BETHESDA CHAPEL DINAS POWYS

Registered charity 1146153 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BETHESDA CHAPEL

The church runs: weekly Sunday worship and Family services for all ages; mid week prayer and bible teaching meetings; weekday clubs for local children of different age groups including youth; a weekly carers and toddlers group; regular weekly coffee mornings and other events for adults; a community choir for adults; a childrens choir; the Oasis coffee shop and a weekly Foodbank.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND ARE TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £78,708 at the end of the year, an increase from £61,564 the previous year. The trustees report that finances are reviewed at each trustee meeting and that the building refurbishment programme has been completed.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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 profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Douglas Bryan Reed · trustee of 2 other charities
• JOHN OLIVER FOOTE
• MARK SAMUEL LONNEY BA HONS · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROGER WILLIAM NEWBERRY BA

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

Operates in: Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

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