THE ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, ST YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2023 OF THE CEDEWAIN MISSION AREA IN THE DIOCESE OF ST. ASAPH REGISTERED CHARITY No. 1176003 The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charlty for the year ended 31 $1 December 2023. The Trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Praclice (SORPI 'Accounting and Reporting by Chartties, issued In March 2005. Cedewain Mission Area Annual Report 2023 REPORT FROM THE MISSION AREA by SUZANNE WARDELL, MISSION AREA LEADER 2023 was a busy, productive and rewarding year in the Cedewain Mission Area (MA). While still feeling the effects of the pandemic, the 9 Churches of the MA exhibited great resilience, working hard to reestablish themselves within their communities. At the time of writing, the Church in Wales has not published data regarding membership and attendan￿ post pandemic, but it is believed that it will mirror the findings of the Church of England in being approximately 25 /0 down on pre pandernic figures. Financially, the new share payment calculation came into effect in January 2023. and while some churches continued to struggle finanaally, all payments were made to the diocese on time and resulted in the discount criteria being met. The drive to promote direct giving, as opposed to cash collection giving, continued, and there was a slight increase across the MA. There is still some way to go, but the church treasurers and wardens persist in encouraging church supporters to use the Gift Direcl scheme. The MA is fortunate to have an extremely dedicated finance sub - committee, the church treasurers under the leadership of the MA Treasurer. I thank them all for their stewardship of the MA finan￿S. The Mission Area Conference (MAC). the board of trustees, agreed to reduce the number of the trustees after much discussion and consultation with the church members. 11 was felt that the historic struclure which had been in place since the formation of the charity, was unwieldy and in terms of administration, it is costly. Work began to rewrite the relevant parts of the constiiution and it is hoped to conclude this process in 2024. After 15 months of closure All Saints church Newiown was officially reopened by the Bishop in June 2023. Since its reopening, the church is hosting many groups of people, with the catering faalities enabling the church to provide hot lunches and refreshments for events. The multi-purpose space is used for meetings, social gatherings and concerts, in addition to its services, on both Sundays and weekdays. The church has been idenlified as having the potential to become a Hub Church, which involves investment from the diocese, and this will enable it to develop its community outreach within Newtown. The Shared Ministry Team (SMT) of the MA ￿ntInued to meet regularly in 2023. In July Revd. Jeanette Wilkes left the MA to further her ministry in North Wales, and the MA entered a period of interregnum. The SMT- Revd. Nia Morris. Readers and worship leaders- along with the support of retired clerics and the Archdeacon, maintained the service pattem across all churches. In November 2023 Wendy Gardner was ordained to the Deaconate by the Bishop in a wonderful service at All Saints Newtown. Wendy has served the MA. and the Deanery previously. for many years and this first ever ordination service in Newiown was a joyous event. I thank each and every one of the SMT for their support during the year, and for their Christian ministry among the people of Cedewain. The MA is leaseholder of The Parson's Field community garden in the village of Tregynoii, and the garden was officially opened in July 2023 by the Lord Lieutenant of Powys. The garden in managed by a management committee, and