Registered charity 1095035
Swansea and Brecon Diocesan Board for Social Responsibility
What it does
The charity works primarily with children, young people and their parents and/or carers to provide educational and experiential opportunities, support, advice, childcare and vocational training. In this capacity we operate within Swansea. We also support through our Multibank which is Pan Wales.We work in identified areas of disadvantage offering both premises based and outreach support.
Its charitable purposes
The Charity?s objects (?the Objects?) are for the prevention or relief of poverty for public benefit in Swansea by providing: grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty, in particular but not exclusively families with young children.
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Economic and community development, and employment
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides buildings, facilities or open space
- Provides services
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
- Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it works
- In Wales
- Throughout Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined. in Practice City & County of Swansea and Powys
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £2,295,650 and spent £1,555,395.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £2,295,650 | £1,555,395 | 45 | 60 |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,572,095 | £1,246,071 | 40 | 22 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,194,923 | £1,127,430 | 43 | 10 |
| 31 March 2022 | £1,177,543 | £995,153 | 44 | 10 |
| 31 March 2021 | £883,985 | £830,057 | 33 | 24 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 160%, from £883,985 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £2,295,650 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 68% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent less than its income in each of the 5 years shown.
- Money from government
- 49% of its income in the year to 31 March 2023 came from government grants and contracts (£582,753).
- Largest funder
- CCG Children & Communities gave £350,000 in the year to 31 March 2025, 15% of that year's income.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £607,470 from 8 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £607,470 from 8 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £462,256 from 5 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £575,723 from 6 grants | £7,030 from 1 contract |
| 31 March 2022 | £119,509 from 5 grants | £235,631 from 1 contract |
| 31 March 2021 | £34,250 from 2 grants | £293,631 from 2 contracts |
Where its income came from in the year ending 31 March 2025
- Donations and legacies£490,530
- Charitable activities, including grants and contracts for its work£1,799,651
- Investments£5,469
Who funds it, according to its accounts
In its accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025, the charity named 14 funders who gave £1,496,833 between them. £258,157 of that came from public bodies.
These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.
| Funder | Type | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCG Children & Communities | Trust, company or other | £350,000 | £350,000 | |
| Third Sector Policy & Support | Trust, company or other | £300,000 | ||
| Comic Relief | Trust, company or other | £150,000 | ||
| Swansea Council | Council | £100,000 | ||
| The National Lottery Community Fund | National Lottery | £97,092 | £99,163 | £99,163 |
| Moondance | Trust, company or other | £93,780 | £93,991 | |
| WGRIF | Trust, company or other | £79,946 | £59,959 | £27,320 |
| SCVS | Trust, company or other | £73,300 | £54,100 | |
| POBL Trust | Trust, company or other | £70,000 | £17,500 | |
| Diocesan Finance Board | Trust, company or other | £69,128 | £66,055 | £61,154 |
| Swansea Bay University Health Board | NHS | £61,065 | ||
| The Waterloo Foundation | Trust, company or other | £30,000 | £11,287 | £25,000 |
| Coast Funding | Trust, company or other | £15,000 | £20,000 | |
| Swansea Bay University | Trust, company or other | £7,522 | £19,987 | |
| CCS Children & Communities | Trust, company or other | £409,591 | ||
| Coastal/Pobl/Caredig | Trust, company or other | £100,000 | ||
| Wales Council for Voluntary Action | Other public body | £68,894 | ||
| BBC Children in Need | Trust, company or other | £50,285 | ||
| CDF | Trust, company or other | £46,680 | ||
| Masonic charitable foundation | Trust, company or other | £40,000 | ||
| Police Crime Commissioner | Trust, company or other | £40,000 | ||
| CYMPH | Trust, company or other | £39,862 | ||
| CCS holiday food fund | Trust, company or other | £35,310 | ||
| CCS enabling communities | Trust, company or other | £31,246 | ||
| Lloyds Bank Foundation | Trust, company or other | £27,250 | ||
| CCS | Trust, company or other | £25,700 | ||
| CCS direct food support and spaces funds | Trust, company or other | £12,275 | ||
| Cash 4 Kids | Trust, company or other | £5,100 | ||
| Austin Bailey | Trust, company or other | £5,000 | ||
| CAF | Trust, company or other | £4,000 | ||
| McDonalds Trust | Trust, company or other | £3,050 | ||
| McDonald Trust | Trust, company or other | £3,000 | ||
| St James' Place | Trust, company or other | £2,500 |
Grants it paid to others
| Recipient | Year ending | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Swansea and Brecon Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility (Wellbeing Project Brecon) | 31 March 2025 | £17,000 |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 21 grants to this charity since 2004, worth at least £2,402,229.
By funder
- The National Lottery Community Fund£1,649,120, 9 grants
- Comic Relief£367,500, 1 grant
- BBC Children in Need£153,859, 5 grants
- Henry Smith Foundation£92,000, 1 grant
- Freemasons' Charity£60,000, 1 grant
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales£52,250, 2 grants
- Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000, 1 grant
- SHAREGIFT£2,500, 1 grant
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Jan 2026 | SHAREGIFT | £2,500 |
| 28 May 2024 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £299,857 |
| 14 Feb 2024 | Comic Relief | £367,500 |
| 14 Dec 2022 | Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales | £2,250 |
| 20 Oct 2022 | BBC Children in Need | £500 |
| 16 Feb 2022 | BBC Children in Need | £1,000 |
| 29 Jul 2021 | Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales | £50,000 |
| 14 Oct 2020 | Freemasons' Charity | £60,000 |
| 24 Sept 2020 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £298,489 |
| 17 Jun 2020 | BBC Children in Need | £3,000 |
All 21 grants
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Nov 2019 | BBC Children in Need | £29,501 |
| 28 Feb 2019 | BBC Children in Need | £119,858 |
| 12 Feb 2019 | Garfield Weston Foundation | £25,000 |
| 25 Nov 2015 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £500,000 |
| 4 Mar 2014 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £4,900 |
| 14 Mar 2012 | Henry Smith Foundation | £92,000 |
| 27 Oct 2011 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £3,540 |
| 28 Jan 2010 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £451,147 |
| 14 Apr 2008 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £21,500 |
| 2 Nov 2005 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £44,519 |
| 23 Nov 2004 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £25,168 |
Trustees
14 trustees run the charity.
- Karen Jayne DevonshireChair
- Aisling Louise Miller
- Bethan Thomas
- Helen Rebecca Bowden
- Jane Parker
- Janice Ann WorthingOrganisation
- Mandy Bayton
- Mark Lee R Stevens
- Martin Philip Jones
- Paula Lewis
- Rev ROBERT JOHN DAVIES - HANNEN
- Richard Davies
- Stephen Dwayne Jones
- The Venerable Alan Neil Jevons
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 29 January 2026, 2 days early | Received 29 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 27 January 2025, 4 days early | Received 27 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 27 January 2024, 4 days early | Received 27 January 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 26 January 2023, 5 days early | Received 26 January 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 18 January 2022, 13 days early | Received 18 January 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1095035
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 13 December 2002
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 MAY 2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 14 OCTOBER 2002. as amended on 15 Sep 2022
- Company number
- 04440970This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.faithinfamilies.wales
- Council area of its contact address
- Swansea
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 1 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.