Calvinistic Methodist or Pres'byterian
Church of "Wales Candidates and
Training Department Fund
(Registered Charity Nu7nber 1118759)
Annual Report
For the year ended 31 December 2023

Calvinistic Methodist or Presbyterian Church of
Wales Candidates and Training Department
Fund
Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2023
Contents
Pages
gal and ad￿l￿1StratsVe infonnation
Report of the trus'tees
Statement (rftrllSte￿, ￿PonSibl]Iti￿8
Independenl aiiditors, report
Statement offillancial artiiities
Balanr£ 8hert
Notes to the fillancial 5tatetnents
10-14

Legal and administrative information for the year
ended 31 December 2023
cOnsti￿tion
The CahTinistie ethodist or PresbJteriaTr Chureh ol lir￿eS a￿dida￿S alld TrainiDg Departtnenl
Fllnd nhc CharitK) ￿ an unineorporatcd argani4atinn and a repi5tered chaTity (lio.. ill￿759). The
Charity was registered on li Apiil 2007,
Truslecs
The trustci%who seNed dllrii)g theypard?lld up to the date of2pprovg1 ofthe findncial statements
were..
T)r F.ryl I)a￿eS
MT.8 Dilys Hiigbe.s
Miss Glynis Owen
Ir lknis O Ilughes
Pateh I,Jwyn IiiLhanls
Pare.h Nan Powell-i)avics
Mrcliff Williams
Under the Schell￿ governitig the Cbarity, thL' tr￿tee£ all members of Ibe Calldidates and Training
l)epartment of the Pre6Wer]#n Church of Wales. There ore a of 4 ex n]Tiei¢i tn￿lee$ and 3
nominated trllgttcs. 'Il]e. nominBted inistee.% appoillted bv the Candidates and 'lEJining
Departsnent
Ex officio trusttts are..
The Gener8& Seeretary of thc PreBI)ylL'riin C.hiirc.h of Wdes
The Cliairpet¥on ol Ihe &IiilidJtes ￿dTraIning Department
]￿e Secretarv ofthe Landid<itk> a￿aT￿ Depa￿￿ellt
ltse.'I're.a8nrcr ofthc Candidates and'ihining Departmenl
Principal address
Independent Auditors
e/0 The Pre5byteriwL Churokn ofW81&8
Tabernaele Chapel
81 Mtrth)ry Road
11￿.t￿Urcb
Caidktf
CTr-u IDD
Aze.L% Audit SeTriLes
Ty Derw
Lime Tree Court
Cardiff Gate BusiDess Park
Cardiff
CF23 8AB
Solicitors
Bankers
Geldards L
4 CapiLdl Quarter
1SmdaU Street
Cardiff
CFIO 4BZ
B2rc]a)T Battk plc
85 High Strcct
BlaLkwotMI

Report of the trustees for the year ended 31
December 2023
'I'h¥ irub'tees are pleasea to pr¢seDt their report and the audited financial statements for the year
ended 31 December 2023. 'Ihe (:harity was re&stered on li April 2007 and was formed froni the
fornierAberysttffjh Theologir￿] Collpge and Stholarship Fllnds.
'riie information with respeLt to t￿Stee5, Office￿ aDd ddYi5ors set uut un pdKe i fom part of this
rew)rt. The finalleidl stdtenlents have been prepaTed oTrJJ d goius COJLcern basis in eomplianee
the applicable aLeoulltiri¥ standards ID the United Killgao￿ inLluditig the Statement of
ReeommeIided PraLLie£ ISOPTr)- AccountinE Reportin% by Lharilies in preparing their
filldncial ststeuLents in 41LL(pidance the ￿￿u¢ll Report￿% Standard (FRS) applieable in the
UK dnd Keyublic of Ireland (FLS 102).
Status and objeclives
'Ile Lharity is the Cal￿11$t1c methOd￿t or Presb)terian Cburcb of Wales Candidates aiid TrainiDg
De.PTrc rtJnent b'uDd. i*e Charity reports to the Presbyterian Lhurch of Wales Gettcral Assc]nbly
through the Chure.h'$ Ministiie.s Departnie.nt.
The object of the L'harity" is to proNide traininK for ministry fortbe Presbyterian church of Wales.
Connected charity
The Charity is the Can(Lidat¥8 and Traiiun8 Departmenl nf the Presbyterian C'hurth of Walcs,
Tabernacle Chapel, 81 mert￿￿ Road, I￿lL￿te.h￿rCh, C'ardiff, CP-14 IDD. The Chdrity rec.eii'es J
allnllal grant from the Presb}teriaD Church o( Wales to a&sist with salaries, cour4e and running
e(1s1&.. Thi5 grant &mountLQ to £32,6.52 (2022.. £.75.5.52).