provides a green space in the village for community use. The village church is the hub of activities, and used for meetings and kitchen and toilet facilities. Funding has been kindly given by Powys County Council and the Fund for Nature, and the garden has been partnered by the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust. The MA continues to support other charities, with donations being made to local, national and international organisations. Free Trade producls are used and promoted in the Aberhafesp church coffee momings, as well as the Tower Café run from Kerry church. Mo¢hdre church also hold coffee mornings, providing a social occasion for the community. I was reli￿nsed as MA Leader in April 2023 at a service led by the Archdeacon, and it is my honour to be the Leader of the 'family' of Cedewain. I take this opportunity to thank Revd. Nia, the MA Executive, my warden Clare, all the trustees and the church Councils for their support in 2023, and I look forward to serving the MA in the coming year. Suzanne Wardell Lay Mission Area Leader, Cedewain REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number 1176003 Mission Area Leader and Administrator Suzanne Wardell Principal address Castell Y Dail House, Mochdre Lane, Newtown, Powys, SY164JA ## **The Churches that make up the Mission Area** All Saints, Newtown, All Saints, Mochdre, St Llwchaiarn, Llanmerewig, St Llwchaiarn, Llanllwchaiarn, St Michael & All Angels, Kerry, St Cynon's, Tregynon, St Beuno's, Bettws Cedewain, St Gwyddelan, Llanwyddelan, St Gwynog's Aberhafesp. ## **Trustees** |**Clergy**
**Mission Area**
**Leader**
**MAL's**
**Warden**
**MA People's**
**Warden**
**MA Treasurer**
**Trustees**|**Name**
Rev Canon
Nia Morris
Vacant
Suzanne
Wardell
Clare Jones
Vacant
Marv James
Sylvia
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3thJuly 2021|**Appointed in**
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Geraldine
Russell-Jones
Kath Wiqley
Steve Paqe
Audrey Collett
Awel Davies
Ruth Hockly|||||||| |||||||||| |||||||||MAE| |||||||||| |||||||||| |||||||||| ||Sarah Rendall|||||||MAE| ||Pam
Thompson
Shirlev Gethin|||||||| |||||||||| ||Paul Wardell
Amanda
Eastwood
Liz Davies|||||||Chair Property
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Committee| |||||||||| |||||||||| Arthur Mountford Peter Thom son Richard Bresnen Miles James Wendy Gardner Penny Evans GA and GADS Secreta ri128th 2022 April 28￿ 2022 February 22Th1 2022 Angela Hamer Jean Williams Independent examlner M D Coxey Chartered Accountants and Registered Audilors 25 Grosvenor Road, Wrexham LL11 1BT STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Goveming document The charity is controlled by its goveming doc#Jment, a deed of trust. and constitutes an unincorporated charity. The Church in Wales is govemed by its Constitution, set up under section 13 (1) of the Welsh Church Acts 1914. as amended from time to time by its Governing Body. The Cedewain Mission Area Conference is not a bcjdy corporate. Its composition, procedures and powers are regulated by the constitution, which provides that before assuming office, every member must sign a derjaration that he or she will be bound by the Constitution. The Constitution provides that the members of the Cedewain Mission Area Conference shall be: The Incumbent, Vicars and Assistant Curates,. iwo Church Wardens, one appointed by the Incumbent and one elected at the Annual Vestry Meeting,. two Sub-wardens for each Church where there is no more than one Church in the Cedewain Mission Area, one appointed by the Incumbent and one elected at the Annual Vestry Meeting- Up to 25 lay members elected at the Annual Vestry Meeting" co-opted Secretary and Treasurer {rf not already ex-officio or elected),. and up to 7 further co-opted members. Lay. communicant