POOL MISSION AREA

Registered charity 1176603 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide religious services, which are open to all, that take place in the churches and other buildings within the Pool Mission Area covering Welshpool and surrounding communities. Within that area, the nature of the Anglican church is that it seeks to serve the whole community.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £1,345,171, while total funds carried forward were £2,787,497. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £72,279 for the year, driven by gains on investments. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

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, cost of raising funds: 21.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amelia Lucy Harvey-Scholes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Annette Rushton
• Carol Davies · trustee of 1 other charity
• Denice Ilga Jaunzens
• Dr Helen Joyce Hayes
• Elizabeth Mathieson
• GWYNETH MARGARET PUGH JONES
• Hugh Derek Anton-Stephens
• Ivy Dianne Edwards
• KEITH JOHN SHUTTLEWORTH
• Rev Adam Richard Pawley · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev CAROLINE LAURA RHODES
• Rev Paulette Rose-Mary de Garis Gower · trustee of 2 other charities
• Richard John Newcombe
• SUSAN ELAINE WILLIAMS
• SUSAN JEAN USMAR · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Lorraine Creaven · trustee of 1 other charity
• WINIFRED HELEN BENNETT
• William Henry Colbatch-Clark

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

Operates in: Powys

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