Developments, activities uLhievemenLs
The main activity of thc Charity is tv provide training for the ministry of the Pre.sbyterian LhurLh
of Ivales.
The Jepdrtjnent is fundin& m'erseeing and supporting the tt2itting of one candidate fr>r the
ministy and fi￿ler training for six other minister5 and workers, together hith developing ill
Ser￿ training fnr Minist￿S, wtsrke￿ and those on the Mi&sion Pr(Igramme',
in 2028 thc InterdenomTnationa] Train5ng For41m was pstahli8hpd betwee.n the. Presbitterian
C,hi1￿h of Wales, the Welsh Independent*, the Baptists and ill the autumn of 2023
£r.000 wd% traL£fenEd to the J3aptist College, Cardiff tt) pro￿￿te trdining pr£￿151￿￿5 tbrough
the rnedium of Wplsh; and
The Cbarity eontinues to promote the Cjap YeaT Student proxriqmme At Loleg y Bala and
provided a grant of £20,000 in 2023.
Results
During the year the. fiinds nf thc Charity have becn uqed to further thc Chariti s objcctives. The tket
defiLlt fur the ycar was £62,886 (2022.. deficit £118,014}. The reAuctitsn in dv.fic.it is maini}'
Ilributable to aIL I]]ITedlised g8iIi iuvLftments in 2023 of £14,467 {2n22-10.ss nl L46,t53).

Report of the trustees, for the year ended 31
December 2023
Expenditure on eharitable activity increased fro￿ £117,083 in 2022 to £118,836 in 2023, homever
the.re ￿'aS a deLrease in illco￿e frr)Tr L45,222 ill 2022 to £41033 in 2023. The results for the year
are shown in the statement uf fstlancial activtties on page 8.
The trustees arc satisfied thdt thc finaneial pnsitinn at the perioa e.nd is adequate to meet the on-
Qing requuements oc the Charity with the Lontinued support of The Presb}ter&an Church of
Wales.
Reserves policy
e trustees po]iLry is to n]aintain the. Am()unl of toiul reserve8 at a winirllum of one ye2r.8' Worth of
expendittwe. Reserve.8 eurremtly exeo.ed this level ￿7th anniial L￿ndIt￿re eurrelltly appix)ximately
£120,000 per arthum. At thi¥ Ici'el thc tDLstcas believe tlio would he able. to continup the fU￿ellt
actiNTties of the Lbar￿ty iu the evelll of d drop in income. The trustees aeknowle.dge the continuing
supp(Jrt of il)e. Pre&b￿e￿iIn Chun,.b of Walu is esseottai for its long ter￿ viability.
Investment powcrs. policy and perforniance
The inV&st￿ents. dttributable to tbe ChaTity are held as part of the investmenl portfolio of the
Presbyteiian Church of Wales.
All investments are administered by Rathbtsnes {lllvestec Wealth and Invcstment) in aeeordance.
with the gllidelines set out by the ProDertie.s Board olthe Presbyteriall ChurLh Nkxles.
The perforrnancc is regularly moDltored by means Df detsaed quarterly rcporLs and a minimum of
one ￿eetIng per artnum with tlLe invthlnlenl tn41naxer.
Risk managenient
'n)e trnstees ￿ undertakng a review of the euThllt register, and uwiating it to reflect the major
riskq to wbÉeh the Charity ig exposed and its risk management and iDternal eontml procedures in
order to enbure that 8yste.ms are in place to mitsgate these rislLS.
Governance of the Charity
During 2023 the trustee5 met h*iee via an nnline platforni. On a da}r to day basis the Charity was
administered by the Academic Director Rev Br￿ Williams, and the cp.ntna ufGLe of the
Presbyterian Lhurch ol Wthles. All liaise dosely i%ryth the tn￿eeS whell significant matters arise.
Public Bencfit
In planning and reiiei*ing its activities the Cburch has c.onsidered the Charity Commissiojj's
idance on public benefit and ID particular the. speeifir. guidanc.e. on Charities for the advanceJneDt
(Jf religion
By order of the try￿tee5
Tr￿lee."
Datr... J8 October 2024
Date..
J8
O(th

Statement of trustees, responsibilities
Thc trusle.e4 ure rebponsible for preparing the. Trllstees, Annllal Report and the fittanr.ia
5tatemeFtL$ accorclance with applicable law and UniLed Kinsdom AL'counting Standards (Lllited
Kingdom GeneraJ]y Accepted A¢countsJ)g Praetice).
The law applicablc to charities in Einglaud aud Wales requires the trnste.es to PTepare financial
statements lor each fillancial year which giie. a true and f49ir view uf thL' State of affairs of the
charity and uf the incoming TesourLes and application ol'resoiireeb of the charity for ihat period.