persons over the age of 16 may be entered on an Electoral Roll (subject to certain condilions) and all such persons, so entered. are entitled to vote and stand for election. Rlsk management The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in pla￿ to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. OBJECTIVES AND ACTivrriES As required by the Charities Act 2011. the Cedewain Mission Area Conference has given due regard to guidan￿ published by the Charity Commission in respect of the operation of the public benefit requirement. The activities undertaken to fulfil the Cedewain Mission Area Conference's purposes for the public benefit are described and detailed hereunder. The Church in Wales is a Province within the Anglican Communication and seeks to advan￿ the Christian religion through world-wide mission. It is the responsibility of the Cedewain Mission Area Conference and the Incumbent to work together and co-operate in all matters of concem and importance to the Cedewain Mission Area for the promotion of the mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical in the Mission Area. The Cedewain Mission Area Conference is responsible, inter-alia. for the Mission Area budget and all expenditure thereunder, the care and maintenance of Church fabric and of the Churchyards, and for any action or other matter referred to it in accordance with Ihe Constitution, and is Ihe nonnal d)annel of comMunicat￿n between the Cedewain Mission Area and the Diocesan Bishop. Publlc banèfit The Cedewain Mission Area Conference provides a benefit to the public as follows: al encourage and support all 9 thurches to develop into centres of Christian faith and committed discipleship, promoting spirttuality, prayer and witness with communty cOn￿M and action bl recognise and value the unique nature of each of the 9 churches and strive to discem a way for the churthes to work together and com lement each other cl esta ish mission area-wide initiatives to extend the outreach of each church. The way the Cedewain Mission Area hopes to do this is by.. - a) identifying and utilising the skills. talents and resources within each church community b) developing effective means of communication between the thurches and beyond c> encouraging and supporting indtvidual church initiatives d) launching projects which involve all of the churches and communities INDEPENDE￿ ÉXAMINER'S REPORTTO The Cedewain Mi55ion Area I report on the accounts for the year ended 31st December 2023. Respective responsibilities of examiner It is my responsibility to.. examine the account5 under section 145 of the 2011 Art) to ftsllow the procedures laid down in the General Directior¢s given by the Charity Commissioners (under Section 14515llbl of the 2011 Actl,. and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. 8asls of Independent e¥aminees report My examinatlDn was carried out in accordance with the general Directions gNen by the Charilv Commission, An examination includes a review of the accounting record5 kept by the charity and a comparison of the accDunts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you a5 trustees concerniNg any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view. and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent examlner's statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention= 11 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respert the requirements al to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act,. and bl to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met,. or 21 which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. [SignedJ {NumeJ -LO([Q1￿ (DoteJ- (QuL71ification. if anyj (Addre$5J I*xhCJfft Cadewaln Arpa Statsment4f firtand￿ AdtAlSes Forthtl*¥•nd￿3tstDQCamber20I1 vnrestri¢W