ACTS WEST WALES

Registered charity 1157963 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activities of ACTS West Wales. 1) Pembrokeshire Food Bank. 2) Cilrath Acre (a community food growing project). Further charitable activities may be added. The financial activity of Pembrokeshire Food Bank has been included in the annual accounts of Grace Church West Wales. Charity Number 1038463 up to 31st March 2015. From 1st April 2015 Acts West Wales has governance responsibility.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE IN PEMBROKESHIRE AND CARMARTHENSHIRE AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased from £116,730 to £133,714, with unrestricted funds rising to £27,049 and restricted funds to £73,748. The charity reports that private donations remain strong and essential for securing managerial capacity, while noting a fall in corporate donations. The independent examiner confirmed no material matters were found that would cause concern regarding 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Trussell Trust — “Seeded by The Trussell Trust” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• PETER SARGENTchair
• Elaine Hutchinson
• Hayley Archer
• Ian Middlemist
• Libby Taylor
• Tirzah Redman-Knight

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

Operates in: Carmarthenshire · Pembrokeshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WELSH CHURCH ACT FUND WITHIN THE AREAS OF RHONDDA CYNON TAFF, BRIDGEND AND MERTHYR TYDFIL COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCILS.

• WELSH CHURCH ACT FUND WITHIN THE AREAS OF RHONDDA CYNON TAFF, BRIDGEND AND MERTHYR TYDFIL COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCILS income £412k
• GRACE CHURCH WEST WALES income £169k
• ACTS 435 income £1.2m
• PEMBROKESHIRE ACTION TO COMBAT HARDSHIP (PATCH) income £115k
• THE WELSH BAPTIST UNION CORPORATION LIMITED income £227k
• CHURCH FOR ALL NATIONS INTERNATIONAL income £123k

Side by side with its peers

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