PONTRHYDYRUN BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1203297 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Living Hope Church

The Church advances Christian faith by the preaching of the Gospel, public worship within the church building,organised Bible studies, prayer meetings, evangelistic events and meeting needs within the community.

Objects

3.1 THE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE: 3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH AND WITH BAPTIST PRINCIPLES, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN CWMBRAN AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; AND3.1.2 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES, PUT INTO PRACTICE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS; THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;PROVIDED THAT THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH PURPOSES MUST BE UNDERTAKEN IN A MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIVES AND ETHICAL STATEMENTS AS MAY BE ADOPTED AND AMENDED BY THE CHURCH FROM TIME TO TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHURCH HANDBOOK.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a healthy financial position with no concerns regarding ongoing viability. The trustees report total reserves of £64,838 at the close of the period, which are managed against an annual target based on six months of expenditure less three months of predicted income. The examination confirmed that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Act and the accounts accord with those records.

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.

• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jonathan Paul Rainechair
• John Stuart Vinall
• Jonathan West
• Mark Anthony Hands

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

Operates in: Torfaen

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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• TEDDINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £221k
• PAULSGROVE BAPTIST CHURCH income £146k
• CRANLEIGH BAPTIST CHURCH income £477k
• EVESHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £113k
• SUTTON BONINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £205k
• GUNNERSBURY BAPTIST CHURCH income £320k

Side by side with its peers

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