The Methodist Church in Wales, Wales Synod Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Methodist Church in Wales, Wales Synod Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Glamorgan. It was registered in May 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Methodist Church in Wales, Wales Synod Charitable Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £21k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £14k to £16k (+9.7%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 145% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Methodist Church in Wales, Wales Synod Charitable Trust sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Presbyterian Church Harlow (£16k), 1st St Lawrence Scouts and 6th Ramsgate Guides (£16k) and Archdeaconry of Bath Clerical Families Fund (£16k).

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.