BLACKWOOD CHRISTIAN CENTRE

Registered charity 516461 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OASIS BLACKWOOD CHRISTIAN CENTRE

The core objects of the charity continue to be; 1. The advancement of the Christian faith. 2. The relief of persons who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress. 3. The advancement of education on the basis of Christian principles.

Objects

1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. 2 THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS. 3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES.

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF GWENT AND ELSEWHERE

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Caerphilly, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£30k
Latest spending
£31k
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's finances are satisfactory with funds available for all necessary expenditure. The trustees have assessed risks and are transferring the charity building to a new entity, Blackwood Vineyard Church, to merge congregations. The charity continues its objectives of advancing Christian faith, relieving hardship, and education through local and global aid.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Tithes (40% of income)
“Tithes Chq 1,050.00 Tithes Cash 12,176.93 Tithes s/O 7,734.43”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees are gifting the charity building 'Oasis' to Vineyard Church Cardiff, where they will merge and continue work.
“To this end the trustees are gifting the charity building known as “Oasis” to the Vineyard Church Cardiff. The new entity will become Blackwood Vineyard Church where the congregations will merge and continue the work as set out below.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 4

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 6

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2025 (received 20/04/2026, 74 days after the 05/02/2026 due date); year ending 05/04/2023 (received 23/08/2024, 200 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2021 (received 18/03/2022, 41 days after the 05/02/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Caerphilly · Merthyr Tydfil

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£30k£31k
05/04/2024£22k£19k
05/04/2023£23k£18k
05/04/2022£20k£20k
05/04/2021£19k£18k

Common questions

Is BLACKWOOD CHRISTIAN CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's finances are satisfactory with funds available for all necessary expenditure. The trustees have assessed risks and are transferring the charity building to a new entity, Blackwood Vineyard Church, to merge congregations. The charity continues its objectives of advancing Christian faith, relieving hardship, and education through local and global aid. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
KINGSGATE CHURCH TRUST1£494

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIVINGWELL COMMUNITY CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BLACKWOOD CHRISTIAN CENTRE£30k—0unclear—no doubt
LIVINGWELL COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025£116k—0unclear—no doubt
NETWORK VINEYARD CENTRAL FY2025£355k£62,4391unclear—no doubt
CHRISTIAN CAUSE FY2025£63k—0unclear—no doubt
CITY CHURCH TRUST FY2025£89k—0unclear—no doubt
LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH (WARWICKSHIRE) FY2025£168k—0unclear—no doubt

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