Swansea Minster

Registered charity 1146299 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RECTORIAL BENEFICE OF CENTRAL SWANSEA, ST MARY'S CHURCH SWANSEA, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE RECTORIAL BENEFICE OF CENTRAL SWANSEA

The church as a charity raises money for Christian Aid, Royal British Legion (Remembrance Day), Armed Forces, Bishop's appeals (various). Missionary work via the Church and the benefice as a whole.

Objects

PROMOTING IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Swansea Minster reported a net surplus of £182,055.46 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total incoming resources of £562,554.30 and resources expended of £380,498.84. The charity holds unrestricted cash funds totaling £280,886.21 at year-end, representing a significant increase from the opening balance of £96,642.72. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring attention to enable a proper understanding of the accounts.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 02/11/2022, 2 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

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

• Stained Glass from UWTSD’s Swansea College of Art finds a permanent home at Swansea Minster herald.wales · 22/09/2026
• Stained glass from UWTSD’s Swansea College of Art finds a permanent home at Swansea Minster inyourarea.co.uk · 08/04/2026

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (91% 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: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Murray · trustee of 3 other charities
• Paul Derrick Murray · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Justin Davies · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: City Of Swansea

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Swansea MAD.

• Swansea MAD income £284k
• MOUNT PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH income £355k
• SWESA UK income £25k
• Friends of St Mary's Swansea income £52k
• SONRISE CHURCH income £69k
• MAGNIFICENT MINISTRIES income £61k

Side by side with its peers

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