CHARfTY RErnTION NU￿ER. 1131605
Minlstry Araa of Roath and Cathays
Unaudlted Flnancial Statements
31 Docambor 2023
CARSTON
Chartered accounlarrts
1 st Fkor. Tudry Hcw58
16 Cathedral Road
Cardrff
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Ministy Area of Roath and Cathays
Financlal Stst•ments
Year ended 31 tlecembor 2023
Trustees. annual report
Indepèndent 8xanMnerfs report to th8 Irusl888
Statanent of finan(xal ac*l¥ltie8
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15
St8t8merrt of Iln8nc181 poslEknn
Statement ol cash Ih)ws
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17
Notes lo the flnanwl statements
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Mlnlstry Area of Roath and Cathays
Truslees. Annual Report
Year ended 31 December 2023
Our MiN8ty of Roath aTha CathayB d•v*W￿1hr(Wb[￿A 2023
backdrop ot and irrtgmatKml lttal have bTryJphtsoffsThv and Joy. Thg (￿fflICts tr4t rag•
In Ukrnim and the Middkn Ea81 have botn eonslth In FYaJw8. 46 haw those •fftsc￿ by famkne
ar¥J disa$lor. and h•ve bw support rel￿f in(livx*J•b who com8 Into
od•(I by tho f£Js14)fvINkng cth. U*ry haw In our rknchos dl hèalth L*)th physically
IAany of us werfr do*Jtrthl to b8 In Calhath81 In Apfl lo Ihè ngw Bbshop of L*nd&ff. wo
•JaMy prny for Blstrw Mary *Kt knok ffY*Jrd lo hw •rKI lo le&1ersNp and guklancé In
tho comlng yearn. The crxrmat¥￿ of ow KffYJ Chtth was markad eervlc*s and cerem￿188
ktaly or#J notion4y. churt*s h￿offered a TPArm **k>)me lo rn•ry groups and aw￿0
¥aiitity o18thiti65 a Can b• Sa￿ parawh ttwl lokw. Joy hae bg9Tr •ppwenl In V+YJrnhlp
•t nun*rou8 bW'srr* math8ge8 tArt we h8¥• ba￿ So¢0￿•d &1 ¥ laryw usuol numt4r
I lunerats ol som• ofour rrK)st f•ihlul ond gowous We gNO thaTrkB An*hty God for
Thg Mir4Bty Area y¥i slwed ovw 2023 8 SM98 CA Pr¥1￿ i*lnglng
byth•ra tthl cknur¢h corthlu¥ th• 6pèttaalar Fa8tN81 olFknM8 at St M8rgar¥l'$ supwrtad by mmy
fmm ￿85 Ihe thwch¢$ and •Jslrkts. DwlrNJ Lent wg 8hwgd vwrkws seThkn$ •nd ￿th
Individu* Irom sweral oThirwJ to th• L¢nt C￿[58 81 St +A￿h￿l,9 Ind tm stalfv￿G 01 th•
Cr0$8 and Lent Lunthos lor Cltrknllan Ald 8t St Gorrrws. Vlorshlp and f*Ro￿￿1p Icgethw k gr<A¥lng
9 well 08 malnlBlnlng ovr bJ&Yth5. Our Ixal 8¢IK))ls, sxlrn￿ and 5econd*y.
Churth and (¥Anm￿lty, wAh 8orth Mits, m￿Y of us aT• olso g¢w•mors. W&
ntifi￿ lo ￿ fulty In￿￿ wilh *tydw c*urch mattort wlb) r•r*e5wtstWI8 cn Daènery and Dh)c•s8n
Con1ere￿CO8 as a8 Mem￿ Govemhg Boty Churth In Walos. Al th• cfwgy 8tkn
tho ch8pl&•, conv￿￿0￿ 8rKI tralniry d8yB ￿￿1$•￿ by the DkKes•.
¢thtrrtJO8 bn aH w Ivè ch4wrI￿. For Il•s l •m ￿?1•1u1 to F8iher INir•J Ham8r and th?
Reverend Cwolkne as ay 8 tsam ol rtired h8Ye al been part of
mathitalnry tm s•￿￿1 across tha arpa portkwlbty thwh tt* ¢onlInu￿ of a pri081 on our
tsam. We ￿re anvffiy pl888¥yJ Ihg Blshop appokntsd Ihe Revernnd C•rw)n Jorel Rots￿￿ 8ro*n
n Novamb•r toioln Rlarth 2024. W• 10 tho preathlw and ￿tor#I
ol tsjr t•am of Re&lws arKI are vwy gr8tolul for Yo￿&blo ￿ltriK￿l￿. I)Jr 8up8rb ond oiftod
mu*Jans. thLViSters. arml 5bh6pwBor￿ add so nwxh to tr* w￿ShIP On￿Y w)d h the
offer to dl conm.
Ow KI￿sty ATra w ww•d by ts fr9• thufth ¢<*ThntttW •KI Ro•th Chuth HoLtsO
Comrnltlee. These aro c4xnwwd ol Wanlens. Secrntarns. Tr•Jsurgr5 mwy ¥btho all
Ih¢lr many N7r1￿$ skrfls tal￿ts io •Mvre fv effethp and rngulJr•Jmir4Jlrntbn end Bc1￿106
olourchur¢ho8. Our Safyardw OlfThT5 have been hwd to Introd￿ My ChurGh People and
to gn$ure many ol us ha￿ Ihe apWrY￿1• trainh¥ * c*rlfic8tgs so thal our may bo saf•
•nd wdrorning plxgs ￿. We ￿ nK>* 85yfELikn of *1 th81 fArvokrnteerJ do *iih d•dl¢atSon and

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Trustees. Anmial R•port I¢wA
Ye•r ended 31 D•c•rn￿ 2023
rewrtativ¢s frrxn al Iho dxyckw. We are lthntp in LU t¥w) ￿￿15￿ kn Wardens In Mr
Lovltt and Or Hoather PAYM ftr thdr 8xpw￿7ce ar¥J wl8(h)m. We have an MA Soqelary
Mrs Pary who *r*k8 wjnwtstrakn. We have t•en èxtraorllinarty fortunatg
h8￿ng Iho exp•¥￿ and t*nts of Mf Jams a$ Arn8 Trnogurer slrth Ihfj
g$la￿lShManl ol th• It15 with mLth sadness thal th8tJim is 3tsndk& ¢%y*n from this post.
Wo Ihonk hlm rn08t"slrK*rety aThJ ￿5h Jenrdfer ev•ry and h¥ppY￿S In th* new home.
Cary)n Mlko pa￿ was appoirt•d Lay Cha* ol th& KAby aThl has enw8d wth hi8
remark￿10 erw 8en8e crf purrthe ink thth m4v rolè ¢Jvw thts ljst three yevs. He h9$ an
ard8nt aoknte our Area at tht mwty nw•lkng5 h• has atternled on o(w tjéhalf work8d to
addre￿ the 8nd opporlunllkn8￿ ha*>* art￿￿tered. We we jjooe￿I to hkn •)d wlth hkn
a￿1 G•rnldine tho l*$ IW tak* ￿ al kn) b stewlffj a5 Lay Chair.
A• w• k￿k to the lutw8 w• do g) tfvAlh many pLthè WO cortlnu• to PTty lor Qur
Owdlnar*J. Dr Leè Gorq* as fi¢ preFwvs Ns In 2024. We w¢kneS8 wllh mu
gratitude tho of OUT groming SU￿laY Sthxl• and the Pra￿¢8 ol w)ung famlie6 ytyJtwgr
F•QFde (n wr churths. We Blyo I￿￿ for*Ard kj famh of •8vwal ￿ a ￿l￿WIl(MI 84ryi(*
in 2024. W8 am al￿ awar• ol Ihg filt4￿131 ch￿￿88 th91 w¢ we enC(￿N18r￿Vj os W¢
forward we way th•1 V&* b¢ at4w lo do txff li fvh1￿9 dI49•1kns In sacthkbl arml
9ral9fvl gfviry In tho yew¥ •Wd a8 a woper ro¥•n8o to th• iovg ofour Lord that we OXPPTOM kn hl
the CfvJth.

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Trustees. Annual Report fw
Y•*r •nd•d 31 Decomb•r 2023
REFERENCE Atr￿ AI)I•MI3TRATIVE DEfAIL3
CIAIlty r•glslratlon numb•r
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PrfnEl￿l
ROATH VICARAGE
WATERLOO ROAD
CAft￿FF
CFTJ SAD
Tho tru¥t•••
H Lovitt
J Taltersa
L (knnzalez
M D6xon
PLOV
Canw S Ll
E KugwwÉvon•
GF Payr
R•v.10 Httmr
TR HII
C•mp•ny ••er•tary
Ind•pRd•nt •x•mlfi•r
FO￿0n￿ Athnwj ACCA
1st Fknr. y￿k1
Cardhy
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OBJECTIVE8 AND AcnviTES
IYJJ•cll￿• •nd Aclf¥lll•• lor Mhikntry Am Rg*h C*hay•
Tho Members ofthe N4AC os tru%tws th&y have hDd¢u•regw¢ to th• CWCcfflmt>sbn'8
guldance t>8n•fft ple￿￿￿ thow ￿lfrI￿.