In preparing these fillancial statements, the trustees are rcquiTcd to..
select suitable accounting polie.ie8 and ihen applythetn con4L￿fe.nI]y'
obberve the meib(xL% and principles in the Charities SORP,.
make judgmenLq and estimates that are re28onable and prudent.,
state whether 2pp11CAblt, 2r.r.rJunting standards, enmpri.4ing b KS 102, have beell followed,
s￿bJert to any material dep2rture.s di8tr.l(K￿e.d and e.xplained in the financial stJtements' and
prepare the financial statements oll the going conecrn basis unless it is inappropriatc to
presume that the charity ￿]ll coJtinue ill business.
The tnistees are re8pnnsible for keepins proper actounting re¢.oxxls that disclose reasottttble
ac£uracy at any time thc finallcial po8ltion of the charity. and p.nable tbem to ensure that the
fuianeial staLementt4 L()mpl}' with the Chariti(% Act 2011, the. Chgrity (AecounLs and Re.ports)
Re8ulations 2008. They are als() responsible for salegllarding the assets of the. chkrity and heDce
for taking reasonable steps for the. prevention aod detectiou of fraud and other irregularities.
lty order of the tr￿st￿$
I'rllstee.".
Trustee: .
Dale.. 18 October 21J24
Dale".
October
2024

CalvinistiL Methodist or Presbyterian Church of
Wales Candidates and Training Department
Fund
Independent auditors, report to the t￿￿teeS of
Calvinistic Methodist or Presbyterion Church of
Wales Candidates and Training Department T4und
Opinion
WehAip. aijditedthe fmallci31 bttaternents ofcalv1ui￿c Meth(Mlistor Church of Wal&
Carididdlets aDdTraiJing Pepaltiuent Fuud fortbeyear endLd 3i•lDc￿ber 2U23 which Co￿Prise the
Si&tLmLntof Financial BalatLce.8hee.t, and not(stritbc fitt3neiAI stste.ments, including
ifie2nt aecoullttn
PLrparation iq a
p]ica
Stsndard J02
am and United King(iom AiuiiiJ)tin¥ qL￿IL￿j5, indudinb, FiDanLial Rewjrtiiig
e￿￿O￿ad[Reporti￿9 Stondardappli￿bleirt the bW(mdRgpubl￿ofI￿1a￿d (Untted
KiDxdullL GenedIyAc￿ptOjACO)Unt1llg Prdctice).
In ourop￿Li0n the financialstaternents:
gtira ttue and fairiiewof the. stateofthe cbanws thir5&% at31tt Dettmber 2028, of the
chariws illCOllliDg ￿0￿[1￿ and applicatioll Of￿￿U￿, including its iD(x)me expenditurn,
fortheyedrthen endfX3-
hAve￿n pn)perl5' prepared in acco￿janCe s%ryth United GenerdltyAcp£pted
Ac'counting PrnctI(￿. and
bavc been prepa￿din the mwire.Inp.nts of Ihe.CJJarttie5Act 2011.
foi" opinion
Ive conducted our aDlit in a(LThd.dD(*m￿th JnteTnational Stsnc]ards nn Aud￿n% (UK) (ISL4 (UK)) and
appliLAble Idw. retspunsibllitiets. UDdLrthosL stalldar&% are filltheidwibttl in theAuditoVs
re3PODS)Thi]itses fortbe auilrtof thcfinancial statrn]ents sertion of wr rep)rt. We are ]Rde￿￿dcnt of the
harity in a(YtJrdan￿￿1th the ethiLzI JEquirements tkntaT¥ ￿leY￿[It to ouraudit of thefinaneittl
sLitsmentsin the UK indudmg the FRL-b Ethi£ai standa￿ and we ljave ftllfilled nurothe.r ethieal
)ll￿baltieS in a¢￿[danCe￿￿th theseTequireTnents. Webdle￿rtbatthc audit evide.ni*. we have
obthined is andappmpri&te to pJvvide a h&sis foroiiT opinion.
CA)nclwsions relating to goingcoDCern
Jn auditingthe. finanrrial qL?tements, webavc eOnelud￿thatthetnjStec£. useof the goinx (x)n￿￿ basisof
aLrountWinthe prepardtiollof thtlinatieial statements is dl)propriate.
Ildbe(I thework we havv pvrfvtllLeQ have nut identifjed anymatcrial uneertaintios Tr.lating to events
iiriunaith)n5diat, iudividuauy orcollLY￿.￿y, inay cagt 8ignJfieantdoubt on the cbariWs dbllity lo
lltinue as a going ￿lleern fora penod ol"atle&si twe]ve niontkns. frum when the finanoial statements are
authorised For issue.
i)ur restK>Tr7slbltttl&s and the r￿pOnS1r)uI[leS of the [￿￿ee$ iEspeLttn goi￿X are deSerKi￿￿1
the LElevanl seetionsof thi% teport.
