## Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2024
The Parish of Casllwchwr and Gorseinon
Registered Charity Number: 1134662
## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL**
The principal function of the Parochial Church Council is promoting in the parish the whole mission of the church, including pastoral, evangelistic, social & ecumenical.
## **Objectives and Activities**
As required by the Charities Act 2011, when planning activities for the year the Trustees have considered the Charity Commission's guidance on Public Benefit, and particularly the supplementary guidance on charities from the advancement of religion.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
The Parish of Casllwchwr and Gorseinon is within the Llwchwr Ministry Area CIO and the Church in Wales Diocese of Swansea and Brecon. The Parish’s principal theatre of activities is at St Catherine's Church on Alexandra Road and the parish also has responsibility for St David’s Church Loughor nearby.
## **Principal Address & Contact Details**
St Catherine's Church Alexandra Road, Gorseinon, Swansea, SA4 4NU. (01792) 892849
hello@gorseinon.church
## www.gorseinon.church
The composition, procedure and powers of the Parochial Church Council are regulated by the Constitution of the Church in Wales, as amended from time to time by its Governing Body, set up under Section 13(1) of the Welsh Church Acts 1914. The Parochial Church Council is not a body corporate.
## **Elections to the Parochial Church Council**
Elections to the Parochial Church Council are held at the Annual Vestry Meeting, which must take place before 30 April each year. The number of elected members should not exceed eight people.
## **Election and/or appointment of Wardens & Officers**
The Vicar, Churchwardens and Sub Wardens are ex-officio members of the Parochial Church Council. One Churchwarden and two Sub Wardens are elected annually by the Vestry Meeting and one Church warden and two Sub Wardens are appointed at that meeting by the Vicar. The successful candidates will be between the ages of 18 and 75 and they will not serve for more than six consecutive years.
The Parochial Church Council appoints a Secretary and Treasurer from among their number each year, but where there is no obvious candidate then suitable people can be co-opted.
## **Charity Trustees**
Members of the Parochial Church Council serve as charity trustees and are directed to the Charity Commission booklet CC3 _The Essential Trustee: What you Need to Know_ to assist in the induction process and to allow all new trustees to be aware of their legal responsibilities.
Most church business is conducted at Parochial Church Council meetings, including the approval of the accounts. Appropriate training procedures and policies have been adopted in relation to such matters as Health & Safety and Safeguarding legislation. There are other groups, established by the Parochial Church Council, that deal with aspects of church life, including a Vision Group, a Pastoral Care Group, a Children’s Ministry Group, a Publications Group, an Events Group and a Fabric Group. These groups are responsible to the Parochial Church Council and report back regularly, with minutes of their discussions being received and discussed as necessary.
The Parochial Church Council meets monthly, usually on the first Monday of every month. The Parochial Church Council is required under the Charities Act 2011, and the Constitution of the Church in Wales, to prepare financial statements each year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period.
In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- Observe the methods and principles of the applicable Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP);
- Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- State whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures that must be disclosed in the financial statements;
- Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity, and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the applicable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations, and the Church in Wales constitution.
The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the charity and financial information included on the charity's website, in accordance with the legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements.
Both churches are vested in the Representative Body of the Church in Wales, but the Parochial Church Council is responsible, under the Constitution of the Church in Wales, for the repair, maintenance and management of the churches.
Clergy are paid by the Church in Wales and remuneration is set by them. All other officers and trustees give their time voluntarily without payment.
As part of the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon within the Church in Wales, the parish is represented on various committees and also benefits from time to time from access to funds available from the Diocese for specific ministry projects.
## **Membership of the Parochial Church Council (Trustees)**
## **Ex-officio Members:**
The Reverend Dr Adrian Morgan Philip Davies (Vicar's Warden) Dorothy Dancer (People's Warden) Rebekah Davies (Sub Warden) Jeannette Grisenthwaite-Watts (Sub Warden) Moira Pritchard (Sub Warden) Roddy Lewis (Sub Warden)
## **Elected Members**
John Butler Lauren Davies Karen Davies Helen Fuge Jean Fowler
Diana Pugh Robert Samual Eleanor Lewis (Secretary)
**Co-opted Members** Allan Richards (Treasurer)
## **Combined Profit and Loss for Casllwchwr & Gorseinon**
Statement of Financial Activities For the year ended 31 December 2024
|**Incoming Resources / Receipts**
**Voluntary Income**
Planned Giving
Loose Collections
Donations
For Mission
Tax Refunds
