OFFA MISSION AREA

Registered charity 1176354 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of regular public worship and provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation. Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and bereaved. Teaching of Christianity through sermons. Taking assemblies in local schools. Promotion of Christianity through staging of events and services. Promoting the whole mission of the Church in Wales in aiding community cohesion..

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH, PASTORAL, EVANGELISTIC, SOCIAL AND ECUMENICAL, IN THE PARISH.

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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Latest income

£283k

Latest spending

£279k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total funds carried forward were £582,246, with £212,657 classified as unrestricted reserves. The trustees note that while some churches have healthy reserves, several have little to no unrestricted reserves left, creating a need to re-evaluate clergy numbers to ensure future sustainability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Parish Share, which enables the Diocese to fund the provision of clergy and support services, at £148k was the largest expense.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Offa Mission Area (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/06/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

CHRISTINE BEULAH GRIFFITHS · trustee of 1 other charity
Christopher Thomas Eardley
DAWN JONES
Hazel Janna Patricia Lobo
Isabel Mary Twigg
JANET MARGARET OKELL
Jane Gaynor Parkinson
Lesley Anne Brown
MICHAEL CHARLES WRIGHT · trustee of 1 other charity
Martyn David Jones
Rev MATTHEW JOHN GEORGE WILKINSON · trustee of 2 other charities
Shirley Barbara o'Neil

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

Operates in: Wrexham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£283k	£279k
31/12/2023	£342k	£257k
31/12/2022	£186k	£215k
31/12/2021	£191k	£176k
31/12/2020	£170k	£209k

Common questions

Is OFFA MISSION AREA financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total funds carried forward were £582,246, with £212,657 classified as unrestricted reserves. The trustees note that while some churches have healthy reserves, several have little to no unrestricted reserves left, creating a need to re-evaluate clergy numbers to ensure future sustainability. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WREXHAM MISSION AREA.

WREXHAM MISSION AREA income £924k
MOLD MISSION AREA income £308k
THE CEDEWAIN MISSION AREA income £269k
DENBIGH MISSION AREA income £316k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WALTON-ON-THAMES income £385k
BRYN A MÔR MISSION AREA income £216k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
OFFA MISSION AREA	£283k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WREXHAM MISSION AREA FY2024	£924k	—	unclear	—	noted
MOLD MISSION AREA FY2025	£308k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE CEDEWAIN MISSION AREA FY2024	£269k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DENBIGH MISSION AREA FY2024	£316k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WALTON-ON-THAMES FY2025	£385k	—	above	—	no doubt

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