The otherinfnunatitsD C.Drnprnwthe inforn￿tiOn iDeluded in tht ￿￿Ste¢s. annual report, other tllan thc
financial state.me.nL8 iintlrnir auditor's Te.
iDforrnatiDD iyjntained Mrythin the anll￿a
ort thereon.Thetr￿tOX arc W$rA)rL￿￿1ef0rthe. other
repc)rf. Our opillion (Trn thefiDancialststeInents diJe& not eover
the other ]DhrU￿tIoll an(1 ex(Epttothe extellt otherwise exyheittystated]ll ollr report, Tr%Edonot expr
}' fi)rm of assurance condu&Dn tberLrn. Ourrespnsibai
doing so, considermthethcr the other infonnation i8 materi
'L8to read Ihv. ntherinfomatioii aijd, iu
inconsiste.iil wilh the fin2￿Cial ststements
orourloiowledge obtsinal Étj the wurse olthe auditurotheTh%use appcaLS tobL I￿ater￿]ty Wi￿lated. If we.
identify S￿?) iiial('.tid] iiiwnsitstt.'1ICA￿ nr aii]MrL'llt matp.rial rnisstatcrncnts, wearp required to (kteI]ni￿e
whetherthis givc5 ri￿'t0 a material ￿l$s￿te￿ellt in the financ.ial %tatements the￿￿e1v￿¥. If ba8Ld on the
wvri( webai'L ￿￿Orni¢￿, we LY)ndud¢ thatthere is a n)aieriai Mi￿aLeMent[rfth1S otherinionLatioJJ, we
rfxiuiredto rep)rt that ￿et.
Wp. have nothin% to ￿pOrt in this ￿gard.
MatteTh on which we are requitted ￿ report byex<Yption
'e have nothing tu rtport in ￿￿pert of thcfollomqnbr mattely iij Irlation to whiLh the Charities C4ccounts
and Re￿}rts} Re￿￿dti0rL% 2008 require to rep)rt tovou if, itiour opinion..
tIIp. iTif0rn121ion give.n in the fil]￿￿(..1aI is incoo￿tentln any tnalerid] respKYl the
IL$t￿, ￿￿)rt,. or
slffie1entat￿urLtiugn￿D1S havenotbeen kem,. or

Calvinistic Methodist or Presbyterian Church of
Wales Candidates and Training Dcpartment
Fund
Independent auditors, report to the t￿￿teeS of
Calvinistic Methodist or Presbyterian Church of
Wales Candidates and Training Department Fund
the L￿1￿s￿￿￿e1aI statsnieiits are not in a%teeJlleotwith the ￿)[￿8 ¢ind ￿hIr￿s.
OT
we have notTecewed all the infonnation and c￿p]Sn￿ttOnS we IEquire for ouraudit.
Res'pon¥ibi]itics of tr￿tttY
Ks exiil(iine(I ￿0[￿ fthRy in ihe tr￿￿'te*S, ￿￿nSibl]itieS statement sctoulon ￿e 4 the t[￿￿et$ a
res5on￿7)le forthe p￿Par￿tiOnof thefinaneial%tAtements and fnrbeins.8atigfid thatthcy g[￿ a Lrneand
faIr￿eW. and for sueh ]nternal a>nthl as t1letrustc￿ detennine is n￿&Saryt0 enable the preparntion of
fjnaneiAI 5tateJnents thatatr free frotn ￿ateria] misthtcmenL whetherdue to fraud or emjr.
In preparillg thcfuwieial statcmcnts,tht truste& are. T&SW)nsihle. fi)rLw£sing the charl￿g ability, t()
ntinue a goingcoueern, distJ￿]tig, a5 applicablE ll]atte￿ relat￿ io going (x)n￿rn l￿d usingthe
going coneern basts of ai'tountingunirss the tnLStep8 eitheTintend toliquidate thE eharity orto c
0perdti0￿, or have no realistie ￿ternatiVebllt tt) d() ￿.
Auditorfs respoT&SlblJities forthe auditof the financial slatemcnts
Ive hait beell a
the Art arL
winted auditur und¥r sectioll ¥.5 of theChariti?_q Art 2011 and rrport iD a(xx)Tda￿e
evantregU]atLo￿ made orhaTrin% EfftttthtM]lldLr.
