**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From  01/01/2024       Period start date To 31/12/2024       Period end date** 


## **Charity name: Ardal Weinidogaeth Bro Tysilio Ministry Area** 

## **Charity registration number: 1187491** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

|**Objectives and Activities**|||
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||SORP reference||
|Summary of the purposes of the<br>charity as set out in its governing<br>document|Para 1.17|**To further the mission and ministry of the**<br>**Christian Gospel through a variety of activities**<br>**including public worship and community**<br>**engagement.**|
|Summary of the main activities in<br>relation to those purposes for the<br>public benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and 1.19|**Bro Tysilio provides opportunities for Christian**<br>**worship through services in its church buildings**<br>**and beyond, and seeks to engage with local**<br>**communities to meet physical and spiritual**<br>**needs, and to bear witness to the Good News of**<br>**Jesus Christ.**|
|Statement confirming whether the<br>trustees have had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees of Bro Tysilio have had regard  to**<br>**the guidance issued by the Charity Commission**<br>**on public benefit.**|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 



## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to the<br>circumstances of its beneficiaries<br>and any wider benefits to society<br>as a whole.|Para 1.20|**In promotion of the whole mission of the Church;**<br>**pastoral, evangelistic and social, it provides a**<br>**benefit to the public by:**<br>•<br>**providing resources and facilities for**<br>**public worship, pastoral care and**<br>**spiritual, moral and intellectual**<br>**development, both for its members and**<br>**for anyone who wishes to benefit from**<br>**what the Church offers;**<br>•<br>**promoting Christian values, and service**<br>**by members of the churches to their**<br>**communities to the benefit of individuals**<br>**and society as a whole.**|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|Achievements against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance against<br>objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s financial<br>position at the end of the period|Para 1.21|**Total receipts of Unrestricted Funds during the**<br>**year were £147,015,182, and Restricted Funds of**<br>**£11,875 were received. The total income received**<br>**was £160,114 (2023; £107,484).**<br>**Total payments during the year were £207,749**<br>**(2023; £202,350), of which £190,490 was**<br>**unrestricted and £17,259 was restricted.**<br>**The net result for the year was an excess of**<br>**payments over receipts of £47,635 (2023; excess**<br>**of payments over receipts of £30,407).**|
|Statement explaining the policy for<br>holding reserves stating why they<br>are held|Para 1.22|**Whilst no official reserves policy was held during**<br>**the reporting period, the Ministry Area Council**<br>**maintained levels of reserves (both Restricted**<br>**and Unrestricted) in order to safeguard the future**<br>**provision of ministry in the Ministry Area.**<br>**A reserves policy is being prepared for the**<br>**Ministry Area Council to adopt in the near future.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£296,201 (excluding restricted and endowment**<br>**funds)**|
|Reasons for holding zero reserves|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Details of fund materially in deficit|Para 1.24|n/a|
|Explanation of any uncertainties<br>about the charity continuing as a<br>going concern|Para 1.23||



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Para 1.47 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment Para 1.46 policy adopted A description of the principal risks Para 1.46 facing the charity Other 



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s trusts:||**n/a**|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Bro Tysilio is governed by the Constitution of the**<br>**Church in Wales.**|
|How is the charity constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated association,<br>CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated Association.**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of any<br>person or body entitled to appoint<br>one or more trustees|Para 1.25|**The members of the Ministry Area Council are**<br>**the trustees of the charity, and are elected by**<br>**those on the Electoral Roll (as per the**<br>**Constitution of the Church in Wales) at the**<br>**Annual Vestry Meeting.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Policies and procedures adopted<br>for the induction and training of<br>trustees|Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider network<br>with which the charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charityname|Ardal Weinidogaeth Bro Tysilio MinistryArea|
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|Other name the charityuses|Bro Tysilio|
|Registered charitynumber|1187491|
|Charity’s principal address|c/o The Vicarage,<br>Mona Road,<br>Menai Bridge<br>LL59 5EA|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

||**es of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**es of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**es of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**es of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|
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|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
||Richard Wood|Chair, Vicar||Bishopof Bangor|
||Annette Roberts|Ex-officio, MA<br>Warden||Vicar|
||Gwylan Williams|Ex-officio, MA<br>Warden||Ministry Area Council|
||Tania apSiôn|Ex-officio, Cleric||Bishopof Bangor|
||Hugh Jones|Ex-officio, Cleric||Bishopof Bangor|
||Neil Evans|Ex-officio, Reader||Bishopof Bangor|
||John Idris Jones|||MinistryArea Council|
||Ken Newis|||MinistryArea Council|
||John Grahame|||MinistryArea Council|
||Yvonne Owen|||MinistryArea Council|
||John Hughes|||MinistryArea Council|
||Janice Jones|||MinistryArea Council|
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||Richard Wood|Janice Jones|
||<br> Chair, Vicar|Trustee|
||28/6/2026<br>28/6/2026||
||28/6/2026||



