COLEG Y BEDYDDWYR CAERDYDD / CARDIFF BAPTIST COLLEGE

Registered charity 1198671 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTH WALES BAPTIST COLLEGE

The advancement of the Christian Religion in accordance with the beliefs and practices of Baptists and the interpretation of such beliefs and practices and in particular the training of students for ministry amongst the Baptist churches.To provide education, training, vocational preparation and support to Christians for mission and ministry.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF BAPTISTS AND THE INTERPRETATION OF SUCH BELIEFS AND PRACTICES AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE TRAINING OF STUDENTS FOR MINISTRY AMONGST THE BAPTIST CHURCHES, AND2) TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, TRAINING, VOCATIONAL PREPARATION AND SUPPORT FOR CHRISTIANS FOR MISSION AND MINISTRY

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)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an unrestricted surplus of £31,501 and free reserves of £1,007,450, which exceed the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £500,000. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a sound financial basis, supported by investment gains and prudent management, despite total income falling by 7.7% compared to the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Investment
• 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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 30/08/2024, 61 days after the 30/06/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~19.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (46% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Sarah Louise Buttchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• CEDRIC GREGORY LONGVILLE
• Rev Denzil leuan John
• Rev EDWARD NOBLE KANEEN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev TIMOTHY IAN MOODY · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HODDESDON BAPTIST CHURCH.

• HODDESDON BAPTIST CHURCH income £147k
• BRISTOL BAPTIST COLLEGE income £659k
• YARDLEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £145k
• HERTFORD BAPTIST CHURCH income £345k
• UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £4.6m
• SPURGEONS COLLEGE income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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