MOUNT ELIM EVANGELICAL CHURCH

Registered charity 1141828 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Mount Elim Evangelical Church undertakes the following religious activities and services to the local community: - Sunday services (morning & evening)- Sunday school (during morning service)- Weekly Bible study meetings for ladies & men's groups- Weekly meeting for Bible teachings & prayer- Weekly mother and toddler group- Visiting the local community e.g. nursing homes, hospitals etc

Objects

THE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH SHALL BE:-(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN PONTARDAWE AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; ANDSUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF [THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH IN GENERAL MEETING] [THE MANAGING TRUSTEES] FURTHER THE WORK OF THE CHURCH.

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: Neath Port Talbot, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£414k
Latest spending
£417k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total bank balances of £82,700.39 at the year end, with unrestricted reserves (Main Account) showing a deficit of £2,454.03. The filing notes that the independent checker found nothing of material value preventing agreement with the year-end statement, indicating no immediate financial distress or going concern issues were identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 30

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

  • Volunteers: 30
  • Government income: £70,000 — grants £70,000 (1); 23% of the £307,393 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Government income: £125,000 — grants £125,000 (125,000); 41% of the £302,860 total gross income on the same return

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

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

Operates in: Carmarthenshire · City Of Swansea · Neath Port Talbot · Powys

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£414k£417k
31/12/2024£307k£599k
31/12/2023£303k£357k
31/12/2022£438k£110k
31/12/2021£76k£92k

Common questions

Is MOUNT ELIM EVANGELICAL CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total bank balances of £82,700.39 at the year end, with unrestricted reserves (Main Account) showing a deficit of £2,454.03. The filing notes that the independent checker found nothing of material value preventing agreement with the year-end statement, indicating no immediate financial distress or going concern issues were identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MOUNT ELIM EVANGELICAL CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MOUNT ELIM EVANGELICAL CHURCH as a grant recipient include HEATH EVANGELICAL CHURCH CARDIFF.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HEATH EVANGELICAL CHURCH CARDIFFFY2022£5kChurches

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
GOSPEL PARTNERS TRUST1£5k
THE BAPTIST UNION OF WALES1£4k
THE SOLA TRUST1£4k
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OLDHAM BETHEL CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MOUNT ELIM EVANGELICAL CHURCH£414k—0unclear—no doubt
OLDHAM BETHEL CHURCH FY2025£90k—0unclear—no doubt
FLINT EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025£54k—0unclear—no doubt
ELIM BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt
WALTON EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025£198k——unclear—no doubt
MARCH EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP FY2025£51k—0unclear—no doubt

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