Rettrfcted Endowment 14ote5 knd5 tvhds Tot ds Prloryear toial fvnds Inwm¢¢TndendDwnTentsArGm.' Donatlonsand legathE5 151826 137,478 3L li928 82,759 34,699 Invesknents Other Income 6,242 ICY),452 9L452 Tota Inwme EXpendItJ￿eOft.. J95.95 241%1 ¥L2J7 437398 98,814 13J,152 433,830 106,243 SD3,982 929 124,716 341,1 Expenditure Ihadtsble artiwtles&5UPPCrtcosts otffler ex endiwre Tvtsl expendltur@ Galnsl1055e5 lThve5tnTenta￿efS 9W 44ln6 Ll55 467.079 172 NetlrKome ndlture rE5our￿5 beforetra75fei 219 7mnrfep¥ Grosstfdnsfers be￿Eell fund5- in Grosstrall5fers between funds- o otlwreGugnisedyoin5/lowes Gainson revaluation, fixed 355ets, aarity sown use I￿.833 JOL9n 155.5471 I￿, 251734 26Z,498 125ir341 1262,4 638 638 Netfflov*mÈiiiinfvThls lu9,21￿ 12& fi￿On(l11atlOnO1Y￿ft￿s TDtsl funds br tf TDtsI furtds carrfed lorw*d Cedewain Mlsslon Area Balants sheet Asat 31 DÈcèmber a)23 Unrestrirted Restrlded Endo74yment Total Funds Fun(ts Funds Funds Notés Fixed as5et5 Soaal Investments 91,953 114953 Current assets Cash at bank and in hand 328, I￿,551 519,515 Net current a55ets less current Ilabllltlès 35¥%5 634.469 FUNDS Unrestrlcted fund5 Restricted fund5 Endowrnent funds 351,%5 28i5N The flnancl81 staternents were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorfsed for issue on And were signed on its behalf by.. Trustee Cedew*TrN•th Area Notesto thef￿daTSi￿Prne￿ts fotthB yem 31 DKember 1023 ACCOLWllWG POLKES olprepvir%the statements The linancial 5>t￿repts cf thpcharlty, Ythlch is a ￿blIc￿￿elit￿n￿tyu￿erFft5 102.Pave JÈen pr￿a￿d in atcordancÈ th theCharitl* 50RS.'FR5 1021'kcountirBapd RewrttigbyCharitie5..stsMwiof ReCo￿￿End￿ Pracfjce applicable to charlfi¥ prepariig theira¢¢ourtts In acrordaTrceWthtneFinèn-ial R2pD*ngitrrdar¢ aPkll£3ble li the UK antt Republlc of relaDdlFRS 1021 lelAcbvÈl.èfjuèry2D-51'. *ITancial ReportlniStaDdaid 102'The Finaiclal Reportlnk Standard appli.ab e in the W artt Rewbllc of Irdand, andthetharibes J*r2011. Thefinancial 5tatemEnts Yavebeen )repar￿ under hi5tDriC?I c05rconv￿QQP. In￿m& Al Ircom2 Is reco￿lSe￿ irt the Sta&￿t￿lFinanrIll klvites On￿lbe(harlty￿1& Èntitl*￿¢14 thefvnd5. itis probable hat the Incon*￿11 andtheamountcan berneasur￿ r￿lIbr¥. EKwndituTe Liabll'ties arer&o8nlsÉd as &pendlrvreas SDtrn 45 trwei5 a legal orconstrucd¥eobli8ation romrniiingthe rhalrty tothai EApendlture, It's pioba',ethkta transfrr pferortunlc ￿11 be rqulred 1nsÈttt￿:3n4 the amTruntotlheobl gatior. be Tr￿sUre￿ rellably. ExpefidStLrei5 3CCOJnted ftrr onan aiEru315 basis and classified undÉr Y*dlngs that have been allocated toacd¥ltses On a basi5 fOn51SlWt*ith theu5eof resC￿rt￿S. TAxat￿n TieEh3lrty15 e¥Eryyrfrorn iaxonlts charirablÈacl*lOes. FU￿ Unrestricid fund5 coffl bE used ITr accorttance￿th thèchathlabl￿￿J￿¥e5 4tthedi5lre￿Qn of thetru5tees. Restritted fund5 Can only bEusett for p3iticu13t purposÉ% *)thin the ot1￿tiVeS tyfthe (*¥rity. Re5trictyon5 Jr15e when spÈrifI￿d trythedonar o.. tsnds arerèlsed ror parJcblar restriu￿ ￿r￿￿)Se5. Fund raising ￿l￿ts Fees for octss onal ofFIEe5 Fe￿ for weddlnss, b1ts5ill85 etc Income 19.924 1*38 20fj36 INVESIMENT INCO |nve5cmeDtlncomeand inttttst rÈca¥ett OThER WCOME Sale Df flmed assets an GIA52 100.452 RAISNG FUNOS VÈ<8ws. orgaftists & c￿[r5 2.S30 103 713 106 i43 gTWIE¥PENDflURE bank charge5 929 929 T￿MEE5, HEMUF4EK1T￿N A14D BEN Thetewere no trL45tees' ranuneraknon or oth¥ forthevearen￿3tslDe(&m￿r2023. Tr￿ee5,eXperfjes ThÉieweie no trU5tees'ttpenS￿ pald for thetheYear•d￿3ts1 DKemLEr 2023. CedewanM&iln Area Not•stath fina￿Skat￿Ments-￿￿￿yEd 3fort￿ ye¥*ndeJ Ji DeombttlQZI SOOAL lNVWm￿rfTS MARKEfvpiuE at 15tlanuary 2023 Movementin year NET BOOK VALUE at315t wemoer z022 95.385 19,S98 114 983 MOV￿ENT N FUND5 Tranfers AtiliJ23 TvJ5 At31112123 unle$tr￿ed G￿eral fund 209.87 28.717 36fi91 2.110 I￿46 498 638 18.719 14a348 133601 I29￿74> a22.lQl 19S.724 109.8BI Old s£hocl fund storytellérs fund Ctsftlund café Youth & children ￿ndS 2.110 1,182 IA30 157 136 93Z 985 280D72 123.8931 92,228 3y18S07 Rest￿cted bJnds Admin bry fund W5 3.286 I￿75 (5.7C91 2,423 1.13? 