UNION OF WELSH INDEPENDENTS INCORPORATED

Registered charity 248076 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious Activities

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN WALES OR ELSEWHERE, ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES AND USAGES OF PROTESTANTS OF THE INDEPENDENT CHURCHES ALSO CALLED CONGREGATIONALISTS.

Area of benefit: WALES.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles in 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.

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

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

Total income

£674k

Total spending

£684k

Cost of raising funds

£51k

Reserves (reported)

£280k

Employees

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

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (30/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (29/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (29/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Arall Mererid Mair Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
DAVID ELFED DAVIES · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr DAVID REES LLOYD · trustee of 2 other charities
Eurig Davies · trustee of 1 other charity
Fiona Gwenllian Hephzibah Gannon · trustee of 1 other charity
Geraint Eirian Rees
Gwilym Sion Jeffs
Miriam Jane Anne Lewis · trustee of 1 other charity
PARCHG BETI-WYN JAMES
Parch Owain Idwal DAVIES
Parchedig Owain Llyr Evans
Parchg Dylan Rhys Parry
Parchg Thomas Jeffrey Williams
Peter Spriggs
Robin Wyn Samuel · trustee of 1 other charity
Sian Meinir

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	£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).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/09/2006	£17k	Festri-Neuadd Beulah

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
COUNTYPIER LIMITED	1	£116k
REIFER MEMORIAL LIMITED	1	£20k
CHARITIES ADMINISTERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE UNAFFILIATED CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WYCLIF INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

WYCLIF INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £618k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILEMON TOXTETH income £142k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, RUDGWICK income £269k
ALEXANDER SHTIEBEL income £248k
THE EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED income £596k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL WARWICK income £153k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
UNION OF WELSH INDEPENDENTS INCORPORATED	£674k	—	above	—	no doubt
WYCLIF INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£618k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILEMON TOXTETH FY2024	£142k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, RUDGWICK FY2025	£269k	—	above	—	no doubt
ALEXANDER SHTIEBEL FY2024	£248k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED FY2025	£596k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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