TABERNACLE CHAPEL MORRISTON TRUST

Registered charity 1164521 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust was established to care for, and secure the future of the Grade 1 listed building Tabernacle Chapel, Morriston.

Objects

THE PREMISES AND LAND TRANSFERRED UNDER THE 1879 DEED IS TO BE USED, OCCUPIED OR ENJOYED AS A PLACE FOE THE PUBLIC WORSHIP OF ALMIGHTY GOD ACCORDING TO THE USAGES OF PROTESTANT DISSENTERS OF THE CONGREGATIONAL DENOMINATION COMMONLY CALLED INDEPENDENTS BEING ANABAPTISTS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE CHURCH FOR THE TIME BEING ASSEMBLING FOR WORSHIP IN THE [PREMISES] AND FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS AND FOR THE PROMOTION OF SUCH OTHER RELIGIOUS OR PHILANTHROPIC PURPOSES AS THE CHURCH SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the trust incurred a net deficit for the financial year, with total spending of £627,721.74 significantly exceeding total income of £252,400.63. The trust notes that a new entity, Tabernacle Morriston Community Heritage Trust, is expected to take over responsibilities once legal formalities are completed.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Tabernacle Morriston Community Heritage Trust

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

Operates in: City Of Swansea

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TABERNACLE WELSH BAPTIST CHURCH CARMARTHEN - INVESTMENT TRUST.

• TABERNACLE WELSH BAPTIST CHURCH CARMARTHEN - INVESTMENT TRUST income £102k
• FULL GOSPEL TABERNACLE TRUST income £282k
• TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH, PENARTH income £240k
• TABERNACLE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH income £263k
• EAST DULWICH TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH income £102k
• TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH UPPER CHAPEL income £214k

Side by side with its peers

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