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The Ministry Area Council of Beechwood Ministry Area, Newport
- 13 trustees
- Income £486k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- The Revd Canon David Charles MatthewsChair · since 2022
- Amanda Jane BerryTrustee · since 2022
- Cecilia Lise Anais PhillipsTrustee · since 2026
- Gary James HelkvistTrustee · since 2026
- Patricia Vanessa WardTrustee · since 2022
- Philippa DixeyTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Kay DenlyTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Linda BattTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Samuel James HelkvistTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Susan Avarina PrattenTrustee · since 2018
- Sarah Louise Purnell-DavisTrustee · since 2024
- Timothy FordTrustee · since 2019
- Wendy MatthewsTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Newport City
- Website
- www.bma.church (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£486k£831k
- 2024£774k£1.7m
- 2023£446k£573k
Earlier years
- 2022£2.3m£467k
- 2021£167k£185k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 40%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION OF THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH, PASTORAL, EVANGELISTIC, SOCIAL AND ECUMENICAL, IN THE PARISH
Board analysis
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.
13 trustees on the board
- The Revd Canon David Charles Matthews Chair since 2022
- Amanda Jane Berry since 2022
- Cecilia Lise Anais Phillips since 2026
- Gary James Helkvist since 2026
- Patricia Vanessa Ward since 2022
- Philippa Dixey since 2022
- Rev Kay Denly since 2025
- Rev Linda Batt since 2022
- Rev Susan Avarina Pratten since 2018
- Rev Samuel James Helkvist since 2022
- Sarah Louise Purnell-Davis since 2024
- Timothy Ford since 2019
- Wendy Matthews since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Susan Avarina Pratten since 2018
- Timothy Ford since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Amanda Jane Berry since 2022
- Patricia Vanessa Ward since 2022
- Sarah Louise Purnell-Davis since 2024
Portfolio (10)
- The Revd Canon David Charles Matthews Chair since 2022
- Cecilia Lise Anais Phillips since 2026
- Gary James Helkvist since 2026
- Philippa Dixey since 2022
- Rev Kay Denly since 2025
- Rev Linda Batt since 2022
- Rev Susan Avarina Pratten since 2018
- Rev Samuel James Helkvist since 2022
- Timothy Ford since 2019
- Wendy Matthews since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 38.8 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1137284
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 31 MARCH 1920 as amended on 01 Dec 2021
- Contact on the register
- 01633258046 · general@bma.church
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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