Islwyn Ministry Area

Registered charity 1135366 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BENEFICE OF UPPER ISLWYN, MYNYDDISLWYN BENEFICE CHURCH COUNCIL

The charity's activities are The Promotion of Religion (Christianity) THE PROVISION OF 11 CHURCHES FOR PRAYER AND WORSHIP. PROVIDING REGILAR SERVICES OF PUBLIC WORSHIP. TEACHING CHRISTIANITY THROUGH SERMONS, SCHOOLS, BREAVED OR ANYONE IN DIFFICULTY. SUPPORTING OTHER CHARITIES IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS. PROVIDING ACTIVITIES FOR VARIOUS GROUPS TO PROMOTE THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH

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.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £195,181.19 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm that the charity's free reserves met its stated policy target of retaining at least six months of expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting 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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~24.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (75% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Mark Owenchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• ANGELA Perkins · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anthony Williams-Price · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carole Jones
• Ceri Elizabeth Hughes
• Dorothy Smart · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Jackson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jan Berry
• Janet Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jennifer Llewellyn
• Joan Jelly
• MARIAN CURTIS · trustee of 2 other charities
• MARIAN JOYCE DEW
• Mandy Tyler · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marina Thorpe
• Marion Collier
• PAMELA MATTHEWS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Lago
• Ray Bevan
• Rev Lisa Taylor · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ruth Lawler-Davies · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sandra Ward · trustee of 1 other charity
• Selwyn Morgan
• Susan Gladwyn · trustee of 1 other charity
• Valerie Pritchard
• nigel kaszubowski · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Caerphilly

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WESLEYAN HOLINESS CHURCH - BRITISH ISLES DISTRICT.

• WESLEYAN HOLINESS CHURCH - BRITISH ISLES DISTRICT income £486k
• IHP WORSHIP MINISTRY income £40k
• THE MINSTER FELLOWSHIP income £191k
• CHRIST'S FORGIVENESS MINISTRIES income £41k
• SUREWAY INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES income £242k
• INTERNATIONAL PRAISE CENTRE income £762k

Side by side with its peers

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