Gilgal Baptist Church, Porthcawl

The activities include:regular public worship, prayer, Bible study, preaching & teachingbaptismCommunion of the Lord's Supperevangelism & missionteaching, encouragement, welcome & inclusion of young peoplenuture & growth of Christian discipleseducation & training for Christian & community servicegiving & encouraging pastoral caresupporting & encouraging charitable social action.

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

In Wales

• Bridgend

Area of benefit in its governing document: United Kingdom And/or Other Parts of the World

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £204,321 and spent £189,524.

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.

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

Down 9%, from £224,707 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £204,321 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 93% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. 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 grants in the year ending 31 December 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: 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.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £30,000, awarded in 2021.

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.

12 trustees run the charity.

• Rev MARTIN JAMES GILLARDChair
• Alison FarrowAppointed 19 March 2013
• Anthony John Hornsby
• Barbara Ann MatthewsAppointed 22 April 2026
• Daphne Harris
• Elizabeth Mary Rees
• Jacqueline CroleAppointed 28 March 2013
• Kevin JemmettAppointed 21 May 2025
• Linda HarberAppointed 27 April 2021
• Malcolm John NicholasAppointed 27 April 2021
• Margaret Eileen HornsbyAppointed 21 May 2025
• Mark PeersAppointed 26 April 2023

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

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

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.

Charity number

1134864

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

12 March 2010

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11 MARCH 2009

Website

www.gilgal.co.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Bridgend

• 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. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

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