WESTERN COUNTIES & SOUTH WALES EVANGELISATION TRUST

Registered charity 1204505 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WESTERN COUNTIES TRUST

The object of the CIO is to advance the Christian faith for the public benefit in accordance with the Statement of Faith in the Schedule hereto, primarily in England and Wales, and also in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the charity trustees may from time to time think fit.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO, PRIMARILY IN ENGLAND AND WALES, AND ALSO IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT. THIS OBJECT WILL BE ACHIEVED MAINLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY ACTIVITIES INTENDED TO SPREAD THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL AND EDIFY CHRISTIANS, INCLUDING: - THE HOLDING OF PROPERTIES TO BE USED AS PLACES OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP OR FOR RELATED CHRISTIAN ACTIVITIES; AND - THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND LOANS TO SUPPORT CHRISTIAN WORK. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bath and North East Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £754,838 against total expenditure of £432,150, resulting in a net income of £638,941. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £5,080,931, which is above their stated policy target of £50,000 for the General Fund Free Reserve. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Western Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

86 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (85 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~141.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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: 3.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joseph Matthew David Maclanechair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANDREW JAMES STREET
• Chris Bartlett
• GLYN JOHN DAVIES · trustee of 1 other charity
• HIS HONOUR MICHAEL RODNEY BURR · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Davies · trustee of 2 other charities
• Mark Bodger
• NICHOLAS PETER TOWNSEND
• Paul Dalling
• ROBERT ANDREW CLATWORTHY
• STEWART ALAN SIMMONS · trustee of 3 other charities
• Simon Charles Restall
• Stephen Toan
• Yme Potjewijd · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WLJM.

• WLJM income £446k
• OAKHALL CHURCH, CATERHAM income £567k
• CHRIST CENTRAL income £521k
• DESIRING TRUTH MINISTRIES income £32k
• JESUITS IN BRITAIN CIO income £14.7m
• CATHOLIC TRUST FOR ENGLAND AND WALES income £10.3m

Side by side with its peers

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