Mlnlstry Area of Roath and Cathays
Tru81008' Annual Rep￿t(￿l￿N￿o
Y￿r •nded 311)•cembor 2023
IrKli¥idual Clwrch r•pN
The waekty Sund8y. at Sl are 11am a￿1 6.30prn Cl￿ra1
Evensong arrtl thero kn a W*lne* •t 10.15am. The SLmO•y Euthatst ￿ als0
av41kth ¢)nlin8 (tAafJkth by email) vlo a lyjsted Z<y)m 8¢98￿. A8 part of our con¥rtim8ntto b8ry an
on trj a acrn￿.
The Sunday sd￿ thrriNJthe Sunday ELthrist In the 8ttaLtt￿ Comrwnity Room. T
Idren t8ke an part Kl al a8p•¢ts of d￿1th Ife and tlw rnlse monoy for ch*ity, Ihmugh cake
so￿5 and othèr act￿tIO￿ invofvlry tho cuyryalK)n Sund6y n￿￿11￿&. Th8 Y￿ p8opl•
Sl EthwrtlS Orct*str8 ioin•J the Ctrdr wi a Devotional Sgrvk* M)dudkng FvAxO'¥ Reqmrn m Good
Frfd8y. thè ffrst has b8Bn 1x368d￿8 sir¥x tha Pa￿￿. All the nomwl Tridwm S•r¥￿ took
plac•. *41h Hoty Baptsm •ttr* Sabjthy Vlgll Seryk•. SFwal S•Nkgs 10thodChwd Ev8n8png
on Ea8tw Oay, Remumbr8n¢e Sunday. Advont 1 aThJ Ath&nl 4 Imtsn the ￿hostr￿ ￿￿9(1 the C￿1r to
ad tho L#8ons and Cwthl. Tho Irat*1￿￿•1 ¢Mnllfvi $8Tr6ce8 W•fe •% Usual In
St Edwar¢fs ar￿ orgwW • v7r*of¢¢Ynmunity wc*d¥. Th￿Y olwhk* w91od by profoss*)n•l
m•mbws olth• church 8nd the wKl•r ￿MmUnty. slwe alm• and respor￿bIrtlb8, and
alJoulo8c* otrw. ￿ beuevo th• *¥Jrk goiw ￿ ot lh• Is wryth th8corilr*ution of liwAlkant
•ffort. Wo try tr¥ mak8 the ¢hwth and c*xnnwnty avaithbkn. of pwla's Alxlity
to pay. t(r*anls fr(vn b)0so tan 8ffwd th8m. Th• ow8g•
ottentI8￿? at ￿¢*5. 8wBI and gfoum arts iehe8rn*. da88e8
talk¥ Is now abuul 350. Thege art po(* ottBnd ff¥Ynts falrfy ro9￿artY and we lamdh¥ th th•
t￿lId1r$ PA work of th• clwxth. In 8&Jrtkm. m•ty ryAx• p&ople Thil (ce￿on￿llY allerKJ a ￿101
ser¥k¢ ty pw)il canwL
we￿lY Forget Me Not Cofo ￿ld•S • frwhly •ThJ enyvwmènt. for pooplg ¥Ath
prob￿rn6 f4KI Ihek carws. otso PèOF48 rerAwMnrwJ from a stroke (¥ wpbo who l••1 b8018
and Vuk￿bkn. Th• ￿0, SI￿•d In 201T. hes evtry *Bok wl#b very fow •x¢eptKira. 7*rrk lo
help gei onh'ne. a￿1 POFt• f￿ thr￿ thai rn•dNim. h•s ljeen remghabty thm86lul . a
trbjts to th8 dedcotlon ol the help•r8, and sl*y*iry IM>w Wly ttlé Calè Is VAbJ•J. Mosi wo#k8 th•re 19
8rt0rt8inm8nt ITomrnisthn8 aThJ Ol￿artISts. often p80plèwf￿ atso rgheThif pwfrym •1 Iho churth.
Attandanc• b noY4 olien over g). M is partxularty Ihat Ili5 projec* 13 b￿ng (wr¢ised and
not lust by tho *Dr¥hlppkng mw¥Ju¥ ol #* pwuh, tl* èxt&rd•d rmMN4rlty thal L
Sl Eth￿r(r8 •J 8 ft* romnw
Our"G8rdening os Proied frtyn Its by Ccqum Cyrw) ¢(thtkweJ
prtWKJe opKhyiuiilies to 18nd &knn¢8 kn Ihe accAwN? orpJ8t to watch rrfogrnu of Ihe
from tkne to trn to t￿lP m8inLgfTr the gr￿kn. pwtigJl¥ity aft¥ Fwget Me Not Cgfé eem￿.
On Ihe Conxatff)n Bank Hc4kJoy Morth. eih May, Sl Edwwrf$ suppc¥ted th8 "8ig Help Our
•rtourBging to volunteer ther b.me andts skas for charitabl8 rAuses. The church was opèn
Not Café hoEbng tabl85 to 8k*ak to It￿ fxme.

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Trustees. Annu•l Report￿￿￿
Year •ndad 31 D￿•M￿l 2023
members ofthe (¥)nNnL•nty Cwdrfl. They to prod￿ a mutyalfy Supporb￿ C(Thn)L￿jty
baged on the Churth. arHJ C(¥#fit￿trIg thelr b"rn. skthB a¥J Th>n8y Io¥Afds the upkèep of the bU￿OIng
•nd c*ofitatrlo work. Il* Pgnylon Srgef8 ConThi*y cknir. Jukn MartJ'nS Jan W(¥k8hop,
UnNwsty ol Ih• Thwd A90 RoLxxd0￿. Rogth L<tsl Hl&W S(Kt•ty, Panylan Wl Craft SDd8l
Groups, Pavane Earty Consort. R6cwded Music So¢W, Cafthff Fnendty Strings. The
Irrnr Vc4eé8, (a cgr4xO8 gro￿). Opern In Slu and Cl*8 SI￿s Creatl%E Wrtwig Other
tr4t rehern pth al Sl E{kn￿G on a knss rew t)a*. oft¢n kn vod￿ 4Jakg ¢hanty
Tho annua Mu* arxl Arts Fosbvsl kn (kts)bDr attr￿ts rymthans. artl$ts aThJ audlerKes from a
aYO9 4nd thi's y99r fv Art Exhlytijn by ArKlrw* 8pthyw. the son Df 8 formw wrato at St Ed￿[rJ,8.
Tha fflonlhty Saturdty Mc￿ng fofffjg CorK&tr" 8T• Vèry FQIMAor, gfv6ng a wel￿)Me rew8 to A*any
Rood shopwB and ciferkng p¢rftym#ncé qJrAthili•s for Tho ènnudl 'Jau rnonth"
fealurkng IC￿ Aau to Fopvlwlty ard h•¥ dijtinct frknirwJ. There
wer• ￿ SunOAy afterr￿M Plam R￿15 Ihtsyaar. Ixrt to feNfvè tr*m next yw. Th•8a évenls
are umrentty ILMKl¥ for the clwtty At•xw UK Al•ry of •rn ¥lrewrfl, arxj feLx>rth"n98
ar• ¢)ft￿ r•kn886d on St Ethvwd* YwTube ChwThl.
Ltxal mu* ¥180 hok1 Trupd Cthf*ts" in Ihe dmwch. 8ttwyJ•d mainly by par8nt8 frlend8
ol th• pw15. Thau rNx8skxx arFJ WO81 lor fthr ol the church loc
¢orrmJr¥ty. They hav• been gy.ng oft regula￿ the1*0 19805. *fyJ odoSn•l teach?
ar• ￿11 l ¥try In mugK ot & Edwa￿3. Curr•nt stuthN8 aryj Tecenl gTa(hJates of Ihe Royal
Welsh Ce4169è ol mU￿C and Drama akn arrange frgquent ca?￿1$ arAI Mntribute to h'f¢ of of t
thlvch. Sinc• the p*MlwnK' . ASS￿*100 Board Exonlnalk￿s Ofton #Ubmitt￿ vkq r8cordln98. and
ot MUS￿ st￿nts tt*ir feconAng8 8t Sl Eth¥arfs . piono and otlw inslrurrnnts.
4nottsr vbrt from Tr Telkng, 8 Londo￿¥¢d In rA￿nIng Earty KI￿te and
Th•alrn and ma￿rng it Io t)JmnxfftitiB#. In M8rch w• frtht•d Rosoi¥Jrg ConL¥rt Clb)ral• from
Ihgth). VSI h a cherty Roglh Conywnty ChorLLS. French v￿￿09t Je•n4•muel Bez
brwhr his Northwn L4Ns T￿r ofth• UK to St Ett•Rth kn April. and tranlan IMZZO SOPTaM Nazatln
Tho Churth Chc4r proYrfl•s aft l•ik t*tw*en lh• *vshippirKa th• Mu•k ond
Arts Cthtrg. p8rttulaty kn •lnglffj Ser￿¥ d ChrAal Even8￿￿ every SLwKI•y. a
munlly ￿n•TrtS to wcpb•. tlw *+KJ sll aLvJt knaving th•ir
s whén IM ¢Y￿d Snf8clhy+ rol&y are huh.
l)urfrKJ It* Ffhtty devOlK￿ 8•fvie•. Ilw th cygon nmr*)g vfjry M. •nd il was
d8(xd8d th81 the hthmont s￿￿k1 ￿ b¢ rknywj su*aL4e rgff*d681 work rA￿d be undertaken. A
comprgh•nsiYo pr* k% now uThJèNay io fJxnk*tstyfelurbtstt Iho inWumonL li hgs ￿en dfvI￿d irto
main phase5.' tho t&Th¥er trsethor wlh fv Great divsion., ￿lI0**d by ts electr￿
acaton and knll diThon. Styng worc#Js donations m*Ye it [*￿"trA9 to lac￿8 tho Fnt Pha80
Nwnwlialety, arml tho Ihrea beknw3 Iwe boen Thocthl in the ￿8T has been rotkwJ.
J replKed by a ¥lerK4r#J catww m thg ur*tslrs ¥e¥try. AO arKI sour¥1b￿d of
Iho Grnal has bo8n f￿)Y&l, and th¢¥ougMy ovwhauknj, together *ilh Ihe larg8 front
116ft Vick**l pip•s. We ￿pe to have evefythiry b•d( togeth8r. and tho Flrsl Pha89 coir*le, by

