Methodist Church in Wales - Wales Synod Cymru

Registered charity 1128205 Registered since 2009

Operates: Throughout Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

22 trustees on the board

3y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Margaret Webber since 2018

5.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (14)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 20Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4Other Charitable Purposes 2Disability 1Economic/community Development/employment 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 4Professional services 3Arts and leisure 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£810k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

14.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 37.1 in 2021

6 from 7 in 2023

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Wrexham Methodist Circuit 2 shared trustees

Connected through a shared trustee

MID Glamorgan Mission of the Methodist Church 1 shared trustee
Cardiff Methodist Circuit 1 shared trustee
Cytun:Eglwysi Ynghyd YNG Nghymru / Churches Together in Wales Limited 1 shared trustee
Vale of Glamorgan Methodist Circuit 1 shared trustee
The Methodist Church South West Wales Circuit 1 shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.methodistwales.org.uk
Email	office@methodistwales.org.uk
Phone	02920761515
Address	CYNCOED METHODIST CHURCH, WESTMINSTER CRESCENT, CARDIFF, CF23 6SE

Finances

£809,811 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£331,877	£405,456
2022	£432,936	£577,437
2023	£513,711	£582,972
2024	£674,034	£583,297
2025	£809,811	£651,228

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

The purposes of the Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have been since the date of union the advancement of -(a) the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and the dicipline of the Methodist Church;(b) any charitable purpose for the time being of any Connexional, district, circuit, local or other organisation of the Methodist Church;(c) any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institution subsiduary or ancillary to the Methodist Church;(d) any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church.

Governing document: DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976) as amended on 09 Apr 2022

Trustees (22)

22trustees

57median age

0aged 70+

Barry John Hawkins since 2021
Christopher Jepson-Randall since 2021
Dr Richard Phillip Noyes since 2025
Ffion Pennant Rowlinson since 2023
Margaret Birch since 2021
Margaret Webber since 2018
Martin Lougher since 2021
Rev Andrew Charlesworthage band 55-59 since 2023
Rev Bethany Willers since 2024
Rev Catherine Brobbey since 2025
Rev David Marc Morgan since 2025
Rev Dr James Stephen Garnettage band 55-59 since 2024
Rev Evelyn Ruth Bhajan since 2025
Rev Gareth John Edwardsage band 55-59 since 2023
Rev Howard David Long since 2022
Rev Ian David Morrisage band 55-59 since 2022
Rev James Eaton-Challinor since 2024
Rev Keith Edwards since 2023
Rev Phillip Terence Poole since 2024
Rev Richard Brian Gillion since 2022
Rhian Evans-Hill since 2024
Steve Mcelveen since 2025

Connected charities (19)

Wrexham Methodist Circuit 2 shared trustees
Vale of Glamorgan Methodist Circuit 1 shared trustee
Mumbles Methodist Church 1 shared trustee
Swansea & Gower Methodist Circuit 1 shared trustee
Caerau Development Trust 1 shared trustee
The Methodist Church South West Wales Circuit 1 shared trustee
Cardiff Methodist Circuit 1 shared trustee
The Methodist Church Gwent Hills and Vales Circuit (2/13) 1 shared trustee
Rydal Penrhos 1 shared trustee
Community & Voluntary Support Conwy 1 shared trustee
Newport and Lower WYE Methodist Circuit 1 shared trustee
Whitchurch Methodist Church, Cardiff 1 shared trustee
Swansea Vale Railway Society 1 shared trustee
The Christian Centre for Rural Wales 1 shared trustee
The Pontarddulais Partnership 1 shared trustee
Trinity Methodist & United Reformed Chuch 1 shared trustee
Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre (North Wales) 1 shared trustee
The Amelia Methodist Trust Company Limited 1 shared trustee
Rydal Penrhos Limited 1 shared trustee

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