Heart of Newport Ministry Area

Registered charity 1137115 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEWPORT NORTH WEST MINISTRY AREA, SAINT MARY, MALPAS PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

We are a group of five churches - St Mary's, Malpas, St David's, Bettws, All Saints, Brynglas, St Mark's, Goldtops and St Stephen's, Pill.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £25,927, which was partially offset by investment gains, resulting in an overall depletion of reserves by £11,234. Total funds decreased from £418,942 to £407,708, while the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £63,997. The trustees note that sustaining operations and paying the Diocese share has been 'hard to honour at times' despite generous giving.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Heart of Newport Ministry Area (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Houghton · trustee of 2 other charities
• Gareth Stephen Hawkins · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Liscomb
• Rev Andrew Lightbown
• Rev Justin Groves · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Kevin John Hasler · trustee of 4 other charities
• Rev Richard Patrick Mulcahy
• Rose Tate · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Mulcahy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Ball · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan O'Brian

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

Operates in: Newport City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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