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Truslee8' Ann￿￿ R•port
Year •nded 31 December 2023
1Oth•n th& th ￿￿an Is ft* Iw b) r*ovth oW￿L￿11•p$ lor lo￿ to play th•
pl8no to ty the tsT￿. We havg had 5oveTal abrxjt thi5, and wii ar• aware crf the to
erthuraoe pot¢ntsl rA4aniqts of th• ful￿.
In D&￿rrtsr St Edw¥rf8 had ts I￿1r￿u￿nI8r InSp￿lI)n are pr•panng Fa
Appllrations kn pr(Keed So￿￿ ofihe IOBntifEd kn the r•p)rt.
YouTthg and • comsxohèn•we ¥¥ebsit& ￿ v*tK* detaus olevgntthfvit*s a￿ F¥)sW. Ther8 Arè Èmafl
Ists w*lh a KrfdwwKIo n￿lt￿h[p IGDPR ￿rr*I*). Sl Edwarrfs **•kly n￿￿10116r l• a
Ct)mpY•han8w• acoKmt of tr*onts and acbvill8s Lw)th **h•i the Ministy Arna and In tho ￿dfjr

Ministry Area of Roath and Cathays
Trusto•5' Annual Report
Y•ar end•d 31 Decern￿r 2023
Communily lo thls Ilw dld in 1kn¥8s!
s¢Niees Thr(￿gh￿ iwrt oryan15ed our Lent￿ RefiectATh la big th8nk you to Falher Molcolm
8rook81 and Soup 0￿ry Fthy al rn￿¢y rni8ed. bek¥J donaknj to CM8tian Ahl. There
were OpP￿t￿lI1￿ lo vlslÈ other chwtkn ￿1n the RCW durbvj ly)th AtsNMnl L•nt. At StGornan
ChaF
Ae part of our dwltabkn giving. * SLipwl•d *ht 2020 c￿•Cl, an 8yo ¢h•rlty *wcrfknng io red￿9
r8t• of preTrthit8bS• t4ThJnw ffi M8lNi and wothing ¥•ilh pwlm7 to FYovid• •>* care wmces.
e4Jch a5 cataract ¥urg8ry. lo Matawlans affDrd to pay. hjl mrmy r•iwl 91 our sundaYTo￿.
Is gl¥•n lo th45 Ch•rity thi¥ ￿ th8nk ewwy(Th ttrw
W• w•lcom8d b** frDm lh• Royol W•lth C¢*ege ￿ Mu8* aThl Dramo a8 wl ol tholf
8yllabu8. organl8•d J concort frfm Wart to finbh". Wg 81¥0 We*1)Tr￿ ts Cryy 8and, Thg
Tongwyn1￿8 MU￿¢ A¢&kmy. th• Cwdlff Chok the Cardif and Vd• Youlh Or¢hgstr8
Kl Choir. lo namo but a few who IM to come b) Sl G￿￿,$ ChLxch becau￿ of Its be•uty •TrJ
OU8Li7. In Semembw ￿ h•1 a w(¥)defvl Coiet¥o1th Cc￿(*rt for the Worgh"pthJl Lhfery of
Wd•8 and for th& 0¥￿t th• Ctrwrch ¥Ms pa(knl ￿ w4• IhB Hall afte￿Ord6 lor aflmn t•
W• musl noi frYg•t Trod•g¥¥* ¢￿l￿th kn Wal•8 Pthry SchLwA attwd $8rvkw trwDugl¥)ut tho
wtholo y￿r e￿ry w•ek Ihrc44hrrtA 7aM￿lIM&.. A dass attends ar￿ 0￿# • l•m lh• ¥thof• scl*)ol
•ttends. 11 o a to nwt and •u¢h pYrt• •r￿ woH>ehvthl yTrJrytw• •r• • cretht to
On 6th De¢embw R8tttBI KW 8 n￿*81 d St M*g8ref8 8r*l *l)o bB •IBo MuslG Aramat•ur at
L￿n￿O￿ Calhedrnl in IxJl8iKKakn wlth tho D8an and Precent￿, wrgtvJod Iv*K) conwls lor
thlbJTen in the AdaThodTh￿ arKI SFIX areas of Cwddf I￿r 2(XJ thiklron togelhw th thgk tsnll
•tt•r¥J•d one ofthe Iwo seM¢es f*kJ ltsldaymd itkn I￿{￿d that thI5w1￿ h repk•l•d+wthln thg RCMA
the fv￿r8.
We**4c¥)m•d Spac44U lo Sl GUM￿,8 C1wthH8Kfor￿)d￿ ? woeK 8CharMy Ilwt suppots Asylum
SeekeTr and Ra￿98•S th15 15 8 t¢mpty8ry untl venue
r•furbi8h•d. It aThl to b& a to b• gt4• to this thl work.
We thank WanJon* Patsf La¥th and Rk**d W for1hgirixxjt*K￿d diWIc• ftothlng
"sllps thrwah the nef. the ccA*tsJn of rep•k to (¥pn from wator damago (yo¢J
ba pl8•sed to krKAV IIYB t*ry•Tr dedt wlth effecbvdyl ¥Thl 411 the work WAS fully 0
In8uMe* Company.
At t￿ and of 2023, and *J*)wing lor a for St Gmn'8 and RCMA. Canon J8rel
RobwisoTrBroibn waÈ and was cA)rrn¥m hls Mknl8ty Sn th15 aroa cm Satwday 23rd
Morch 2024. We wll rwrt on ioyThts event in noxt y•*s annual rppoil.
In ￿￿￿h)n Carth St?￿rt L￿* ow L•xlw¢ow urdathg 8￿Pr￿ We tho
thank am thy hw Wped by iakry Fath•rK•ilh Kffiber. Fathpr Chri8lothr Lo9.
Conon RK*ard L(YthT¢ks arKI 14¢ha￿ F•nnw*

