THE BAPTIST UNION OF WALES

Registered charity 1201058 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BUW

Relgious activities support to Baptist Chapels

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Latest income

£814k

Latest spending

£568k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity intends to liquidate and has been prepared on a basis other than going concern. The trustees report that the charity remains reliant on continued financial support from related parties, specifically the Welsh Baptist Union Corporation Limited and the Baptist Building Fund for Wales.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of annual budgeted expenditure (held: £1.9m)

“The policy is to ensure that the Union has sufficient free and available funds to meet at least 3 months of annual budgeted expenditure. In addition, the Trustees consider it is prudent to provide for a further 3 months for funding grants to churches and associations.” — page 11

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“We draw attention to the ‘Note 1 — Going Concern’ paragraph in the notes to the financial statements, which explains that the trustees intend to liquidate the charity and, therefore, do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.” — page 14

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Ellis Lloyd Jones Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£814k

Total spending

£568k

Reserves (reported)

£250k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (09/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

WILLIAM DAVIESchair · trustee of 3 other charities
Ann Bowen Morgan · trustee of 1 other charity
Delyth Eirlys Williams
GLYNDWR SAMUEL PRIDEAUX · trustee of 2 other charities
Parch Emlyn Dole
Parch STEVEN WALLIS
Rev Mervyn John Rigg
Rev Simeon Baker · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Susan Phillips

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£814k	£568k
31/12/2023	£3.8m	£187k

Common questions

Is THE BAPTIST UNION OF WALES financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that the charity intends to liquidate and has been prepared on a basis other than going concern. The trustees report that the charity remains reliant on continued financial support from related parties, specifically the Welsh Baptist Union Corporation Limited and the Baptist Building Fund for Wales. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Ellis Lloyd Jones Audit Limited.

Who funds THE BAPTIST UNION OF WALES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BAPTIST UNION OF WALES as a grant recipient include THE BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN, BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH, ROGERSTONE.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN	FY2024	£94k	Ecumenical Partners
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH, ROGERSTONE	FY2025	£22k	Mission in Britain / Affiliation
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH, ROGERSTONE	FY2025	£5k	Affiliation Fees