ST TEILO'S CHURCH

Registered charity 1192813 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CITIZEN CHURCH

Regular public worship open to all, Pastoral work, teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. Furthering the vision with activities for parents, toddlers, asylum seekers, vulnerable adults.

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

£469k

Latest spending

£564k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £78,438, driven by unrestricted funds being in deficit by £113,445. The trustees confirm the entity is a going concern, citing continued congregational support and financial direction from the Church in Wales, while noting that reserves are currently below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-113k; policy: three months of unrestricted payments)

“At the end of 2024 there was a balance of £11k (£88k in 2023) of net unrestricted current assets available to meet projected expenditure. At the end of 2024 the target of 3 months would indicate a free reserves level of £90k.” — page 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Audit opinion: qualified

“I have identified matters of concern that give me reasonable cause to believe that: Accounting records have not been kept in accordance with s.130 of the 2011 Act” — page 10

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Payment to trustee's wife

“Ellie Byrne, the wife of the Revd Ryan Forey (who was a trustee), was paid a total of £1,500 in 2024 (£5,500 in 2023) for her role as associate volunteer pastor.” — page 23

“he did authorise, instruct or make payments to himself and his wife, namely (a) payments of £300 per month in lieu of fees for parochial fees for occasional oﬃce services which were not conducted and (b) £500 per month “clergy spouse” payments.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Payments to former trustee/vicar

“Ellie Byrne, the wife of the Revd Ryan Forey (who was a trustee), was paid a total of £1,500 in 2024 (£5,500 in 2023) for her role as associate volunteer pastor.” — page 23

“he did authorise, instruct or make payments to himself and his wife, namely (a) payments of £300 per month in lieu of fees for parochial fees for occasional oﬃce services which were not conducted and (b) £500 per month “clergy spouse” payments.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee donations

“Ellie Byrne, the wife of the Revd Ryan Forey (who was a trustee), was paid a total of £1,500 in 2024 (£5,500 in 2023) for her role as associate volunteer pastor.” — page 23

“he did authorise, instruct or make payments to himself and his wife, namely (a) payments of £300 per month in lieu of fees for parochial fees for occasional oﬃce services which were not conducted and (b) £500 per month “clergy spouse” payments.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: Serious Incident Report submitted to Charity Commission

“The PCC accng as Board of Trustees have submiYed a Serious Incident Report to the Charity Commission.” — page 3

Per its FY2024 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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves 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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income

£996k

Total spending

£948k

Reserves (reported)

£88k

Employees

13

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (89% 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

Rev Mark Simpsonchair
Amber Baker
Andrew Watts · trustee of 1 other charity
Andy Ralph
Bryon Castle
Daniel Mark Benham
Joseph Christopher Miles
Joy Beverley Watson
Mathew Chacko
Rhian Griffiths

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

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£469k	£564k
31/12/2023	£996k	£948k
31/12/2022	£914k	£714k
31/12/2021	£455k	£576k

Common questions

Is ST TEILO'S CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £78,438, driven by unrestricted funds being in deficit by £113,445. The trustees confirm the entity is a going concern, citing continued congregational support and financial direction from the Church in Wales, while noting that reserves are currently below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ST TEILO'S CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ST TEILO'S CHURCH as a grant recipient include CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST	FY2021	£25k	Social Transformation Grants

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/08/2023	£10k	Tots and Toddlers

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARY AND ALL SAINTS WHALLEY.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARY AND ALL SAINTS WHALLEY income £116k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S ELY income £462k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, NAILSEA income £534k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, NAILSEA income £109k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHENIES & LITTLE CHALFONT income £241k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BUDLEIGH SALTERTON income £201k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST TEILO'S CHURCH	£469k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARY AND ALL SAINTS WHALLEY FY2025	£116k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S ELY FY2025	£462k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, NAILSEA FY2025	£534k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, NAILSEA FY2025	£109k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHENIES & LITTLE CHALFONT FY2024	£241k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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