement, welcome & inclusion of young peoplenuture & growth of Christian discipleseducation & training for Christian & community servicegiving & encouraging pastoral caresupporting & encouraging charitable social action.

Objects

The principal purpose of the Church is the advancement of the Christian faith according to the principles of the Baptist denomination. The Church may also advance education and carry out other charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and/or other parts of the world.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£204k

Latest spending

£190k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased to £740,259, with free reserves of £149,380 significantly exceeding the trustees' policy target of approximately £35,000. The charity reports adequate cash balances of £129,729 and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of operational running costs, i.e. around £35,000 (reserves figure: £149k)

“The trustees consider this ideally should be not less than three months of operational running costs, i.e. around £35,000.”

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.

Complaints handling
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest 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: 60
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Volunteers: 60
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Volunteers: 60
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev MARTIN JAMES GILLARDchair
ANTHONY JOHN HORNSBY · trustee of 3 other charities
Alison Farrow
Barbara Ann Matthews
DAPHNE HARRIS
ELIZABETH MARY REES
JACQUELINE CROLE
KEVIN JEMMETT
Linda Harber
MARK PEERS
Malcolm John Nicholas · trustee of 2 other charities
Margaret Eileen Hornsby

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

Operates in: Bridgend

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£204k	£190k
31/12/2024	£182k	£202k
31/12/2023	£193k	£166k
31/12/2022	£202k	£150k
31/12/2021	£225k	£109k

Common questions

Is GILGAL BAPTIST CHURCH, PORTHCAWL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total net assets increased to £740,259, with free reserves of £149,380 significantly exceeding the trustees' policy target of approximately £35,000. The charity reports adequate cash balances of £129,729 and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GILGAL BAPTIST CHURCH, PORTHCAWL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GILGAL BAPTIST CHURCH, PORTHCAWL as a grant recipient include THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST	FY2021	£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GILGAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE.

GILGAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £63k
GUISELEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £210k
GILGAL PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLY income £188k
GODALMING BAPTIST CHURCH income £385k
PAIGNTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £149k
LLISWERRY BAPTIST CHURCH income £98k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GILGAL BAPTIST CHURCH, PORTHCAWL	£204k	—	above	—	no doubt
GILGAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE FY2025	£63k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GUISELEY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£210k	—	above	—	no doubt
GILGAL PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLY FY2025	£188k	—	above	—	no doubt
GODALMING BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£385k	—	above	—	no doubt
PAIGNTON BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£149k	£630	unclear	—	no doubt

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