The Methodist Church Gwent Hills and Vales Circuit (2/13)

The Gwent Hills and Vales Circuit exists to promote the gospel of Jesus Christ primarily through the activities of worship, mission and evangelism. Worship activities in traditional and non-traditional formats are held within the 35 churches of the circuit. Activities are planned to provide social and spiritual support for persons in the communities in which the churches are located.

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

In Wales

• Powys
• Blaenau Gwent
• Caerphilly
• Monmouthshire
• Torfaen

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 August 2025, it had income of £301,348 and spent £328,015.

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 19%, from £370,120 in the year to 31 August 2021 to £301,348 in the year to 31 August 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 109% of its income in the year to 31 August 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 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 August 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 £5,000, awarded in 2025.

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.

53 trustees run the charity.

• Rev Catherine BrobbeyChairAppointed 23 August 2022
• Allan David EdwardsAppointed 15 June 2023
• Andrea Rogers
• Ann Ziomek
• Anne Veronica O'neill
• Brian MarshallAppointed 17 June 2021
• Carole WelsbyAppointed 18 March 2021
• Celia PriceAppointed 17 June 2021
• Christine Anne WhiteAppointed 12 September 2014
• Deacon Gwen Knighton
• Dr David HewingsAppointed 12 September 2024
• Gail Ashworth
• Gareth Lyndon HolyfieldAppointed 19 May 2019
• Gaynor JonesAppointed 1 September 2022
• Gillian TimmAppointed 10 September 2020

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

1140255

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

7 February 2011

Governing document

DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)

Website

www.gwenthillsandvales.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Monmouthshire

• 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

• OpenCouncil: Monmouthshire Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Monmouthshire's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Sir Fynwy Torfaen