Ministry Area of Roath and Cathays
Tru•ts•*' Annual Report*￿tr￿
Y•ar ended 31 December 2023
St Margar8fs ChLvch oJnti7ues to be blos8eA% 8 Priest in Clwy. Chobr Mastw, Ooathsts.
cl￿r m81th￿ ¥r¥J de(trAtsd I￿n$ of swvers. s￿￿(￿$, ¢*lers. Ilow arr8rvJets. deoners and
Sunday Te•kn fcf wNch V4* 9Ne many I￿nks. W¥ o)niinu8 lo en￿Y being part d the Roalh
Calhays Mirmsty Arna. wlth ov•ryor* sotrjng Irlto th• n8v# Syal￿n. SFAdal kh•nks lo kn B•ndon
for (werseelng and k98plng ug up b date th9 fknanc•s of lh6 MA ahd Chrts Wèbb for St MArg•r8t'$
¢J)urch financ•8. W• ha¥• 8hv•d mRny 3J•rylce3 arml cThKwls c*urches In thè ￿, inthdlng
Lent tdks and lun¢h&s. A new n*yophw. Iwl mic fcy eelebrant and an upy*lg to Ihe PA sysl8m,
ghlng ￿L*tooth for weddlrp aFKI fu￿•1•. %va• ¥Mt•lled. A donat•Jn from 2
pwlshion8T8 w*4ed to 90 41*8d.
Sur￿•Y Sd)ooJ conllN* to thfv• Twth an>thity from 10*25 ￿￿￿rnn •tlondiTYJ Tho now
8es8k)n 3eems to 3Urt. The ch*tren enjoyed makng Ihow Srn* d*ptsy for the Floww fethal.
Thty 8e¥•rnl 8f#)rt ploy8 Ond tho tr&JNicrnl nalmty rAay erryoyed by al.
Tho Sprkng wa8 wal •ttantsl and very %•rl staffed, IndwthtVJ #8wèrnI nv* ¥thrrtwJ. The plant8
sto11 ¢Jld its ￿￿•￿8 F*)SitxJn. Th• F08Uvd d Fl(MTrrn and M(tytc. SJu•d 8nd SO￿10r 8 grnal
8UCCg54 bdnglng ITr rnAny Ihts con¥nunlty. Sw9*1 w 3 dgy6 tmih conc8ts, Ilor￿ di￿18Y6. and
afternOr￿ Ivas ￿ ¢hwch. Chri5bn•s Fayrn exceeded prv#Y)u> as 8 fvnd rai¥er and E4hp gNing
orfoyrmnt lo the cfjrnrn￿0ty. caké 8lalls Wefe bw, I1￿kS 14) al the ug8nl8•r¥.
Th& HOn'th￿ Woak•nd fA?￿￿*t with 0¥tt 2(VJ c£thlng through lh• docrt. to w up th• lower.
on the many ￿￿ded and le• and cakeB. Th￿kS to au kn¥0￿￿d. oLrfre￿ ov
the pa81 year kn¢￿￿9￿.. The HLwd Chris*8n Aid. Lknin. Syria. VSPG fanl box•J and So•
Sunday. Donalhins wgre 8Wtly Ih•n kn kYg¥loug ye8r8. L&lias C¥¢b £17(rf1 ts Maggi•'•
A D•v•lopn•n141 Plan was 1n1t1al￿ wfth 2 t8rgets ts thh )ew. s￿daY S¢1￿￿ w2r•
produced and dithuknd to k¢41 aetKn18 *KI c¥#nmunty. A fu*nchal pamphlet h3B been d￿￿gnad
to glv• inftymatth on th• runnlng ¢08ts of St M8ryornfs h(* p•opl• c4n c>)ntributo wulorty.
Indudlng gKt 8KI. Thank6 to tho69 inv(knJ. Tho Discu￿K￿ GTWP twn rwJLgr ￿K)nthlY mgelln98
ag0kn, led by Dan arKI Rulh Ccffnkk. St Alargar8Vs wal pA¥h98d to host 5•¥•rn1 Civlc SgrvKe¥
througlwwt the yw. wlth many k)al 8ttondirvJ afKI )ppI￿1th9 ¢)ur beaulfful clwrch. Tho
Lord ma￿ cl Carfmr 80r¥k• was hokl on Sl Davkfs Day.
M8ry Carol h¥d in Sl Margjrnfs Cl¥Jth, o*wling Nury•ry NAiivty. the Scout8
and Howarditin SdKx4. own Nine Lewxw Cam*. ThankB lo t￿ c￿1r M*lor
8nd Cho¥ for ￿ Ir* hanj in •4oy•bl• for #l.

Minlstry Area of Roath and Cathays
Trustees. Annual Reportfvm*M*
Y•ar ended 31 D0￿mber 2023
buildiig that wwjst peo￿8 do nol knN kn be a church It￿Ullh rf bknt ￿ntUre in they are oveNthe
by Its tewty In siffrf*Jty), B th￿1 Ihat h&4 fn&t￿r￿PI1jjed from stabl¢ Chrfjsilan
cIAs8 to Pfe(kvnin8tsly M￿h.m and I￿n$lart- with au Ihal stacked again8t h18 4Jlc¥)1¥h￿g Ihal we
Buiwe dol We Iwt wegular ofthfr 5x•l Akth)k* ￿ ano rn￿• the chuTrrh avBllabl
as a reheawl Vern￿ several amalthx thirs 86 as 8•vwpl c(¥wts and tho Chilstrna•
earc4 s•rykés ofbxal I¢*￿0*. roads forth• Annwl C¥dWI Marath
Ce8 an Inconvenkwnt re￿ of &mday t￿1 ev￿ Is ￿Me￿ Into 8n
orwtunity 018•My th• TAidtt D)mnwJrtty by proM'dirYJ a watorkn￿fr¢$hmant •tall￿. On tr*t Sunday
In In 27,Cl)G+ paas oloryAbony Road•fvl mTh$terodto by merrt*w¥ ofourcoTvJTegakn.
The aftnu￿ pholowapli on Ea8tsr mornlrvJ w•Hhxlrnios tho range and of our r8gular
worshippwrn. 8 reaf cNJss sectiM of xK48ty . frryn very rn Ib#b*s? lo vvry okl, f•mllo¥ with
tewagers, mJrrbd$ siwles ¥trTh)si •¥*y yrx4 c¢uhJ ol. This ¥thal
thurth roaly me81￿1
A churth bldldmg, is basulty 8 l￿dacth - a for an 8kn. and tt18 from Ihgre Ihal 811
other gQivil*s woc*ad. St Marbn'¥ makntsins 8 daty ceJebr•tKWs of Ihe EvthwiBt. 8 digrmfiod and
improssNg presentauon cl the tra(Illk)nal the ¢tx¥ch cm Sundjys gNI Ma￿ hdy d￿￿, a sc4d
¢hord tradfftoft ttwi enh?￿CeS th• Liturgy h•art and Gcé. It has bèen bull upon 8c41d
ndAtloftÈ over the Iagt cew. Stthy￿ts we •ltrxted. pth•ps Inltrglty by musk and lkngy
- and lh￿, li wm. tfflr*J ihdr tr(end&. PAony oftho8• Y(￿rg r*0 Ar• tho Chrfstlan Fahh
tr•y In ug • ￿￿orn￿9 c(¥npgny of l•kn¥ p*Jn'n* Th•y r8ss>JNI lo ••rlDuon088 wllh whkh
Gospel IB prOC4alm￿ in pnoe. ￿lhI)Y0X ￿￿rI•l preacl*y 8ThJ the ￿ arKI reverenc• of Iho
Sacrzmenl. 17w go on ￿ brtrw th8lr ofton k•ep h t(xK* m•db• aft•r
th8y have th UnNer5￿ Ond colo9•.
M8rrw arts 8lrno￿ oxth8ivdy frorn the Cweg8tl￿. l• rKJ ￿•S11Vd trade,
I￿￿1ng for J photow8￿ #ttr•cth>n. l￿0￿10 tunwal¥ aro gI￿ra￿ Irom famlllg8 who have
b•M r•gul•r wLY5hpp8r8 akny3 pose a h)gknffjc41 problwn.. I￿ra0 and motsm•rn' hav• to b
on doutlfry•lknw lin6b wknkn y¥ds ol th8 fi¥￿￿*•Y trafft at lh• busy lunclth Cty Road.
P•rf(ing it a probkn aTrJ *(lac•nl Bklo sbwts that t*wg ￿(* pcpJat•d by yothln•191y TAffj￿rn)
elo88 Chrfgtl8n famllm have be￿ne A ctywjej￿ tar p#rf¢.
LIKe all trrt thurches kn th• wp knd *4th kncr••slry d•Thwth frrffl ￿ntral dkxxB•n
aulhorflle8 ￿ finarKe 8clI¥lt￿ thai *) U• Pwernl lo th• pailoral care of Iho pallsh. Oo
m•nagors. wrth c¥xry15th10 8*iesand penskn 8thgmg8. really undèratynd ltt•work oftho parish
ckngy who have b8en trotsj gnd forF1￿￿ kn a tra(kn ol and prayert tt b OhTryJlt lo pergu8¢
pwAo IO'UP. th•"r gfr4tr& ••• a [￿￿10S$•0￿ of and sr*èm•s bdng set
up by rfflnole attdsors cth IMp￿d fram Enywd *ith a dfflw•nl n(rti)n ￿ whal it b k> be ch￿h
ofkn naiMn. Tr Clxllth Walos is ncrt the ChLrth crf anO tt KA fulNo to attwrot lo svrytfint
an allen structwe on 8 Wy wtK>se way8 thwKJ$ Iw• slwj lh• t861 dlmo.
It l& Iragk thllt the tr&likn81 mknh5ty ofts porffjh Is prewry*d ty 8Uthothi•ts ta b• 8omghth¥
Lthg aThJ naèdkng c¢Thtsrt novll ¢¥￿"M•￿ 8th1 t*Kaly loc* wo recowlse that aro
trad1lrc￿81, lo￿ 8re atrted kn Lty beeavsè they krKyw what they Can expect . thè reCog￿atrAe
ryxryl gl famik8r wor*Y? and (ar8'. knjtarkn at Its basL FLYmal. y•5.' Also hoftwly 8rNI
relaxed usmg tho $8rite ywdgd by the C in W in th& nwjst way.
Dr UTrel
Aprl 2024

