PARKLANDS EVANGELICAL CHURCH CIO

Registered charity 1185754 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main function of the charity is to provide support for Christian Worship by it's members and to serve the community as an outward expression of that worship. The act of serving the community is very broad including english lessons, toddler play groups, elderly shared meal times and youth groups.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: TO ADVANCE THE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH, ATTACHED HERETO AT SCHEDULE 1, PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN SWANSEA AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD BY PROVIDING AN ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES FOR THE FUNCTIONS OF WORSHIPPING AND SERVING GOD OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AS DEFINED IN MATTHEW CH 22 V 36-40. SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES, FURTHER THE WORK OF THE CHURCH.

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: Swansea, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £56,923 for the year, with total income rising to £257,943 from £198,123 in the prior year. Free reserves stood at £153,491, significantly exceeding the trustees' policy target of £34,000 (two months' budgeted running costs). The trustees confirmed the charity has sufficient funds to meet all financial requirements and identified no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Chris Dittonchair
• David Ronald Day
• GRAHAM ALEXANDER MCGILL · trustee of 3 other charities
• MARK STEPHEN WILLIAMS
• MICHAEL JOHN HOWELL LEWIS
• ROSEMARY LOUISE NOWELL
• Susan Williams

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

Operates in: City Of Swansea

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• PARR STREET EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £485k
• DEWSBURY EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £193k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WATERLOO income £1.0m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW'S, LEYLAND income £490k
• CWMAVON EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £32k
• FORDS LANE EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £152k

Side by side with its peers

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