Registered charity 1122018

Elim Pentecostal Church Pontyates

What it does

Religious Activities

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN PONTYATES LLANELLI AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HEREIN CALLED "THE TRUSTEES") MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY;B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.C) TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAL AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN PONTYATES AFORESAID AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Preventing or relieving poverty
Religious activities
Amateur sport
Who it helps: Children and young people
The general public
How it works: Provides other finance
Provides services

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Carmarthenshire
Pembrokeshire

Area of benefit in its governing document: Carmarthenshire

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £12,898 and spent £10,600.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2026	£12,898	£10,600	Not reported	3
31 March 2025	£15,036	£9,086	Not reported	4
31 March 2024	£16,683	£10,920	Not reported	1
31 March 2023	£12,496	£13,131	Not reported	1
31 March 2022	£12,581	£11,318	Not reported	1

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

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 3%, from £12,581 in the year to 31 March 2022 to £12,898 in the year to 31 March 2026.
Spending against income: It spent 82% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

Income from government grants and contracts by financial year
Year ending	Government grants	Government contracts
31 March 2025	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2024	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2023	Not reported	Not reported

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Trustees

2 trustees run the charity.

Andrew Simon EvansChairAppointed 25 April 2024
Mary Grace RustonAppointed 27 April 2026

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2026	31 January 2027	Received 1 August 2026, 183 days early	Not required
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 29 May 2025, 247 days early	Not required
31 March 2024	31 January 2025	Received 2 August 2024, 182 days early	Not required
31 March 2023	31 January 2024	Received 12 April 2024, 72 days late	Not required
31 March 2022	31 January 2023	Received 28 July 2022, 187 days early	Not required

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1122018
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 17 December 2007
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 NOVEMBER 2007
Company number: 06423982This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
Council area of its contact address: Carmarthenshire

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.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2026

£12,898

£10,600

Not reported

31 March 2025

£15,036

£9,086

Not reported

31 March 2024

£16,683

£10,920

Not reported

31 March 2023

£12,496

£13,131

Not reported

31 March 2022

£12,581

£11,318

Not reported

Year ending

Government grants

Government contracts

31 March 2025

Not reported

31 March 2024

Not reported

31 March 2023

Not reported

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2026

31 January 2027

Received 1 August 2026, 183 days early

Not required

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 29 May 2025, 247 days early

Not required

31 March 2024

31 January 2025

Received 2 August 2024, 182 days early

Not required

31 March 2023

31 January 2024

Received 12 April 2024, 72 days late

Not required

31 March 2022

31 January 2023

Received 28 July 2022, 187 days early

Not required