OuTohiertive£ are to obtaiD nxsoiiable assuralll% dlx)utwhether thefin8ncialstatements as a ithole are
Irpe. frg)m mateN] misstatemvnt. wthrtherclii(' lo ft7ud or error, andto i&gue3n audi￿￿% report that
illdud& uurvpillwll. li￿l￿b]ca&Su￿rfL￿lL is levd t)f &￿￿ri1[lI..tr, l)ut is not a gUarallt￿Illltan
auditwnductcd ill a(ll)rdancc (UKJ always dctect a ll￿terial misstatementmhfn it ex7sts.
Mi4gtater]ents arise Irom lrnud oFer￿[￿a ￿ CUDsidered ￿￿teLlaR it, 5lldiNidually oi. lli ihe
cfjuld ￿&￿nablY1)e. ewEyJ toinfluenLe.the txxinomic decisiorLsof we￿taken onthe
A furtherd&8L'ription of ourMW]￿1Tr}IIlts￿ i4 available un the FinaDckd Reporbng Councils website at.
ii1Thiw.&r.oi'.kF.iik Our-NUrl(JAudilJtludit-and-￿uJ"￿￿￿iStalldardS-￿lla- ,iliCliiri(*lStLUiLlcird%-
an(! &iiid.Ince.-Inr-Illiait()5￿,1Alidit0ry-[tSj￿jIiS]ETrIlitICS-fo1'.aIIdIll_DQ￿crIirtIoll-￿f-￿Ull]tUIN te%
ior-alldit.A%ii_¥. Ibisd&8criptionfnnu part ofouraudilorfs ￿pOrt.
E¥icnttosvl)ich the auditwas ry)Thgidered cAp&blc of detectingirregu]arities, ineluding
fralld
Irregularitic4 inLludingfrdU(L illstsne£% (If llon-(fjmp]￿(￿WUthI￿MSalld resu]alion5. We desigtL
pn)eedur(S ID ]inewith Ollr respDnsibfiiti4 outliudl 8ndonthe Fkneial Re￿rt]rtg C4)unLll'5
welx8ile, lo detect Indter￿] mi%%tAte.ments" in of irreguknes, includin%frauiL
We Dbtiin and llpdatc ourunderstsndllw of theentit , ILS aciiirytith, its (x)ntrul ¥IJvitUJUKJent, ￿a]ikelY
ture dtYel()pment4 incllldin£inre.lati(JD ttiihe. iJand regulatoryframcworkapplicablc ana how the
entity'i% CnTnplying with that fraTFLeliork Hasea thi¥ Unde￿(lIng. we. ide.ntify' and a&ses5 the ￿kS or
n1&t￿la1 ￿lSState[DellI olthv fiDdnLiJJ statelliellts, wbether due to fraudor crn)r, d&igts aud peTfonn
Th)LEdures Fcsw)nsivetutht6c risks, obtrill aiidit ￿￿de.n¢tthat is sufficient and a
pD)vile abaw for ovropinion. This iDdud(¥ coJsideiatinii olthe risk olacts.bythe elllity
propriatp to
tknEre
CDntraryto) applicablclaw3 aDdTr.wiations, iDcliidinK fraud.
IJ) iUgPOll8C LO the Tisk of irregu]aritif% and non-(X)Mplian￿ with lamty and rewlation5, induoing frau(L we
de.￿l￿ned pr(xrdures which inoluded..
.Enquiry of nLanagement andthose cbargedwith g0¥,eriL￿tr ￿ctUal and p)tenli8J liti8alK)n
CL11n￿ as a￿￿],.￿lS[Wted and allegd fraud.
.R￿vit￿l[LX millutfsuf meetin&£ ofth(Isecharsedwith goveniauce,.
the eAent of eornpliance with the laws alld regulatio￿ Lonsideredto ha￿e a dirert n￿teI]zI
e finaDcidl st4lttmviilb ur tht. uperdtionb uf the CUtityth￿Ug￿ cnqi)iryand inspection,,
*Re%ieMing financial statement thelc6urtsandt&rtingt(J 8upp()rting a￿.￿Me.￿tatiOn to a&se&% eornplianc
with tipplicab1e]a￿ and regdations;
4Peil()rEiung aiidit wurkuvL'f IibkiTrf manageEnentbias and override of contm]s, snduding t@8ting nf
ioumal entries and othcr adjustn￿￿t8 forapDmDriatLne*s. evdliiAtinAthe bLiS]ne&s rationa]e o1sigTJifii￿iI
tran￿£￿10￿5 outside the norJ]]dl (￿llrSe of busiue&8 ￿ld rthryewkuga(xuulltins &till￿teS for indiL£Itr)rs of
potentialbiLq.
