UNION OF WELSH INDEPENDENTS INCORPORATED

Registered charity 248076 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£674k
Latest spending
£684k
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £1,820,477, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £280,000 (six months of expenditure). The charity reports a net income surplus of £784,880 for the year, driven largely by investment gains, and the auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months worth of expenditure (held: £1.8m)
The trustees feel that the minimum value of reserves held should be sufficient to cover at least six months worth of expenditure. At 31st December 2024, the minimum level was approximately £280,000 — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titlesin England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£674k
Total spending
£684k
Cost of raising funds
£51k
Reserves (reported)
£280k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£674k£684k
31/12/2023£653k£601k
31/12/2022£3.4m£515k
31/12/2021£623k£664k
31/12/2020£374k£487k

Common questions

Is UNION OF WELSH INDEPENDENTS INCORPORATED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £1,820,477, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £280,000 (six months of expenditure). The charity reports a net income surplus of £784,880 for the year, driven largely by investment gains, and the auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Ellis Lloyd Jones Audit Limited.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/09/2006£17kFestri-Neuadd Beulah

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
UNION OF WELSH INDEPENDENTS INCORPORATED£674k0aboveno doubt
WYCLIF INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£618k0unclearno doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILEMON TOXTETH FY2023£173k0aboveno doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, RUDGWICK FY2024£269k0unclearno doubt
THE EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED FY2025£596k0unclearno doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL WARWICK FY2023£167k0unclearno doubt

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