## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date 01/01/24 To Period end date 31/12/24** **Charity name: Tawe Valley Church** ## **Charity registration number: 1192931** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|
**The advancement of the Christian**
**faith in accordance with the Basis**
**of Faith primarily but not**
**exclusively within the Tawe**
**Valley and the surrounding**
**neighbourhood;**

**And such other charitable**
**purposes as shall, in the opinion**
**of the charity trustees, put into**
**practice the Christian faith in**
**accordance with the Basis of**
**Faith, including but not limited to:**
**the prevention and relief of need,**
**hardship and sickness; the**
**advancement of education; and**
**the provision of facilities in the**
**interests of social welfare for**
**recreation or other leisure time**
**occupation of individuals who**
**have need of such facilities by**
**reason of their youth, age**
**infirmity or disability, financial**
**hardship or social circumstances**
**with the object of improving their**
**conditions of life;**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|
**Weekly public worship services**
**held at Mynyddbach Chapel**
**including a Sunday School for**
**children**

**Weekly prayer meetings currently**
**online, but also monthly at**
**Mercure hotel**

**Numerous Youtube videos**
**created and freely available to all**

**Ladies meetings, bible studies,**
**craft evenings, carol services and**
**house groups when Covid**
**restrictions allow**

**Financial and practical support**
**for Swansea Christian Bookshop**

**Financial support of missionary**| |||**work in India, Nepal, Germany**
**and Ukraine**

**Pastoral visiting and counselling**

**Local care home visitation**| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees confirm that they have**
**complied with the duty in the Charities**
**Act 2011 to have due regard to the**
**Charity Commission’s general guidance**
**on public benefit. The Church provides**
**public benefit principally in the**
**provision of a Place of Worship, worship**
**services, and in this pandemic year by**
**streaming these services on**
**the public platform of YouTube so that**
**the widest range of people possible**
**could benefit from**
**all that God says and all the help he**
**brings. The Church seeks to fulfil its**
**charitable objectives in the**
**advancement of Christianity and in**
**supporting those in need.**| ## **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 ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**This is our fourth year as a newly**
**formed church with CIO status.**
**We continue to make good use of a**
**rented church building at the Calon Lan**
**centre (also known as Mynyddbach**
**Chapel), holding regular Sunday**
**morning services open to all and a**
**Sunday School and free refreshments**
**afterwards as well as a Christmas carol**
**service and a fund raising craft evening.**
**We have also rented a room at the**
**Mercure hotel for monthly prayer**
**meetings.**
**We have been able to continue to**
**employ a full time Pastor and are slowly**
**building our reserves to enable us to**
**acquire our own premises in the future.**
**We currently have 29 members and**
**average attendance at our Sunday**
**service is 30-35 people.**
**All our services are recorded and**
**streamed online to any that may want to**
**watch, and our Pastor also records and**
**produces regular series of short**
**Youtube videos, again freely available.**
**We have been able to provide financial**
**support to missionaries in India and**
**Ukraine as well as supporting the**
**Swansea Christian bookshop and Teach**
**Beyond, and send aid to those in need**
**of emergency assistance via the**
**Barnabus Fund and the Slavic Gospel**
**Assosiation.**
**We also undertake monthly visits to a**
**local care home, sharing the gospel and**
**singing hymns.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Income for 2024 was £64,952 and**
**expenditure £47,928 leaving a cash**
**balance of £58,276 with no fixed assets**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Our goal as a new church is to have our**
**own premises in the Tawe Valley near**
**our homes where we can best provide a**
**community service and we will steadily**
**build our resources until we are in a**
**position to do so whilst continuing the**
**work we have started.