## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From Period start date 01/01/25 To Period end date 31/12/25**
**Charity name: Tawe Valley Church**
## **Charity registration number: 1192931**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|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 our church building at 86**
**Christopher Rd, Ynystawe**
**including a Sunday School for**
**children**
**Weekly prayer meetings in the**
**building and online**
**Numerous Youtube videos**
**created and freely available to all**
**Ladies meetings, bible studies,**
**craft evenings, carol services and**
**coffee mornings**
**Financial and practical support**
**for Swansea Christian Bookshop**
**Financial support of missionary**|
|||**work in India, Nepal, Uzbekistan**
**and Ukraine**
**Pastoral visiting and counselling**
**Local care home visitation**|
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|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 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 fifth year as a newly formed**
**church with CIO status.**
**We have been able to buy our own**
**church building in Ynystawe holding**
**regular Sunday morning services open**
**to all and a Sunday School and free**
**refreshments afterwards as well as**
**other special services and events**
**including weekly prayer meetings, bi-**
**weekly coffee mornings and outreach**
**events.**
**We have a full time Pastor and**
**currently have 27 members and average**
**attendance at our Sunday service is 30-**
**40 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, Nepal,**
**Uzbekistan 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 Association.**
**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:
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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**
Para 1.21
Review of the charity’s
**We bought our own building with a 66%**
|financial position at the end
of the period||**mortgage and are financially secure**|
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|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We hold a £50,000 reserve to see us**
**through any difficult or unforeseen**
**circumstances**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£50,000**|
|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:
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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:
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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|86 Christopher Rd
Ynystawe
Swansea
SA6 6QX|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||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|“|
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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)**
**Full name(s)** Edward Aneurin Peter Harris
**Position (eg Secretary,** Chairman **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
03-04-26
Tawe Valley Church Income and Expenditure Report Year ending 31 December 2025
|Income|£||£|
|---|---|---|---|
|Offerings ‐ bank||60879.49||
|Offerings ‐ cash||||
|Offerings ‐ special||57900||
|Bank interest||200.51||
|Gift Aid||23713.09||
|Other||31.88||
|Total income|||142725|
|Expenditure||||
|Pastor||32583.85||
|Pension||1524.6||
|Pastor's expenses||229.81||
|Other preachers||540||
|Legal fees||15995.31||
|Building purchase||87280.26||
|Room hire||3410||
|Website/other IT||628.24||
|Insurance||1164.28||
|Missions/missionary s||8550||
|Children's work||121.17||
|Outreach events||758.7||
|Other||4948.07||
|Total expenditure|||157734.3|
|Income less expenditure|||‐15009.32|
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examinerfs Report
Report to the trusteos
TAWE VALLEY CHURCH
On accounts for the year
onded
31" Dernber 2025
Charity no
(if any)
1192931
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of Ihe accounts of th8 above
charity {-the Trust") for the year ended
Responsibilities and
basis of report
As the charitys trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
1.the Act-).
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 examinalion, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5Kb) of the Act.
Independent IThe charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to
examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of linsert name of
applicable listed body]l. Delete [ l if not applicable.
I have completed my examination. I confiTh that no material matters have
come to my attention in rJ)nnection with the examination (other than that
disclosed below ") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect..
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act.. or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records- or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requiremenls
concerning the fom) and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports} Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a Irue and fair, view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examinalion.
I have no GonmS 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 Ihe accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply.
Signed:
Dato:
Name:
Ms Patricia Anne Laylon
Relevant professional
qualificationls} or body
B Sc (Hons) Managerial and Administrative Studies
IER
Oct 2018
(if any):
Address:
44 Maesygwemen Road.
Morriston
Swansea
SA6 6LL
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete Il Ine exaii)Iner needs to highlight malenal matters of concem
{see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts- directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
dlsclose.
IER
Oct 2018