The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Representative Body of the Church in Wales

Registered charity 1142813 Registered since 2011

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.

4.3y median 3y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.4y
average years in governance
9
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 23Accommodation/housing 4Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 3Environment/conservation/heritage 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Education 8Arts and leisure 6Health and social care 3

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£22.0m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

116 from 100 in 2020
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.churchinwales.org.uk
Phone02920348200
AddressTHE REPRESENTATIVE BODY OF THE, CHURCH IN WALES, 4TH FLOOR 2 CALLAGHAN SQUARE, CARDIFF, CF10 5BT

Finances

£23,001,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£20,264,000£30,867,000
2022£22,030,000£27,739,000
2023£23,985,000£29,065,000
2024£21,996,000£28,639,000
2025£23,001,000£29,134,000

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE MISSION AND MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH IN WALES MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN:THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH IN WALES.THE ROYAL CHARTER 1919.THE WELSH CHURCH ACT 1914. THE WELSH CHURCH (TEMPORALITIES) ACT 1919.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH IN WALES;THE ROYAL CHARTER 1919;THE WELSH CHURCH ACT 1914;THE WELSH CHURCH (TEMPORALITIES) ACT 1919.

Trustees (23)

23trustees
61median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (21)

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