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Calvinistic Methodist or Presbyterian Church of
Wales Candidates and Training Department
Fund
Independent auditors, report to the trustees of
Coluinistic Methodist or Presbyterian Chureh of
Wales Candidates and Training Department Fund
B&ause of the iitheTent limitatio￿5 of an audiLthere is a riskthat wewlllnotdet**t all irregulariiies,
]ncliidingthoseleAd]ngto a Mat￿lai miggtatementin thefinw]eid statemcnts or nnll-￿MplY&llee ￿7th
regu]Atson. This risk incr&￿(Sthe morethateompliance alawor wtion is from thc
events and ttaDS'dctiui￿ tell￿l￿ in the findnLid] sLiteweiits', & Wem￿l be lÉ>slike]ytobttomc aw￿￿ of
iL8tanees Dluon.compliance. The Eiskof not dctcctinsa mtsterial mi&8tate.ment resulting fraud is
hishertbattfor one resultin8from ern)r. &8fraiRd MAY inwlve LX)llwsio4 forgery, intelltiollal omi&sionB,
1iiLsrepTr5enta1io￿% orthe ovcnidc olilltern8J eontsxA.
Use of OuTrq￿rt
This IEwrt is made ￿]dY lo the charity8 tnisteff, as atxjdy, inaccordan￿ Part 4 of the ChaTitiÉ
(AC￿llnts and Rcports) Regukntiolls 2008. OuTaiiditwork has been Undertaken ￿tbatwe inigFIt Btdteto
theLh¢lllt￿s tr￿￿e¢￿￿()se ￿atte[b ME ￿e required to state to the￿ Juditorfs
rt and for no other
purpl￿. To the fLQ](¥t eXt￿lt bylakn,, wedD nut a
than theCh￿1￿￿￿dthe chatiW£ tr]stees &s a tK)dy, fi)ruurau
or1￿UMe rcsi)nnsi
lity to I￿YO￿le other
we bavefornied.
AT£tsAudit Services
LTrartcredAcu)untattts & StstutoryAuditor
Ty DeTrY
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Date: 18 Octoberoo¥
knts Audit Serricds is eligible to aet as an auditor iu t¥rnits uf section 1212 of the Companies Aet
2006.

Calvinistic Methodist or Presbyterian Church of
Wales Candidates and Training Department
Fund
Statement of financial activities for the year ended
31 December 2023
ote
2023
2022
Ineome froni:
Jnvestment income
GTant from Prebbiterian ChurdL ofWJJes
Donation5 2nd other income
8,881
32,652
9,670
35,552
Totsl
41,533
45,222
ch￿ltable activities
118,836
ij8,836
117,(18.3
117,083
Totsl
Net Expenditurc
(77,303)
(71,861)
Other recogDwd %ains and loss£q:
Net Oosses) I gains on inVest[￿ents
14*467
(46,153)
Net movemeTrl in r￿d
(62,836}
(118,014)
Rceonciliation of fimds:
Total fiIDds brought fonlara
622?397
740,411
Totsl ￿Thds tarried forward
559,56J
622,397
All r￿guised gaiLs andlosses have kvn inclllded in the St&tement ol Financia] Activities the
amounts iDeluded are deTived from the continuing operdtions of the CTharity.
The notes oj pages to io to ¥ forni part of these financial statements.

Calvinistic Methodist or Presbyterian Church of
Wales Candidates and Training Department
Fund
Balance sheet as at 31 December 2023
2023
2022
Note
InvestmellL
334,547
J20,iJ80
Current S&4ets
Debtors and pre.payment8
Cash di bdDk in hdnd
451410
53,056
219>040
299.97.5
264,450
353.031
LTr¢ditor5: amounts fallins due within one
year
(39y436)
(5017L4)
Net current gssets
2*5*OJ4
302,317
Totsd abt6ets le￿ net ¢urrent liabilitl
559,561
559y561
622,397
Approved by the Board tsf Trustees L)n 18 (Xtuber 2024 and signed on its behajf by:
Trllstee
tee
The notes at pag&8 io tn 14 fonn part olthLge financial slatemenL8.

Calvinistic Methodist or Presbyter.ian Church of
Wales Candidates and Training Department
Fund
Notes to the financial statements for the year eDded
31 December 2023
Principal accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The financiJJ statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, under the htsturical ca)st
C￿￿VentiOn. and in aceordanee the applicable accouDting stalldants in the unli￿ Kin8don], the
Statement of KtYA)]nmeiided Practice (Sol￿) 'A¢counting aud Reporting by CharitifT' (effective x
JalluAry 2ai9). FRS 102 and in accnrdanc? the Cbwiiies AL't 2DlJ, usins ￿1)sL￿tell￿y applied
accounting policies.
The financial statements are prcpcued in sterlingi whie.h i8 the ￿nctiOnal eurreney of the chaTity.
Monetaryamounts ID these financial statements are rounded to ncarest £.