Mlnlstry Araa of Roath and Cathays
Tru*tts4' Annual R•porttswth*
Y•ar •nd•d 31 Deumber 2023
the weekly round rrf seryke8. Ipjth in 0￿Me zc￿. rt has begn partbxtsrty gr¥ltylng ID
our Sunthy ¢Th)ming E￿arISts. A really *￿dorflI fgaljye hag b88n the ￿rrt￿￿u¢tIc￿ of'Mes8y CtrMJrrh'
Bvents. firBI at Clvtslmx and the wond boftyg Ea61w. whwe y(w￿g clyldren ¢am8 wllh
thotr pwèrrt51cafern kn tske pwt in crafts. mLsk. and T*LY5hp. ￿ folkm￿l rofr•thmonts. Th•y8 hav8
baèh vèry iur£v5ful •veNs aNI TMxAd not be pwi14t tMlh¢Art t•arn irf d*dU￿ 1rt4unlwrs
organkn them wilh ?￿1 *n*J . you kr￿ T*t#) ytyJ arn, so thBnk youl Arnl on the s￿￿cl ol
chAdren. it is a rohel to ha￿ al thw wr¥klng thljren and vulner8tle aohAs comF*ting th•
8afeguwdiry trainiTrJ by Ch￿ch kn wal￿ th* nM)st s886b)n tsthg plACe in St.
G•M￿n,5 thurth on Fe￿ary 24th ￿.
11 CA)nlIN￿ t£+ ￿ • 9rn21 arnl to *Drk th• •taff and thllthn of & Monk*b SclKd.
This In¥ths ¥bwkly osswnbl*8 in 0¢￿￿, ￿ vrtl •¢ d1$￿ tr￿nry Thursday in chufcll
rtyulorfy Ihr¢xffjh(¥Jl aach tenn. TPY8è Sl. MlthaBfs Bem on th• w¥emiry oftho
8choc4. Tlw hwo taken p8rt kn LoamiNJ Walk8 and oil S￿<￿T(MI￿o$S, as &
V4lu•s- wh￿h I ch•lr.
St •Alcha•l'$ lo sw¥• lo m*k bl•,6 rtss of pow. Thff41g$1 y￿r has •8•n lh• bepts'$m of
Phxb•, dO￿ahleTIo Mark a 80*,. {HeadofSI. mr￿lcO.&)& St•wait arwJ-•mowt
oth8fs- th8 lunornls of Pearf Hugh•s. Its Pwk•r ONI Pwn Grlffiths, trogécaty dlgd on
Chrt9th)￿ E￿. foknOn9 a h*-an¢>n￿ lrtc*lont on Atbarry Road. h W45 alBO rny Wtvlogo to parttlpatg
In St. Maryaret's In the fvnornl of Sue Oxenham. ￿￿d.8 fiwwal I18d thwe yoars ago.
And at b.mo of fePOTL w• ar• m￿llYd lo srrva 'So Long, F*tradl' to Dr Da¥
HuryhTgyS. orgaftsl extraor¢ln8kè at St. Teth)'8 fLY many yews, 8 mu8ts1 genlus wmh a razor•shgrp
wi( wlK> wlll be leav¥y CardTff to fv• Marnr * h15 slster kn W• DavSd very
much. 8nd we send (￿r lJv¢ •xl our ￿lmOSt •t this tpmfr ol tr￿S￿l0n.
SL Mi¢h4•fi txrtrB¥h tg lh• h81 dMh)p•J luttrw ￿11. Th• thurth m•mb•rn of th•
on Chwth m8•t evw Sunday aftellwn ftx*vrgtr#p. It Is *0 o F40osw? to se9 leadw Danyal
and hi3 wrfe Gr￿e attendng the Sundoy Ew*•rist. Fokn'ng the relir•rMnt Of R¢v'd
RoS￿ry Aldls. the I￿rn al SL Mk*wefB *A)k ovar tho ra8pmslblty of the rn￿Y ¢ommunlon
$wviGe6 in WespJe Nursw H(h))e in Jur* 2023. SL Michad8 i& rKPW uswl T*¢*days in tgmi-
tlme by Cfth Methrin Y WaLm Ddyld. ll was bwaty Ihat one of Ihe18ad•rs. u8 to Nn a 51all
at ow Chriskn88 Fayrn. ReL4fthships wrth Ihe Cylth conynue to bo a blessthg. St. Mlch•ef• b5 host to
othef orgar￿saI11ns and ¥YWYS u8e the dwrch buldh¥J IlvwJPthl Ihe week . Brovmkes &
Gu*J•s: th• Vllv•s Gro￿>,. tho B•8ders Gw; and ts Cmxr ffl￿ts on Frkl#y8.
our Iw• purrm. to *mhip 8Th1 lo G(•Ts in wry W•y$ Ih•t w8 r*n cAtsIO8 the I￿1￿J1ng. In
2023. our Cathay5 AcoJun( ￿ tAv• n•aty £1.8￿ to eaLIs￿. M￿lIr
ch￿t￿n Pid. Mgcmman Cw*. Tu￿￿lsy1kn oartlNLwke apwd. our Lort 8ppèal for Ugande.
LIfeStra￿. and the Arnry, Sovw81 ottv5. We have contiThJed to 5uppty t(letri8s lo
Ihe Trinity Contre in 2023. 8nd also 10 thé d)arity Uamw. 2023 ha￿ <w•r 8Cty)
Inth*lOual ttems to tho Fcc4 Bar￿ kno Ctwlstkm cal to 5￿ce can bo dl•rnd h th
Iitwe thing8. M heart to see w)pl& brK¥Jwry trwir wod postoge stamps, urwanted
pasl ha¥8 al80 contknued to improve th8 chuT¢h buildffj, new LED Ughts
inslafted lo roplKe okn. IBSS gnwgy-91Ic19rt Ighti￿. Tho nthv (ln spriry 2023) 8(xnJ sy8t8m 18 n¢
well used bedde&in ￿ gi￿ qUa￿ty vrdgo rec4)rdirw$ of wr on our YouTubg
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Mlnisty Area of Roath and Cathays
TntytMs' Annual R¢port(¢unthM¥
Y•ar endod 31 December 2023
w8 pl•nsto rvdeveknplhe kIt¢h￿ kn Ihe fv￿r•. Tr* ha8 teen ￿￿Sed In wrvwmwetarlan
C81é5 whth ale 8 rèw fe8bJre in Cathays. c*rrflar this pasl yw.
Our new So￿1 CThnnwlte• Into adlon again v) 2023. lakthg r•8ponslblUty lor x8¥w3J soclal
ovonts. Therefore, thanks are ¢Juo to the ¢(rnth• 0￿￿￿Ing Garr*s Aft¢mcty& the Macrnllan
Coffwe Mcmry. wmrlw Tea, Lwr 14arve* Susw. 8nd rf c￿J￿? w 8lyndov$
Ghriskn•3 Fayre. It was also o pl¢asw• l0ft4n Sl. Gem*n's in th•ir Octobor Quiz vr• w(ffll)
A vary recènt has b68n our th• th)vMmonl. txth and •v•n
knlemal1o￿1ty. Aftor hanl the ofminylorrfr&. St. M¢haof8 W88 aw8rQed a Sh￿1
Award In the Ecipchurth njn by A Rotha. W8 hav• ￿￿1￿1 our iw? tollets wilh i*
overseas . ono kn Ugwrtl• the We owa an erK¥nYJA d•bl d gr•lMude to
Will￿1 gov￿ it* dot* I Iwv• h•p￿ mwnofleg nolabl) h8pp•rnd
in th• Pa￿ y•ar not m8nl+rwJ 91￿¥*￿? In thry reF%>rt. n4m8tr.
A ￿￿￿tt0nd•d Prayer Brnak(a•t li &pt•mb•r.
A Chrl8trT￿s Lunch I*Yer wigrngakn.
A Lent GrDUP 20rJ on dfferert ¢Y Jgsus. Itwa• toioin
I TNhh to •xpr•vs my for1h￿ who 80 hjryl rn8, which makos t￿1
rrfnr8ty ￿ St. Mich•els FK75Y"t4e. l ycxtr faithfulngts, cL¥npanI￿sh•P and fe1th￿h￿.
I prny thal w8 WN to In cwr aThl of God arA1 •ach In its (¥Jrthg
monits and
On a pernNwl r•)te, I fv¢l to b• kwh•d to ￿ a P8stcrtl Chopknin to 8l•hop M￿. moa
I VAII no lorw be T**th Ihe Voc•lkns te•m. ￿ the over ￿ver•I ye•rn has been So
C4Jnv•rsalkM M my Sofa and m8•lirnJ thè <k>>l l 8hal lo b• tr* C￿(48￿1 lo R•8d8rs, and I
•m 80 ttwnkfvl for Ihe they do In'kew*¥ I1￿ shN ￿ Ihe roarf ttrwh(xrtthe doco9•.
AJxi 50. I ￿d. &B l do. o rern*Klwol(Af elhcfj In & MM*00f•:
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Mlnlstry Area of Roath and Cathays
Trust••s' Annual R•w1
Year ond•d 31 Decorn￿r 2023
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Toial lrnrTh Ihe yw ¥A8 £409.935 12022 £560.8421 ol r374,804 {2022 £419.9571 was
urnstrithd. £33.031 {2022 £119.174) wa6 restrt¢￿ £2.1[￿ 12022 £21.710) was agatst the
en(k)vm￿nt funds.
Tctsl exFend&turo for the y8arwa8 £419222 (2022 £347.9131 ofwhbth £397.574 (2022 £269.225)
uwlnct•d ar¥J £21.048 {2022 £78,688) 4b•s rnslrn*od.
After A¢1 g4ln80n InvoBlmèrtg of£&10012022 n•tltsBMso1£6,4831 Ih ar*A•¥&l * d•lkll
of £6.187 for the year12022 $uW of £2{￿.446}. Tl¥$ 1$ b￿en (*y*m inlo a defidl of £30,894
8gplnsl unr83trithl fimds (2022 ￿[[kn £149.745), 8 surplus of£21.712 r¢strfclad fiKxls12022
£41,234) and a Q995 wH)•t •ndtrrnt fiffta$12022 £15.3761, 8ft•r transfws b81ween
f￿￿8.
0￿[￿1 rns•p4tt at th6 y6w-ond are £835.46312022 £841.6511. ol**kh £423.90912022 É454.803118
unre8tri¢lwJ, £334,086 {2022 r312,325) (8 reSID￿ £71.518 (2022 £74,523) ts agoingtendowmenl
fimd8.
Apart from tho InNwlJr•nls atrfyrfè. th• mknkntykn8 •Xt hthVhsu￿ churth8s hohj lunda
to me¢t cwr8rt •nd 8rthip8knJ expendrture.
At Ihe end of 2023. frjnds htkl depo•tt ac%ounts to £539,80912022 £9)6.534)
wth fre& r959r¥g8 d £250,12412022 £2Z1,8WI.
Over￿1 1960rv•6 81 Ih w• £835.463 (2022 £841.651), of th £423,W912022 £454.803>
LMire6tr1tled, £334.036 (2022£312,3251 ••wln'(*•d £77,51812022£74.5231 Is tyoin•i •rKJryrtm•nt
Tho r63erve$ 8houSd provth Ihe Mlntsty wbth fr￿d9& 5tsb￿ and th• means for It to
In19nllons are ￿ m•inlaln resrn at a 6$ a¢ Iwt •quiYdkgnt kn 81x mMlh6' opwatbn
OXF¢nd￿I8, ha¥iry regBrdto •nlKapatsd vKomgand f￿￿1￿￿On the usos for parUu4ar
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Mln15try Area of Roath and Cathays
Tnth$' Annual Rep￿
Y•ar •nd•d 31 Dacember 2023
Tha MSntsty of Roath an¢1 C*hay8 was thct by a DwJBe ty th• Bwhop ol
Thè purp¥)8¢ al •#1￿1$h￿l9 lAIn￿trY to the ex15thg Partsh Stnjcluro to
Thus t￿ 01 Rp•th. RO￿ St Martin. C•trw* *KI C8￿111 8t G•rm•n w•re dijsthed and lh•
st M•rgwet
St Etknr(I
Sl Gomwi
st Micha81
St Nlart
A reqthnert of wtrucknln9 ts thal 41 Alknkny Axeas must r•ghW wlh the Chadty Comm188h)n
IM8 the •xti4tirs Porith d Ro•lh Tryi51rèi*)n was onwthd lo th• MlnMty of Ro4th 8nd CathayB.
It w88 from iFUPtKxi Ar•• th•t eath (Jwr*b Y•l8in tt8 autorK%ny
ret8ln th&lr own Church Counc4 •nd Ward￿9 but rwls• Ihal overnl gMrnanrA> be th•
roTpon8VJdity of a Mkn•try Ar•a CaT¥th {IA4C). Ikd6 k4AC ol Iho fc*r*kng :.
A Lry Cl* IIM Bknw, a￿1n10•)
Up to Ihr•• Tru8tats pw Chuth rKxn6r*O by Church Cound
In •Jdibon to Ihh Ni4C agr••J that a smthr MAC Execuuve team te gppokni&l elBcW from
TFUsI￿ wthin I￿ MAC to onabh th8 klAC * One￿ dtr)'t*￿• and acli)ns boiwa•n f￿1 MAC
eliry.
RetyA&r me•ilry MAC aw l*kl durty th• yw.
M•nyrrnnt of th? MAC to tho DKxe5aTh 'PAintsty Areas FInan￿ GL*lo' ¥￿h tha
ex¢epts'on that it cc￿81der•j inv￿1 thèt thwe be ￿e wrtrnl B•nk Ac¢oLffjt SO fj￿h Church
has its own Treasu￿, B*)k ACc￿nIS(sI and acc￿$ to lis ¥L9 lh• Dhx88an M8rKlated
28110124
aThl ¥lw8d on of Itro t¢wd of
irnstee8 by..
stewart Lisk
13

