Aled Mission Area
Analysis
Aled Mission Area is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colwyn Bay. It was registered in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Aled Mission Area reported income of £552k and spending of £623k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £667k to £552k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.
Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Aled Mission Area sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints with Holy Trinity, Wandsworth (£552k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Trinity in Lewes (£552k) and Eritrean Beth-El Church in London (£551k).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 77%, investments 15% and trading 7.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £23k. Charitable activities took 5.8% of spending and raising funds 92%. Reserves of £888k would cover about 17 months of spending at that rate.
Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Donations 73%
- Legacies 4.1%
- Trading 7.9%
- Investments 15%
In the charity's own words
Provision of regular public worship, sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation. Pastoral work, including visiting sick and bereaved persons. Teaching Christianity through sermons/small groups, taking assemblies in local Schools. Promoting the mission of Church in Wales to aid community cohesion through events, services, distribution of literature, groups to support the elderly/young