The Ministry Area Council of Beechwood Ministry Area, Newport

The provision of regular worship. The provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation. Pastoral , including visiting the sick and bereaved. Teaching of Christianity through sermon and small groups. The provision of youth clubs with Christian ethos. Promoting the whole mission of the Church in Wales in aiding community cohesion through the provision of activities for all age groups.

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

In Wales

• Newport City

Area of benefit in its governing document: Undefined. in Practice, Local.

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £485,691 and spent £830,911.

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

Up 191%, from £166,881 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £485,691 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 171% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 4 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 £8,360, awarded in 2023.

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.

13 trustees run the charity.

• The Revd Canon David Charles MatthewsChairAppointed 11 January 2022
• Amanda Jane BerryAppointed 11 January 2022
• Cecilia Lise Anais PhillipsAppointed 17 June 2026
• Gary James HelkvistAppointed 17 June 2026
• Patricia Vanessa WardAppointed 11 January 2022
• Philippa DixeyAppointed 11 January 2022
• Rev Kay DenlyAppointed 24 June 2025
• Rev Linda BattAppointed 11 January 2022
• Rev Samuel James HelkvistAppointed 11 January 2022
• Rev SUSAN AVARINA PRATTENAppointed 16 April 2018
• Sarah Louise Purnell-DavisAppointed 19 June 2024
• Timothy FordAppointed 23 April 2019
• Wendy Matthews

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 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

1137284

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

5 August 2010

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 31 MARCH 1920 as amended on 01 Dec 2021

Website

www.bma.churchAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Newport

• 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
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