Mlnistry Area of Roath and Cathays
Independent Examln•rfs Roport to tho Tntstees of Ministry Area of Roath and
Cathays
Year ended 31 December 2023
I rewt to the Iwstees on my examination ol the financial statwngnts of Ministry Area of Roath and
Calhays Cthe chartyl for the year ended 31 Detember 2023.
R•¥pon*lblllt5•1 •nd basis of rnport
As the trusteos of thfr charity you f86pon8bi te for tho pTep8ration ￿ the financial statement8 in
accordance with the requirtsythits oltha Charities A(a 2011 (Yhe Act'}.
I report in resP￿t of my examlnation of the chariV• finan￿al 8tatem8nts carrl&J OLrt undor 88Ctlon 145
of the 2011 Act and in Ca[ry￿9 out my examinatKin I have fOlkn￿l all the applrAbh Dir*tlon$ glvon
by the Ch8nty Commis$k)n undar sK¢￿Tr 145{5llbl of the A¢t.
Ind•p•nd•nt •xamln•rf8 *lat•ment
Since the chanty's gro83 incom8 èxe88d￿I £250.OW your examiner musl be a membèr of a body118téd
in s8ctb)n 145 of the 2011 Act. I confim) that l am qu8lrf*d to undertako t1￿ ex8min8tlon b￿ause l am
member cl th• AuoGiab'on of Charternd Accountants (ACCA), whKh is one of tho listed
bodie8.
I hava ccrfnpknt•d my ew4natK+n. I confm) Ihat no materlal matters have com• to my attenlic•n in
nnection with the ex￿nInatIon 9iviNJ mé cause to believe that in any material re8P8Ct'.
accounting rocords w8ra not kopt in resp￿t ol Ihe charity •$ rnquir¢d by $¢(aion 130 of the
Act.. or
th• finan¢io1 Statements do rbot accord with those records; or
thg flnanclal slateme￿ do not *ith th• 4)pkable requlreff*nts concwnlng the form
and content of ￿UnIS 3Ot otrt in tho Chgritigs (Accounts and Réports) RegulatiCfi8 2008
otr*r than any requirement Ihat th& accounts giv• a and faiff viow which is not & matter
considèrnd ès ¢1 an independent •xaminatM)n.
I have no corK8ms and hMI ccffle ac1￿$ no other motter¥ i) connection with tho oxamination to whlch
attentk)n sh¢)U￿J be drawn in this rewt in (vd•r to a prw understanding ofthe accounts to be
rèaeh6d.
Farzang Ahmed ACCA
Independent Examiner
18t Floor. Hcv
16 Cathedral Road
Cardiff
CF119LJ
Dale..
-io- %ll
14

Mlnlstry Area of Roath and Cathays
3tstwnent of Flnanclal Actlvltles
Year ended 31 Dec•mbor 2023
2023
rKk Tol*l fund• Total furKI8
Donations and ￿ga￿S
Chadta￿Q ac¥vlt
Inv•stsn￿t irKome
275.592
81.760
18,626
11.271
3,134
294218
931131
8220
273,W2S
81,(60
2.S79
203.277
14.4e
Totsl Inc¢i
374.804
33.031
2,ILXJ
,935
580.841
Exp•ndtur•
Eypondkure on rs￿Ing I￿¥J8..
Costs
tr•Jlrtg a￿￿1￿0*
Exp¢ndrtLrn on
2.03
•.10
21,648
21.648
417,578
345,874
Total •xp•ndlthr•
397.574
411222
347.913
N•1 galrnl(kAwl r
investrnents
12
419
2.681
3,100
<8.483)
Pl•t (•1P￿d￿uV•Y1n¢
122.7701
4.781
10,117) ￿,145
(8.124)
(1.785}
41 mov•m•nl Ih fund•
(3QJ941
21,711
14187)
2￿￿45
R•conclN•llon ol fimd•
To181 funds tr￿￿9h1 forwa
454.803
311325
Tot•1 lundj wl•d for￿￿5 423.gm J34,036
74.522
841,650
635,203
.518
035,463
841,69)
The glalemenl of fir￿￿81 al oahs recw6Bed kn the yw.
Incx)me and txp¢ndtlure d￿'ve from c4)nttrKknJ #th*th.
15

