THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY OF THE CHURCH IN WALES

Registered charity 1142813 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Representative Body's key objectives and activities are:1. To manage its investments;2. To manage the ecclesiastical and secular property vested in the Representative Body for the uses and purposes of the Church in Wales;3. To oversee the work of St Michael's College;4. To provide an efficient and professional administrative service across a wide range of administrative functions.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net operational deficit of £2.9m for the year, which was offset by significant investment gains of £64.7m, resulting in an overall surplus. The charity holds free reserves of £527m, which exceeds its stated target of £361m, providing a buffer against market volatility and ensuring operational continuity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Statement from the Representative Body of the Church in Wales on Bangor Cathedral anglican.ink · 02/07/2025
• Statement from the Representative Body of the Church in Wales on Bangor Cathedral churchinwales.org.uk · 01/07/2025

Property (HM Land Registry)

2,807 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2785 freehold); recorded price paid £51.4m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (95% 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: 14.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor Medwin Hugheschair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Christopher Clarke
• Dr Elizabeth Heather Payne · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Hywel Parry-Smith
• Elizabeth Thomas
• Ian Stuart Loynd
• Jane Heard
• Judith Hayward
• MICHAEL LAWLEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicola Caroline Gibbons
• PETER DUNCAN KENNEDY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Russell Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Miriam Joanna Beecroft · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev NIGEL WILLIAMS · trustee of 3 other charities
• Richard Anning
• Sam Allin · trustee of 3 other charities
• The Most Reverend Cherry Vann · trustee of 1 other charity
• The Reverend Dr Adrian Morgan
• The Venerable Anne-Marie Louise Renshaw · trustee of 1 other charity
• The Venerable Ian Kendall Rees · trustee of 3 other charities
• Thomas Owen Saunders Lloyd · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy James Llewelyn · trustee of 1 other charity
• Venerable PAUL MACKNESS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CONFERENCE OF RELIGIOUS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

• THE CONFERENCE OF RELIGIOUS OF ENGLAND AND WALES income £265k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH DORE income £403k
• THE GLOUCESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE income £24.8m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST.AUGUSTINES, GILLINGHAM, KENT income £102k
• THE SOUTHWARK DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION (INCORPORATED) income £8.4m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ECCLESALL, SHEFFIELD income £723k

Side by side with its peers

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