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home >> charity search >> the widows, orphans and dependants society of the church in wales
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

THE WIDOWS, ORPHANS AND DEPENDANTS SOCIETY OF THE CHURCH IN WALES

The main object of the Society is to provide financial assistance to widow(er)s, orphans and dependants of deceased clergy who have previously served in the ministry of the Church in Wales.
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Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£137£146£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£121£137£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£94£103£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£93£92£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£96£83£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£105£95£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£76£75£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£86£86£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£82£79£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£84£83£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£89£85£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£86£80£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£107£88£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£100£98£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£92£92£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£85£84£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£94£83£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£89£89£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£108£103£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£100£99£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 50 years
(93 years as a company)

www.churchinwales.org.uk

ledavies@churchinwales.org.uk

02920348228

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Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
Where it operates
  • Throughout Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 56-81
  • GILLIAN BRENDA KNIGHT BA FCA
  • KAY WARRINGTON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
  • PETER EVANS LEA Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • REV CAROLINE ANN OWEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Clerk In Holy Orders
  • ROSAMUND HELEN CRAWFORD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • THE RIGHT REVEREND DORRIEN PAUL DAVIES, Occupation: Vicar
  • TIMOTHY LLEWELYN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired Bank Manager
  • VENERABLE JONATHAN SIMON WILLIAMS (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Minister Of Religion
  • VEN ANDREW STUART GRIMWOOD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Clerk In Holy Orders
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/05/1974, number: 503271
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/07/1931, number: 00257884
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

2 CALLAGHAN SQUARE
CARDIFF
CF10 5BT

Objectives

A) THE CHARITABLE RELIEF BY PENCUNIARY OR OTHER ASSISTANCE OF NECESSITOUS PERSONS WHO ARE THE WIDOWS, ORPHANS OR DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED CLERGY OF THE CHURCH IN WALES (FOR FURTHER DETAILS OF OBJECTS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF ABOVE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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