1181.4741 1500 l.J98 24,Q 1124.6561 9,(￿0 2,333 43,966 7,751 9￿0 12381 38,297 3975 8514 12.769 3,661 25557 5,757 lJ)97 7.699 19,145 so.￿0 S￿50 201A40 130307 Churchyard futth Churchyard funds Churchy8rd fut￿5 Churchyard fur Churchyard futwJ5 Cliurchyard funds Mgchdie Churchyare fund News Lett£Y Clockfund 12381 35250 3.620 3,347 IZ.769 3.047 355 1&20 1547 1500 2,161 28.299 6￿14 406 7fi99 19595 54.151 10570 2382 IL044 llJJ561 674 John Griff Ilh5 Charity U3n church yard knnd Llan mSntlund 14501 12.8151 I7￿00} 11,1981 1.48C or￿Tr fulld Par5QnS St Tra￿￿5 church yard fund Tower Room Y¢uth&cblldren tunds 1110441 684 23,463 23525 18a 12451 o? 570,C69 )￿58 1195.3371 92,228 282,504 3.Oi8 Pdoryear adlusirnwt- TQTAL BJNOS 853.E99 2-.9230 634.459 Cedew* IA$4on kne Note5 tothe 5talement5- roTrtlnued forthe ended 31 2013 io. VEMENTIN FUNDS. continued riet Yno¥emEnl in fund5. included in theaboveare as follow5.. Re50urc25 Apwced MDvert]Ent in fund5 resource5 L*restrlcted frjnds General fund 192,237 171,518 40.948 4.623 18,719 140.948 13.3601 136 932 Old school fund CraftfvAd Café Youth & childreft funds Fairtradecaféfun 1,263 136 932 480.62 249 219 81S SB 2S 195 Restrkted funds mln Ambry fvnd ASWS 5.709 1,075 1,565 15,7091 11,0751 1.135 1,500 226,717 I￿55 4378 1,620 1500 628 2JJ06 17 408,191 7C4) 1330 1181,4741 355 31)47 1,620 1500 12,7411 IL0561 17 Churchyard PJnds Churchyard FJnds Churchyard fJnds Churchyard Fdnds Mochdie churchyard fund ¥¥5 Letter Cleck fund John 6rlFff Ihs (Aarlty Uan church yard fund Uan rrAlnt fupd Lunch Or￿n fund St David& church yard fvnd YoJth & cnildien fund5 3,369 3P62 450 I.￿7 271 IA80 2￿53 1,480 11,1841 111,0441 183 106 195J37 1,237 IlJ)44 183 106 246 08 Per SOFA Gains /lo$se5 on 1nvtstr￿ 245361 847 08 441,336 209 246 441 ii. RELATED PAKfY D￿￿o$￿E$ There wdreno rdated party tran5acbOn5 fur they&r wded 3151 D￿er1th￿ 2023 Cede￿￿1￿ Missionkn Detasled Ststemert of FirwKial ACti￿lieS fot year Ènded 31 t*￿rI￿et 2014 INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS Donatlgn5 & leB3oe5 GIFts Donatlons Gift aid Legacies Grants 54,414 11kn,043 17,OLO 2￿,304 OTHER TRADIN6 ACTIVITIE5 Fund ￿lSIng events Fee5 foroccasional offices sundry incomé L838 INVESTMENTINCOME InvEStmentand bank Interest 6.242 OTHER INCOME Sale of assets LoaTTrS received InsuTrnce claim 61,452 100,452 Totsl Incomlng resources EXPENOITURE EKpendlture on ral$lnefund$ VeT8er5, or8ani5t5 and thoir P8rfsh share 2.530 I￿j,715 1(6.243 Charitable artlvTty Chlldren &young people Church publlcatlons Parish mission work Support of diocesan projects Support of churth ¢h3rities Support of external charitle5 Fundr81slng costs Wodd mls$ion glvlng Costs ol meetings Costs of digital 5ervlces ©rite IT￿nCeS Gift5 Clergy expenses 621 3.697 L419 730 4.393 5,379 I,LYJ2 2,743 26,242 Support Costs Rates & water Insurance Light & heat Telephone Postage & stationery Carried fDfward 1,216 8,951 449 33,279 Cedewain Mlsslon Area Deta51ed Ststementof Finandal Activities forthe yearended 31 December2023 Support ¢Q5ts Brought fon￿ard Repairs & mdintenance Cleaning Professional fees Maintenance of service5 33.279 47L643 20,384 2,231 527,717 Flnancè Ban.k charges 929 Loss on dlsposal of investments Total Yesour¢es expended 661.155 N￿INcOmE 219, Annual Report and Financial Statements for year ending 31st December 2023, Approved by the Cedewain Mission Area Conference, May 3rd 2024 Approved and signed... Ic( . Date.... Suzanne Wardell Lay Mlsson Area Leader Approved arnl slgned......... Mary James Mission Area Treasurer For the Mlssion Area Exe￿lIve