Mlnlstry Area of Roath and Cathays
Statement of Flnanclal Poslllon
31 D•cemb•r 2023
2923
TaThiblo Ilxed a8wts
Investments
232.914
58,713
291,027
232.914
55.297
288211
17
D•btors
C4¥b 91 bank tn
18
26W9
$39,609
5WQ5B
58,527
5C*,533
565.060
Cr•dliorn'. •mounts f•thg du• YAthlh on• y
11,621
543M36 553,439
835,483
841,650
Total l•M cwr•nt Il•llllll••
135,403
841.650
Furn1* of th• ¢h•rMy
EndLvmi8nt fLNKIs
Res￿¢￿1 fund8
Unrestrtdod fwnds
77.516
74.522
312,325
464,803
423,909
835A63
Tol•l chwHy lund•
841,650
The80 fin0￿181 ¥ta¢omenls Ipwo￿d ty th• ts0•￿ ol tN•tM• •￿h￿¥S•d for IN•u•
.U- l.P..-.2.11., arg *nwJ on t*h•l Ixwd ty.
Pthl ￿m0
Stewart Lisk
TriAe•
16

Ministry Area of Roath and Cathays
Slatem•nl (rf Cash Fknws
Y•ar •nd•d 31 D•c•m￿r 2023
2022
Nel (èxr*ndthveYin¢4
Adjustments tr.
N•1 98mllk)588•) w IDv•J8lrnnts
fi¥KlendB. Interest and from kryest￿ts
()I￿r interest recer4th •rnl I￿On
16.187
(3.11MJI
{1,385)
(6.835)
5.587
6.483
(957)
(1,622)
7.219
Chgng•8 ￿..
Tradè avKI olhgr thlor
Trnde ond (thr ttèdrtors
38.171
11,0781
25,173
(￿.806)
1,079
167.841
Gash generated opw81
8,835
1,822
32.￿0
189.483
Dbvldends. Intereut ond renlg frMI hiwstn
Pur(*aw of oth•r inv•slmfjnts
Proc4ed8 from Sa￿ ol otrw investrrnnts
Nét co* Ifom Th1•8llnu •L11vl
1,385
(3171
33.076
170,420
336.113
539,609 SI￿.533
1Y

Ministry Area of Roath and Catha
Notss to th• Flnanclal Stst•m•irt•
Yoar endad 31 DeC￿￿r 2023
chamty is a publk bgn*lt thitly •)d a rng*tsr•d ￿lty In En￿￿￿ and W•kn Ènd is
un1nLtsP￿atfjd. The ￿e$S of ts pr*K*al offic* kn Roglh VkwwJe, Wat91k￿ RO￿1. C*diff,
CF23 SAD.
se fin8￿jaI statemonts have b88n prnparod in FRS 102. The F&¥r￿lar
Slandard appI￿a￿ in the UK and tho Repubk ol lrnlantt, th• Stalemani of
Reeommended Pr&tka appltsble to chan71￿ prepa￿ thetr atwunts kn acc¥Jrdanc4 wtth
F￿&￿81 R6rrf)rth¥J Standwd wrknt4e kn the UK R•wbk crf Irolv￿ (FRS I￿2> {Chr*ttt••
SORP IFRS 102)) arxl tho Chthle8 A(* 2011.
Qolng con¢•m
Aft•r makirKJ r6aÈonth arnl h•hvJ C4JllBklor8d Ihe Im* of ¥8rlDUB othor factors on
lh• financial p•thTnaThx of *ThJ its Fwi1•￿. tha by8tOU8 thaftty wil
Bb￿ to continue lo fuifd Ils rth&Tllab* purp￿, will ￿ able to rneei lts11obblthJ 88 thty fal du•
wlll have adequole reYuc8s lo conlrwe In rrfwa¢knnal •xlsteKe IN th8 forèseeBble futyrn.
AC￿rdinglY. trusteès (￿ntinu• to •dcp¢ t￿ golry concem basts kn pr•p•rlng Ihtr rmar￿1￿1
Th8 preparnlon al Ihè flnanual St8tsM￿ts rfjq￿ lo mbko h**em8nts, &Btknal88
a8sunwikin$ ttwt olloct th• 8mwits rermw￿J. Th•s• es*n•la• otjj iudpmpnlg •rvJ
IXwrtinuo￿ rrn¥ed aThJ &re ba88d on ey11￿￿8 lactL*8, indudThA exp￿￿)n$ 01
•v•nls Ih818r• to b• ￿{jer tho orcumstarw.
Thm Ar• no rnt•dal Crt ￿lJma{￿ ￿c￿rtaInl*s 10 Th)t•. t)th•r thon thw alra
Fund X¢•Ubrtlf
Urw88lrfcl8d lurth ￿ avaOaL*o fur u80 at thg d*ekn (rf tr* InAt••8 ty) I￿r any of tho
¢*ariYs wrposés.
Restthd fijnds are subi&*d to rnstrfjGlion8 on th¢w exF￿dI1[￿¢ docFar8d tythe donoror thrtsuuh
Iho t8rnB of8n appeal 8nd lal into on• oftt*> SLtha•950B: rethi￿ income ￿ndS or ￿￿0¥mOnt
AM income rs WKawJ8d In tr* 8**rrthi ol fm8ncial a￿￿11￿¥ enOUeThnl has pagsad to the
¢h•rity. YobaL￿ that th8 tw*ffts associgted with tl* transaLIkn WMI Ikiw to the
¢hanty and ¢èn be n￿W•J. Th• lolryfvyg sp•dlk •r• 4p￿￿ed k)
p8rfcul8r categyl88 of ￿￿1)￿0.
gfft. iecwpt is prob9tl• amounl ￿ b8 M￿sU[￿l retiably.

Ministy Area of Roath and Cathays
Notes to the Flnancljl Statements
Year ended 31 Dec•mber 2023
Ex[￿dIfure k% reL)yils•d 9$ • li•1Y￿ is rojryed. ExF•vJlturg IrKludg5 any
VAT cwnot bB fijly Lry C48591￿ under he&lIn￿ olts sts1¢r￿1 offir}ar￿8I
urn on ralstr￿ furrfts in¢kK￿ th• costs of al fwrtlra#bk4 •*l¢**, Ivor￿1. non.
0Xpend￿rn on Charrtab￿ w￿¥11189 inL*Aes all costs ir#xtrrnd ty a In undfjrtaktyig
thlde8 that furth81 trwltsblo afm8 for thg b8n8fft af t*nèfriwi88. kncludlng th)se
iti•J.
ollw eXp9p￿rn al oxpoTh51ur• V)8t 61 rnllw ro18tul to Tab*¥ fvndjfixtho chDrtty
to • 8(ngle ￿MY arn ￿￿tated dkedy to that athty. Shawd co8to are 8PPOrtkned
TaTrqlbl• •u•t•
deweGaknn.
l)•)roc+ation IB e￿A￿l￿ •0 off thè¢￿ trv•lu•iion ofanA88rt lèB* b ￿￿dUal valu•.
(w th8 l￿eful gcorx>mt11g ol that a868t 8B
Equlpm•nt
25% str*Jht
Freehold prry*ty l¥ rnt d9prnd￿ as trA& relales lo W0F￿rty g1ft&1 to and rental
r•tum$ lo CO￿ chwth expeTrJthiTe fLY lh• bonofft OISI Edwards Chwth.
Inv••lm•nts
UnlL%ted ¢outy invegtrnents arn Inwrnctyd￿I al cosL rnsured al fa¢¥a￿tr.
Iffalr be Tellaw nwgsured. arn rnea8urnd at inpaKmwrt.
Llst¢d •t l•ir tslr vabje beirvj Te(¥Jgnloed In
FlnwKl•l
A IhanclaF a6581 c4 a flnancia 118t*y bs orty th& wlity • ￿lty kn th•
conira¢tual provi*ioni of Ihe
8•slc ffinwwl Y*ialty rncowis•d 8t Ik* [￿r￿Abl& CK ￿y•t￿• induthg
ffj recowlsad at the ol thg fulwe Payn￿1$ a mwkel rat6 of int•r8*i
fty a *mil#r debt wthment.
Wherp tnve8lments in BhaT8S or ¥v¢fernrtt thre3 are wblk* tr•J•d c* Iheir f8w can
otr￿￿se be r•. the 1nves1rT￿t sufwuenuy trth*surthl al fair wRh

Ministry Area of Roath and Cathays
Notss to th• Flnanclal StateM￿ts
Year •nded 31 D•comb•r 2023
Fur•Js
2023
nnad gttha
Chw¢h Colkntwj
80.419
18.639
72,lJ98
10,237
31.732
13,132
44777
18.639
64.593
10237
31.631
12.132
For mi'sswi
Money4•lsb*i
101
Tax refund
13.091
11014
Gran1•
10.oc
10.1190
29421•
275,W2
18,626
Funds
2022
Oon•tlo
Pl•nn•J gi￿r¥a
Chwch CoMeoakni•
Don8rfon8
Fc¢ missknn
82.5(4
15.7
21.631
4.4n
26,958
18,704
1.145
83,858
18,108
29.236
4,477
27.358
20.204
S6.381
Gm Akt
rèfuThJ
Le9￿$
10.000
11.500
2&1XlO
25.000
273.925
227.913
. Ch•rM•bkn •¢tt¥tt
UnreBtrkled ROS¥1￿ T¢Jtsl Funds
Funds
Funds
2023
6.451
63293
7241
4.rrs
11271
17,722
HalllPTopwty
Othw inu)nK•
7,241
4775
93,031
81.7
11271