Income poAiLy
Ineonie from donatio￿ and legaeieb ib reeogtii8ed un 41 tYLeiv4ible basi5 when diere is Sufficient
certainty of re.(T,iPt And nf thc value nf the incx)mir)g Te_$nurre <2n be measured Mrytb 5uffi¢ient
reliability. Grants receivable from the Pr&8bytcrian Chure.h of wal￿ i?re inelud(d as inc.ome intht year
of weipL
Recognition of exi)enditure
Expe.nditttrp. is accounted for ()n An ar.mials bA8iS.
F￿ed as.%L*t invosiments.
I￿tea inveètTr¢nts Vd]utd at bid ￿]￿￿Ket I￿Ue. Profits aJ)d 10&seb of investh]ellts are
caladated by rcfcrcnce to the owninR can)ryng amoiint. Both pmfits and 1055es on disposals and
linreall￿a surpluse5 or deficits artsing on re￿llatiOll of investments aTr reported in the. Slatement of
Filit￿LIalAL1iVlti￿.
Retirement benefits
The Charitv participate5 in a defined bencfitpension scheme (Jperdted by its pareDt charity, The
Presbyte.rian Ckniirch Of MTalo8. The scheme is aC￿ni￿nted lor in the. parent ebarit)es a￿oll￿ts, Ihe
i.'(hntnl)iiti()n% PiiiA bj. thp Chtirity oifv. aLL()UDted fur as if the schen)e. were a defined
Lontribution scheme as the Charity i8 unable to sEparatelyidentify its share of the UDderlyittg ￿sets. or
liabilities ID the scheme.
All fullds held by the CILarity are unrestriLted and ean be iD accordaiice ￿'1th thL Lh4Lritable
objects at the ￿¢r￿tion of the trustees.
Cash flom. statement
The Charity has taken advantage of the exernptinn unde.r WRS J02? pardsraph 1.12(b), from prep£?riTrg
a statetnent uf LASh flows on the that it is a quaiitiqng etttity and its uLtimate pa￿llt, Pr&sl)vterian
Church of Wales, sndudes the charitsls cash flDWS in its own consol￿ated fiuanLL￿ statements..
Taxation
The Candidates & Trainin£ Department Fund is a registered charity aiid a8.8iie.h ig etiliilttl to certain
tax exemptions on ineome and profits from investments, and surplllses on any trading activities
Csrried out in thc bjrtherance of the Charit￿S primary objeetiv¥s. if ththe pr()fits and surpluses are
applied solely for Lharitable purpose
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Calvinistic Methodist or Presbyterian Church of
Wales Candidates and Training Department
Fund
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended
31 December 2023
Charitable aCti￿tieS
Staff co$i
Support
costs
Other
2023
2022
TraininR
32,675
8iJ535
118,8.36
117.083
Audit fees are paid by the Fresbyterian Chllrch ofwales.
Support u)sts
2023
2022
Office tx)sts
7,677
Staff costs
2023
2022
Wages aud salaries
&xMI security costs
30,232
37,343
2,926
40,269
32,675
Thc average nurnber of ellLployees during tbe period was..
No trnstec rc¢¢ived any rernuneration for th¢ s¢rvi¢es ih¢y provid¢d as trustcc in either
No12022'. 2) trustees had expenses paid or were reimbursea for expenses in the year whii'.h
tolalled £lljl (2022= £4921. Costs met by the Presbiterian Cburcb of M'"ales and for travel and
subs1¥￿ncE È*FLd totalled LDII (2022.. £nil).

Calvirristic Methodist or Presbyterian Church of
Wales Candidates and Training Department
Fund
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended
31 December 2023
Investments
2023
2022
Quotcd invL4tmcttts
Market i'bjue at i.TaTLuary
Net (It)sse8)/ gal￿ 0llillvest￿ellts.
MarketN'alue at31 December
Custat 31 DceeD)ber
320,080
14>467
366,233
(46,￿8)
320.080
334,547
304,194
UK investments
Presb5oeriall Chur¢b of Walt¥ Segregated Fund
334>547
0,080
Tnr.luded in ne.t gains/{losses) on investments are rp.aliqpcl gain8 nf Inil (2022.. £nil) vn ilispusd] of
investments.
The following represent invcsttncllts ￿lu￿1 at greater than .5% of the totsl market valuc c>f quoted
investments..
2023
loo%
2022
loo%
Presbirteri8n Chulrh ofwales Segregated Trund
2023
Imieslmentincome
Pr2sWeTian CbuTch of W'aleE se￿g￿ted Fimd
8,881
9,670
All ini'estments 4ue bCIdund￿ the coutrol ufthe Presb3rterian Church ofWxlÈs, Tabernacle Chattl, 81
Merthyr Rliad, W'hitthurch, (ardiff, CFu and are managed by Rathbones (Invisttt Wealth 2nd
Ini'&stmvnt), tA)ndvn.
