LLANISHEN EVANGELICAL CHURCH

Registered charity 1168317 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Llanishen Evangelical Church is an independent evangelical church based in North Cardiff. The church exists to Serve God and Serve Others. There are around 50 to 60 members who support each other in our daily Christian lives. We run various activities each week, as well as weekly and monthly events

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SUCH WAYS 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.

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

Latest income

£288k

Latest spending

£62k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves were £400,286, with free unrestricted reserves of £25,958, which the trustees describe as around five months of expenditure. The charity reports a significant increase in income and costs due to building refurbishment work completed during the period. The trustees confirm the charity is able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least three months’ payment of charity staff (reserves figure: £26k)

“The charity will ensure that we maintain some reserves of finances to cover contingencies, including work to be done to the building to remedy any issues and at least three months’ payment of charity staff.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations received from related parties

“During the year donations were received from related parties totalling £33,110 (2024 £57,806), which included specific gifts towards the building fund of £5,000 received from one of the trustees, John Frost, and £5,530 from the wife of trustee Clive Morgan.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 40
Government income: £30,000 — grants £30,000 (1); 10% of the £287,708 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £3,634 — grants £3,634 (1); 3% of the £128,673 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

JOHN-MARK FROSTchair
CLIVE RICHARD MORGAN
Dr MAHA MANSOUR NASIEF MANSOUR
JOHN ALASTAIR LORD
James Vilares
Rev Eirian Gruffydd Davies
Stephen Williams

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

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£288k	£62k
31/03/2024	£130k	£72k
31/03/2023	£129k	£67k
30/09/2021	£62k	£27k
30/09/2020	£39k	£44k

Common questions

Is LLANISHEN EVANGELICAL CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total reserves were £400,286, with free unrestricted reserves of £25,958, which the trustees describe as around five months of expenditure. The charity reports a significant increase in income and costs due to building refurbishment work completed during the period. The trustees confirm the charity is able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LLANISHEN EVANGELICAL CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LLANISHEN EVANGELICAL CHURCH as a grant recipient include THE NORWOOD AND NEWTON SETTLEMENT, HEATH EVANGELICAL CHURCH CARDIFF.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NORWOOD AND NEWTON SETTLEMENT	FY2025	£15k
HEATH EVANGELICAL CHURCH CARDIFF	FY2024	£5k	Churches representation

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GLANRAFON EVANGELICAL COMMUNITY CHURCH.

GLANRAFON EVANGELICAL COMMUNITY CHURCH income £35k
LINCOLN EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £51k
TINSHILL FREE CHURCH income £127k
THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF ENGLAND income £1.2m
EMMANUEL EVANGELICAL CHURCH NORTH LONDON LIMITED income £145k
COMMUNITY CHURCH HARLESDEN income £66k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LLANISHEN EVANGELICAL CHURCH	£288k	—	above	—	no doubt
GLANRAFON EVANGELICAL COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£35k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LINCOLN EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025	£51k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TINSHILL FREE CHURCH FY2025	£127k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF ENGLAND FY2025	£1.2m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EMMANUEL EVANGELICAL CHURCH NORTH LONDON LIMITED FY2025	£145k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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