MERTHYR TYDFIL MINISTRY AREA

Registered charity 1203686 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion of the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical in the parish.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity incurred a net deficit of £38,234 for the year, with total costs of £405,981 exceeding total income of £367,747. The accounts state that the charity does not have a formal reserves policy, and unrestricted funds decreased from £207,934 to £166,732. The trustees report that building maintenance is increasingly unsustainable and significant investment is required.

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 4 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~9.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (58% 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

• Barbara Edwards
• Clive Jones
• DOROTHY EVANS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elaine Fisher
• Lynne Green
• Matthew Jones
• Rev Caroline Owen
• Rev Marc-Ashton Walford
• Susan Morris

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

Operates in: Merthyr Tydfil

Income and spending

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