CHRIST COLLEGE, BRECON
Registered charity 525744 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Education of children
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that net assets decreased to £16,728,193, with free reserves reported at £2,517,000. The trustees note that this figure does not fairly reflect actual free reserves because long-term loan liabilities are secured over the College’s land, buildings, and investment assets. When these secured liabilities are excluded, the group’s free reserves are £3,204,000, which the Governors consider adequate to fulfill the College's obligations.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: two months (held: £2.5m)
“The Governors require sufficient reserves to ensure that the College can pay its short-term creditors and meet the operating costs of the business for at least two months.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
CHRIST COLLEGE HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Turnover: £455k
- Profit before tax: £10k
- Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £110k
- Amounts due to parent charity included in creditors: £217,454
“Distributions to parent charity under gift aid - (110,073)”
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£97k
Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Bishop John Derrick Lomas · trustee of 1 other charity
- Grahame Clive Davies
- JAMES HENRY DUFFIELD
- John Craig Powell · trustee of 1 other charity
- Jonathan Francis Spencer
- Judge Milwyn Jarman
- Julia Cherrett
- Kevan Thornber
- LOUISE ELIZABETH DAVIES
- Lesley Perry
- Linda Williams
- Mark Rhydderch-Roberts
- Nicola Maughan · trustee of 2 other charities
- Philip Jones
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CHRIST COLLEGE, BRECON financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that net assets decreased to £16,728,193, with free reserves reported at £2,517,000. The trustees note that this figure does not fairly reflect actual free reserves because long-term loan liabilities are secured over the College’s land, buildings, and investment assets. When these secured liabilities are excluded, the group’s free reserves are £3,204,000, which the Governors consider adequate to fulfill the College's obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.
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