Debtors
2023
2U22
Otber dcbtors alld prepasTllellts
An)ounts owed by the Ilresb}terian Church of Wales
7,833
45,223
41?533
45AIO
53,n56
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Calvinistic Methodist or Presbyterian Church of
Wales Candidates and Tr￿nIng Department
Fund
Notes to the finanLYal statements for the year ended
31 December 2023
Creditors - amounts fa]ling due within one year
2023
2022
Amounts owedto P￿4b￿eriau Churth ofwales
Suijdry Creditors
37)869
1,567
39,436
43.297
7A17
50,74
Movement on fiinds
Balkncc
Tutsl
incoming
January regnurees
2023
Total
resources
expended
Balance
31 December
2023
Unrestrieted
622a97
56,000
(118,836)
559?561
PLnsion costs
All employees di ihe chaiily were elisible t(J hecome member% tsf The Presb)terian Chureh of Wales
fillal salary pensioll scheme. Thc sthcme wn£ el()sedtu future accrual OEJ 30 September 2022. All
eKuployees are c1￿1b1e to join thc Pre.8bJterian ChurLh of Illalc5 defitLed Lontribution bLheme
adminifte.re.d by Cushon.
The final salary scheme provides benefits ha.*￿ final wyyslonable pay, c'ontributions bein
charged to ihe. ststement of finanLial ULtiNryties so ag to spread the wst of ptllsions over emploJ'ees'
working lives Miih the charity/Presb)terian Chuteb af Wales. Full del8il8 o>f the asslltllption% and
I1￿￿￿n of the scheme are shoMT in the financial statements ofThe PresbWcTian Chiirch of
wal￿￿.
All employcr contributions are paid bs the Pre&by￿rian Church ofwalcs. L()ntiibutions to thp.
sehcme bythe charity for the yedi. amowited io Lnil (2022.. £nil).
Related Party Transaction
'lThe eh2rity is Candidates Training DepÉtrtment of the Presb}terian Church vf W'ales,
'rabernacle Cliapel, 81 Merthyr Roa& WhitLhureh, Lardiff, cfil4 IDI). Ilie. trustees haire considtrttd
the disclosure requirements of the Statement of Re.￿rnmended Practice for Charities and consider
Ihat the tfdDsactions requiring disd08ure are as follows..
(i) the Presbyt¥tis)11 Chureh of WaLeg has &warde.d a of L.22,652 (2022: £&5,552) to assist
th coutse rnnning costs diiringtheyear.
the. Charity hn% a debtor bAIuDEe of £41,53.3 (2022.. £45,22.3) at the year-end in relation to
illicstment incutne dnd ¥rants allocatyl by the Prtsb>rterian Lffiurch of Walcs for 2023 whicb
were rkui trans(ekTd tothe Charity i)ntil 2oo4,'
(iii) the Charity hjs a Creditor balance of £37,869 [2022: £43,297) at the ye.ar-end in relatiDn t()
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Calvinistic Methodist or Presbyterian Church of
Wales Candidates and Training Department
Fund
salaries paid tkrougb the Presbyterian Chureh of Wal&$ payroll and not tra￿S'ferred by the
Charity llntiL 2U24'
(iv) The Charrty has pn)vided A grant of E25,000 (2022 ..£￿)000} to Coles Y Bala to support the
GapYeaT student i)rogramJJ]e and the soul￿ crpurse. and
(vl
None of the trustees, (2022: none) of the Lharity have nuLftanding mortgag&4 and ear loans
from the PresbstCTian Chureh of Wales of £nii (2022: £nal at year end. Total inteTCSt of £nll
(2022.. LElll) yayable to the Church in relatioDto these bajallces duriug theveaT.
The Maximu￿ car Ivan avddable is £6500 {£8,5on for the purchase of an elertrie car) re.payable. (Trver
a maki￿u￿ period of 5 years, al lllter&st rate of 3%. 'itse ear InaTL8 are u￿Se￿]red loaTLS. lThe
maximuni m()rtgage a￿]Iable is £200,000 repayable over a maximun) peri￿ of 30 year8, at an
interets-t r&te nf 3%. TheLT are certaiD exLeptioDs to these terms MTthiD the mortgage nLles set by tILe
Churth and eaLh (xby wlll be considered on aD irkdiyiduaj ba8is. 'itse mortgage is secured by a first
cha￿e aKain5t the PT(pperty. At tlie Gp.TJerdl A$8e.ml)lJ iii .luly 2024 the Enort8a8e sChe￿e was
suspcnded (exeept. fnr exceptional circum.stallc&8) untll the Ministriis Department con8tdered the
nccd for the seheme.
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