PENIEL EVANGELICAL CHURCH

Registered charity 1153632 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sunday and mid week Services, Sunday School, Craft Class, Food Bank, Residential Home Services, Mothers & Toddlers group, Children's/Young People's Meeting, Ladies' Meeting, visits to some local schools by our Pastor for Morning Assemblies, Summer Camp places for some children. Cafe/Church, held monthly in a local Tea Room.

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 [ ] 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: Bridgend, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£87k

Latest spending

£70k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £4,864 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted funds increasing to £32,111. This exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £25,000. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with no material matters identified by the examiner.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: We aim to keep reserves totalling £25,000. (held: £32k)

“We aim to keep reserves totalling £25,000.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: The Pastor, Andrew Norbury, who is also a Trustee, was employed and received a salary of £36,070 in his capacity as Pastor of the church.

“The Pastor, Andrew Norbury, who is also a Trustee, was employed and received a salary of £36,070 in his capacity as Pastor of the church.” — page 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Colin Tabor
DAVID SOUTHWOOD
Philip Day
Rev ANDREW NORBURY
TIM CURNOW

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

Operates in: Bridgend

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£87k	£70k
31/12/2024	£86k	£81k
31/12/2023	£151k	£148k
31/12/2022	£64k	£63k
31/12/2021	£58k	£50k

Common questions

Is PENIEL EVANGELICAL CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £4,864 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted funds increasing to £32,111. This exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £25,000. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with no material matters identified by the examiner. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE FYRISH FOUNDATION	1	£22k

Charities like this

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

CARLTON PENTECOSTAL CHURCH income £741k
Eglwys Penuel Church income £115k
BETHEL EVANGELICAL CHURCH GORSEINON income £76k
PENIEL PENTECOSTAL CHURCH income £37k
MASWELL PARK CHURCH income £33k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST HELEN, BISHOPSGATE income £5.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PENIEL EVANGELICAL CHURCH	£87k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CARLTON PENTECOSTAL CHURCH FY2024	£741k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Eglwys Penuel Church FY2025	£115k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BETHEL EVANGELICAL CHURCH GORSEINON FY2025	£76k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PENIEL PENTECOSTAL CHURCH FY2025	£37k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MASWELL PARK CHURCH FY2024	£33k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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