Grants
**Generated Income**
Money Raising
Fees
Investment Income
Other Incoming Resources
**Total Incoming Resources / Receipts**
**Total Receipts**
**Resources Expended / Payments**
**Support for Ministry**
Parish Share
**Parish Activities**
Maintenance of Services
General Parish Expenses
**Church Property**
Maintenance of Churches
Maintenance of Other
**Grants and Financial**
Parish
Building Works
Other Resources
Cost of Money Raising
**Sub Total**
Section Accounts - Costs
**Total Payments**
Net Receipts/Payments
Balance Brought Forward 1 January
**Balance Carried Forward 31 Dec**|**General Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**2023**|**General Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**2023**|**General Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**2023**|**General Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**2023**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||£
£
£
£
64514
0
64514
59418
7136
0
7136
6805
9143
5000
14143
17292
0
0
0
2541
5578
0
5578
7385
0
185617
185617
19500
23289
0
23289
23340
5444
0
5444
6126
168834
0
168834
5070
21397
0
21397
66000||||
||**305335**|**190617**|**495952**|**213477**|
||68334
0
68334
73086
15466
0
15466
15442
4655
0
4655
17702
23101
28833
51934
45802
7512
0
7512
7465
0
1380
1380
4955
0
158743
158743
0
140
0
140
341||||
||**119207**
**188956**
**308163**
**164794**
0
321||||
||**119207**|**188956**|**308163**|**165115**|
||186129
1661
187789
109578||||
||**297367**||||
## **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Catherines - 1134662**
Statement of Financial Activities For the year ended 31 December 2024
|**Incoming Resources / Receipts**
**Voluntary Income**
Planned Giving
Loose Collections
Donations
For Mission
Tax Refunds
Grants
**Generated Income**
Money Raising
Fees
Investment Income
Other Incoming Resources
**Total Incoming Resources / Receipts**
**Total Receipts**
**Resources Expended / Payments**
**Support for Ministry**
Parish Share
**Parish Activities**
Maintenance of Services
General Parish Expenses
**Church Property**
Maintenance of Churches
Maintenance of Other
**Grants and Financial**
Parish
Building Works
Other Resources
Cost of Money Raising
**Sub Total**
Section Accounts - Costs
**Total Payments**
Net Receipts/Payments
Balance Brought Forward 1 January
**Balance Carried Forward 31 Dec**|**General Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**2023**|
|---|---|
||£
£
£
£
49215
0
49215
42815
5816
0
5816
6358
8898
5000
13898
16959
0
0
0
2000
4021
0
4021
6425
0
185617
185617
19500
22244
0
22244
22477
4750
4750
5176
168834
0
168834
5070
0
4000|
||**263779**
**190617**
**454396**
**130780**|
||68334
0
68334
59886
15466
0
15466
15442
4655
0
4655
12393
21739
28833
50572
38733
7512
0
7512
7465
0
1380
1380
4955
0
158743
158743
0
140
0
140
151|
||**117845**
**188956**
**306801**
**139026**
0
321|
||**117845**
**188956**
**306801**
**139347**|
||145934
1661
147595
149772|
||**297367**|
|Bell Ringers
Choir
Church Fund
Church Yard Account
Church Youth
Flower Group
Church Shop
Publications Group
Dorcas|1 Dec £
ReceiptsPayments31 Dec £|
|---|---|
||485
485
0
0
3836
3836
11833
11833
538
538
0
0
2522
2522
5527
5527
0
0|
||24741
24741|
## **Combined BS for Casllwchwr & Gorseinon**
## Statement of Assets and Liabilities
For the year ended 31 December 2024
|**Cash Funds**
Bank Current
Bank Deposit
Petty Cash
St Davids Bank
St Davids uncleared cheque
**Other Assets**
St Davids Loan
St Catherines Loan
Held by the Diocese
**Total Assets**|**2024**|**2023**|
|---|---|---|
||£
£
202397
92125
29109
29109
100
305
178288
137733
-360
0
30240
20404
-30240
-20404
10781
10781||
||**420314**|**270053**|
## **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Catherines - 1134662**
## Statement of Assets and Liabilities
For the year ended 31 December 2024
|**Cash Funds**
Bank Current
Bank Deposit
Petty Cash
**Other Assets**
St Davids Loan
Held by the Diocese
**Total Assets**|**2024**|**2023**|
|---|---|---|
||£
£
202397
92125
29109
29109
100
305
30240
20404
10781
10781||
||**272627**|**152724**|
## **St David's Church Loughour - Receipts and Payments Accounts**
For the year ended 31 December 2024
|**2023**|**2023**||**2024**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|13200||**Parish Share**|£
**0**|£
**0**|
||**Parish Activities**||||
||0
5309
**5309**|Maintenance of Services
General Parish Expenses|0|**0**|
||**Church Property**||||
||315
1588
180
4902
84
**7069**|Insurance
Gas & Electric
Water Rates
Repairs
Cleaning & Maintenance|1362|**1362**|
||**Grants**||||
||190|Mission||**0**|
||**Cost of Money Raising**||||
||0|Lottery License|||
|25768||**Total Resources Expended**||**1362**|
## **St David's Church Loughour - Receipts & Payments**
For the year ended 31 December 2024
||**2023**||**2024**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||16603
447
333
541
960
62000
**80884**|Planned Giving
Loose Collections
Donations
For Mission
Tax Refunds
Legacy Gifts|£
15299
1320
245
0
1557
21397|£
**39817**|
||**Generated Income**||||
||863
950
**1813**|Money Raising
Fees
Refund|1045
**694**|**1739**|
||**Investment**||||
||0|Investments||**0**|
||**Other Income**||||
||0|Grants||**0**|
||82697|**Total Income**||**41556**|
## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of The Parish of Casllwchwr and Gorseinon.**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the The Parish of Casllwchwr and Gorseinon (the Trust) for the year ended 31 December 2024.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 11 of the 2011 Act due to gross income being below 250k after deduction of endowments and sale of assets.
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed: klpittard
Name: Kirsty Pittard
Address: 40 Llyn Tircoed Swansea SA4 9LB
Date: 27/09/2025