Ministry Area of Roath and Cathays
Notes to the Flnancial St•tem•rts
Year ended 31 De¢￿ber 2023
Umwtsl￿ R•8￿cl•d Tclal Furt1•
2022
Rent from investmert laTh1 c¥ twfAIwip
HalVPropeity
Oth81 inc(xno
Chur¢tt rentsl
15,744
49,8(
8,361
7,149
49.8
8.1fy)
7.149
71.165
201
9.895
81,
Inv••tmnt Incom•
Fur¥J8
FUN
FuTrJ#
2023
Invesbmll Ib7C<X
8YdE int•rn81 r•xtl•
1,201
1.386
2,986
2,949
3,134
2.1(KJ
&Z20
Fur
Fund•
Fund6
2022
In¥•slmenl
957
915
915
2,579
Oth•r Inc
Unr•Jtrld•d Rostrk*l EThl(yMnonl Tot•1 Fund•
Fu
Fund•
2023
Ot1* •X¢•Fitml IrKom
14.4
iknrestrthd Rastrie¥d Er**iwm•nl Tot81 FuThls
Fun(ts
Furnts
FurnY$
2022
Cxher exc4*(￿81 incom•
119.417
62,356
21,504
203.2n
For 2023. otrw exC4*On￿ rw8$91ts Irwance d8kn roC0h4•d donwe lo
tho cryan at St Gwman's ChL￿h.
In acc¥￿ar￿ w#h a rA th• Bishop dat•d 1 Jarthry thè a•¥et8 of th• St
G8rnwn, St klkhael 8nd Sl Martin w8rn tran￿re￿ lo the ith'nlstry of Roath ¥nd CalhayB at that
d410. Th•8• boFarK8 01£203277 F•pr88ent8 ts bank and cath b#l•ne•s as al thal d•t•.

Mlnistry Area of Roath and Cathays
Plotss to th• Flnan¢lal Statem•nl8
Y•ar ènded 31 Decembw 2023
Unres1￿ Total FundB lthre81rfcled Total Funds
FunL
Funds
2.039
FurKIA
Fund8
I￿23
Suwyi for IAiiislry
P8rtsh Runnhg Co81$
Chwch Prop•rty
Misslons
Supp)rt
162,533
66.128
137.722
25,107
161533
82,577
142,921
23,107
4,440
417.$71
16.449
5.199
21.648
Unrestricted Re8trthd Tolal Funds
FuThJ8
Fun¢Jg
Suprth fcy MknLstry
Parlah Runnlng Cc4
118,801
20,817
111.534
11.578
4.457
118.801
26.072
171704
71840
4,457
345,874
5.255
11,170
82.2tr2
SuFyort oxlb
267,187
78.687
10, Exp•hdllyr• OD C￿r#ll￿• •thhl•• by •ctfvMy typ•
U￿1￿taken Swrt T•t•l fund• T¢Xal fijnd
2022
for
Paslsh RvnntrYJ Costs
Chw¢h Property
Miss*)ns
182.533
82.5TI
142.921
25.107
1Q,$33
118.801
28.072
122,704
141921
24107
4440
4.457
413.138
4.440
417.5n
345.874
11. ATr•fy¥ls co%ls
atysls of
4>yI ct*is Totsl 2023 Total 2022
4.457

Mlnlstry Area of R¢)ath and Cathays
Note8 to the Flnanclal Statem•nts
Y•ar ond•d 31 t>•c•rnb•r 21)23
FurMIs
2023
419
3,100
R•￿tr￿￿ EndvI￿ort Total F￿d5
Funds
2022
18491
(5.6341
(6,4831
1& In*•nd•nt •xarn&￿offj f•••
23
2022
Fees payablg kn thg hdeP￿thI exam*wfor.
Ind•w¢¢rt èxamlrth ol f￿1￿111 sloknnents
4.440
1& St8ff co•ts
tow Stoff bgngfh ropyty pe￿d rd12022.' £rAII.'
he￿1 [¥￿TrI of erybyw8 y•er was Nl12022'. NII.
No employ¢• r¢c¢lved en¥*>%• of morn Ihn £60,(￿ durtrvJ I￿ ye¥1202t. Nill.
No r￿nUr￿lOn or b￿or￿S ftorn ￿1h th• th•rity cf a rd•l•J ￿ wwe
propglty Equipn￿l
Total
At 1 Jmuwy 20fJ •nd 31 O•c•mb•r 2023
Oeprncialion
At 1 J•nu•ry 2023 31 D•C•M￿ 2023
232.914
24.523
25T.437
24.523
24.523
232.914
232,914
Al 31 December 2022
232.914
232.914
23

Mlnlstry Area of R¢)ath and Cathays
Notes to the Flnanclal Statsm•nts
Year gnded 31 DecOm￿r 2023
Inw•8tsn•nts
Co•t or v•lu•t
At 1 January.2023
dthns
56.2g17
31T
3.099
58.713
At 31 D•c•mb•r 2023
Imp•lmi•nt
At 1 JJnu•ry 2023 and 31 D•c•mb•r 2ff23
At 31 D•umb•f 2023
58,713
&S,297
At 31 OKomb8r 2
Flnan¢l•l h•ld at fdrv•th
Imioslm8nt aTO hehj ￿ Thé Churth lft WalB• ￿￿￿1￿•￿1 Fund. Stalwn•nts T•￿1V
stsbro the mKldkg rnark￿ vabJ8ticn of a share at ts yo¥-e￿I. Is cO￿lder8d to be falr valuo
2022
10,480
11,029
Othw dethrn
45.434
58.527
11 Cr•thtavL' amounts f•llrrfJ TJAthln on• y•
Z022
4222
10.543
1,078
22222
11.621
24

Mlnlstry Ar•a of R¢)ath and Cathays
Nots$ to th• Financial 3tat•m•nts
Year •nded 31 D•wnkn 2023
20. An*sis ol cknrA•bl• (und•
Galn8 and
At31
Jan 2023 IrK£rfr* Tr•rffjkn k)65es DK 2023
G•noTal fwds
298.216
334.914 (375.672)
(72641
250.124
St M49ryarnt
Wcfu
OryAn fvn
Edwa
21.428
8.531
IAP5
23.394
gw fvnol
39.596 121.W2)
16,894
15.134
Sthknl ￿nd
IAkhael
COIF Cthurth
Fabr
18.338
454.803 374.804 (397.574)
18,338
(8,124)
423.ga9
Galns and
A131
Gerw•l ￿ndS
182.822 37T.934 (289,228>
296,216
D08Watod lun09:
wcfv
86,696
21,428
86,698
21,428
Sl Edw*rd
8.413
5,71XI
118
8,531
S.700
Organ fvnd
Bulkllno Piclecl
Sctl81 lund
St MKhael
COF
23.567
(7,8731
15.894
1&338
18.338
305,OS 419,957 1289.226)
(9871
25

Mlnlstry Area of Roath and Cathay8
Year ended 31 Decamber 2023
G*18 and
At31
Rc•th & Cathtys
st Margarefs
Ch￿￿e1 Repalr
st Mwgarevs
ClwKel Repair
St Phiffipj HDU
D M Broihern
7.U2
317
419
7.971
185
1317>
11164
254.ml
11718
206A75
11354
1289)
Ntsic FourKIo
1740)
[20.639)
6.270
18AOS
St Gennan
TWm8 FM¢ii
31.013
312.325
1.413
9,149
41,575
3x036
33.031
(21,8481
418
Sand
A131
2022 Incom• Exp*vJKurn Trwkn ki•808 D•G 2022
Ro8lh & C8th•
St m￿are1.5
Chancel Repff
St M8Tgaret's
Chancel Répak
St H
D M Broti
8.091
(849)
7.242
42
11.998
144
11184
254,39)
10.IJ17
{6.4661
St
F(xr#Jalcffl
Organ Repalr
Proje￿ 120
Sl Gefman
Thdm8 FraThx•
9234
10.970
57.640
(8.674)
{4.700)
(65.313)
7.873
31,013
31,013
1849) 312.325
271.(#YJ
119.174
(78.687)
1.687

Mlnlstry Area of Roath and Cathays
Notes to the Flnanctsl Statsm•nts
Y•ar •ndod 31 D•¢omber 2023
Golntr and
Ji
Jon 2023 Ex￿drturn Trath losses Drt 2trA3
Rc*th & Calh•ys
Pklon
189
1189
269
95
EML
E Shaw
121
(1.1991
47.964
1,198
2,676
21.010
15841
(1.7851
21,325
77.1518
74.522
2.1
2.681
and
At31
2022 Exp*JJibJ• Tw•f•r8 2022
R08th & C•lh•ys
Pkton
8.189
5.189
EML
E Shgw
St G•rn
Frvda H4wkv
1CXI
1101
(5.6241
47.964
21.710
17fM))
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