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£58,276**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a 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|
**Members regular contributions and gift**
**aid on them**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Church constitution and handbook**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are elected by the church**
**members**
**Nominees must be approved by a 75%**
**majority of the Church meeting. The**
**Managing Trustees have full and final**
**responsibility for the**
**general control and management of the**
**administration of the church.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Tawe Valley Church| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1192931| |Charity’s principal address|51 Cwmgelli Close
Treboeth
Swansea
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Stuart Dainty|Pastor|01/01/2021|Tawe ValleyChurch member| ||Peter Harris|Chairman|01/01/2021|“| ||Mark Cole|Secretary(til 01/11)|01/01/2021-01/11/24|“| ||David Bamber|Treasurer|01/01/2021|“| ||Steve Prosser|Secretaryfrom 01/11|01/01/2021|“| ||Callum Dainty||01/11/24|“| ||Ieuan Wright||01/11/24|“| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 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) Full name(s)** Edward Aneurin Peter Harris **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairman **Chair, etc)** **Date** 24-02-25 Tawe Valley Church Income and Expenditure Report Year ending 31 December 2024 |Income|£||£|| |---|---|---|---|---| |Offerings - bank||48741.76||| |Offerings - cash||20.5||| |Offerings - special||3148||| |Bank interest||1288.37||| |Gift Aid||11652.8||| |Other||101||| |Total income||||64952.43| |Expenditure||||| |Pastor||26172.22||| |Pension||1437.52||| |Pastor's expenses||1777.47||| |Other preachers||430||| |Legal fees||0||| |Room hire||6490||| |Website/other IT||330.24||| |Insurance||422.01||| |Missions/missionary s||6400||| |Children's work||130.64||| |Outreach events||1171.54||| |Other||3167.18||| |Total expenditure||||47928.82| |Income less expenditure||||17023.61| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to Ihe trustees Cliarity Narnp VALLE¥ cMuRc On accounts for the year ended Charity no (tf any) 11gZ93J Set out on pages {rth*r lo IncIt￿* tha pay8 n¥mhers ofadditDnal.8ho0ts1 I report to the trustees on my examination of Ihe accounts of the al￿8 charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended DD I MM I Y'ny. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's truste85, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {Ihe Acr). I reF(Kt in respect of my examinatton of the Tnjst's accounts carried out u￿ler section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying OLrt my examirkqtion, I have followed all lh6 applrcable Direct￿￿$ given by the Charity Commission uNler secfkn 145(51(b) of the Act. Independent trhe charity's gross incorne exceeded £2S),IXKI arNJ l am quallfi8d lo examlneVs staternent undertake the examination by beir4J a quaIrf￿d member of [insert name of applicat4e listed bodyll. Delete l ] rfnot applicablo. I have cornpleted my examination. I confimi that no material matter5 have come to my attention in connectson with the examination (othor Ihan that disclosed bek￿ ") which gtves me cause to ￿[leve that in. any material respect.. the accounting recc*ds Y￿e not kept in aocordanc& wlth section 130 of the Charities Act., or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records" or the accounts dKI not comply wilh applicable requirements conceming the fomi atKI content of accounts set out in Ihe Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the acccmjnts grve a Irue and fairf VTrBW which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have rK) concems and have come across rK) other matters in connection th the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proFH understandirvJ of the acC￿ntS to reached. . Please delete Ihe words in the brackgts rfthey do t70t appty. Signed: Data: 21. 2. ZS Narne: PftTRIcJ A ANtsJE LA VTO Relevant professional qualifi¢atlon(s} or body (if any): SeCH ) ￿fi￿AGER￿AL A ADMIN¥1 sfAA TIKIÉ I L4DIES IER Oct 2018 8LOZ lao ai 'esopsip 01 SOiIS!M JOUIWBXO aui ipyi swffji AUE siipiap Jaijq ajay aA!g "{sJauiwBXa JOI a?uppin6 PUP SUOryggJip :swnogaE Aww? Jo UOQEuiwpxa iugpuadgpul 'zeag aasl uJa?uo? 10 ￿ell￿￿ IE!JgIEw iu6iiu614 oi spaaLJ Jèuiwpxa aul u. aJaidLUOQ Aluo Jnsoi?s!a s uolpas 7VS rJVptJ rv3NEJ3e 53V W . :sseJppv