Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 6
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY OF THE CHURCH IN WALES 

The Representative Body's key objectives and activities are:1. To manage its investments;2. To manage the ecclesiastical and secular property vested in the Representative Body for the uses and purposes of the Church in Wales;3. To oversee the work of St Michael's College;4. To provide an efficient and professional administrative service across a wide range of administrative functions.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 25 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £825,449,000 available, equivalent to 357 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • There is a pension deficit of £127,000
Established: 13 years
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£22,030£27,739£-5,709£304£830,289£825,449357.11160
31/12/21£20,264£30,867£-10,603£252£907,124£902,574350.91020
31/12/20£18,862£29,149£-10,287£569£803,791£799,2413291000
31/12/19£23,129£27,014£-3,885£224£783,868£779,315346.21040
31/12/18£20,645£25,010£-4,365£357£709,583£709,583340.51120
31/12/17£21,158£24,569£-3,411£302£720,498£720,498351.91040
31/12/16£19,652£22,461£-2,809£0£672,847£671,743358.9970
31/12/15£19,052£21,473£-2,421£711£618,126£616,456344.5820
31/12/14£19,053£20,086£-1,033£655£606,748£604,787361.3810
31/12/13£19,647£20,535£-888£687£590,832£588,673344790
31/12/12£19,019£19,878£-859£705£481,585£479,270289.3780

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 660%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 357.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 116 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Culham St Gabriel's Trust£18,700
National Lottery Heritage Fund£14,900
Crowdfunder£9,798
National Lottery Community Fund£8,736
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - LLANRHIAN HALL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR
£8,736 26/09/2022
Representative Body Church in Wales in Pembrokeshire will repair and renovate the Llanrhian church hall so that it's able to be fully utilised by the rural local community as a hall and meeting ....more
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£9,798 05/05/2022
Covid response
Culham St Gabriel's Trust - Multidisciplinary Religion, Values and Ethics curriculum
£18,700 31/03/2022
to enable schools and teachers to have the confidence to design multidisciplinary Religion, Values and Ethics curriculums relevant to the needs of their learners, that are critical, objective and ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 18/01/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Parish of Aberdare
£10,000 06/12/2021
#15Minutes2 15 Minute Heritage - Thomas & Williams - An Inspiration
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Parish of Baglan
£1,761 23/10/2021
It would help us maintain the hall and get it ready for use once Covid-19 guidelines allow. There has been no rental income since March, but utility, maintenance and repair bills to pay.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to St Grwst Parish Church, Llanrwst
£4,900 05/06/2020
COVID19 St Grwst Parish Church, Llanrwst
National Lottery Community Fund - Adfywio Ysgoldy Goch er budd y Gymuned
£10,000 28/03/2019
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Project Summary :_x000D_ Eglwys Newydd Ysgoldy Goch Church Hall in Ceredigion will use the grant to improve the only community hall in their area, to ensure that residents have adequate facilities to ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to St Jerome's Church, Llangwm
£7,600 31/05/2018
To build a storage facility in the churchyard
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Walwyn's Castle Church
£7,200 26/04/2018
For God, King and Country. Agriculture affected by World War 1
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Church of Wales
£33,100 22/03/2018
All Saints Church, Cellan, Ceredigion
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Eglwysnewydd/Hafod Church, Cwmystwyth, Wales
£82,500 01/03/2017
Securing Eglwys Newydd Hafod Church for the future
National Churches Trust - Repair award to DREFACH FELINDRE, St Barnabas
£7,000 01/12/2016
Roof repairs, gutters, windows
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Church in Wales
£121,100 21/09/2016
Repairs to St Cadoc's Church, Penrhos, Monmouthshire
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Church in Wales, St Michael and All Angels Church, Maesteg
£29,400 16/03/2016
Repairs to the fabric, renewal of heating system and improved access and interpretation
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to St Mary's Church Carew
£78,100 10/12/2015
St Mary's Church, Carew: External fabric repairs
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Saint Barnabas Church, Drefach Felindre
£116,200 10/12/2015
Saint Barnabas Church: Urgent reroofing and external fabric repairs
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Church of St James and St Elidyr, Stackpole
£112,900 10/12/2015
St James and St Elidyr Church, Stackpole: Urgent roof and fabric repairs - Phase 1
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to PCC St Cybi's Church Llangybi
£66,300 19/03/2015
Keeping St Cybi's Church Llangybi Open to All
National Lottery Community Fund - St Gwladys Church Hall
£227,290 21/05/2014
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National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Church in Wales
£123,700 20/03/2014
Repairs to tower and spire St Beuno's Church, Gwyddelwern
National Lottery Community Fund - Modernisation of St.David's Church Tonyrefail
£208,497 20/03/2014
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The project is to build a new facility attached to the parish church. There will be a balconied meeting hall, kitchen, toilets and storage space. It will add to limited facilities that exist at the ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Church in Wales - St Jerome's Llangwm
£363,100 12/12/2013
St Jerome's Church & Heritage Llangwm Project
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Church in Wales
£166,000 20/06/2013
Repair and Improvement of St Barrwg's Church, Bedwas, Caerphilly
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (25)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 21/25 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/07/2011, number: 1142813
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
11 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE FRIENDS OF ST. BRIDGET'S, SKENFRITH on 25/11/2021
Main office

THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY OF THE
CHURCH IN WALES
4TH FLOOR 2 CALLAGHAN SQUARE
CARDIFF
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Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE MISSION AND MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH IN WALES MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN:THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH IN WALES.THE ROYAL CHARTER 1919.THE WELSH CHURCH ACT 1914. THE WELSH CHURCH (TEMPORALITIES) ACT 1919.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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