The Rectorial Benefice of Margam

promotion of the mission of the church, parochial budget and expenditure, care and maintenance of the church fabric and of the church yards

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

In Wales

• Bridgend

Area of benefit in its governing document: Undefined. in Practice Bridgend.

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £550,942 and spent £458,852.

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 167%, from £206,673 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £550,942 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 83% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent less than its income in each 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 £2,000, awarded in 2024.

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.

17 trustees run the charity.

• Alyson Mary dabernigAppointed 19 April 2026
• Catherine Anne PowellAppointed 3 September 2025
• Clive EdwardsAppointed 23 February 2022
• David-Lloyd JonesAppointed 23 February 2022
• Dr PAUL MICHAEL SMART PHD, C.ENGAppointed 23 February 2022
• Elizabeth Anne DewhurstAppointed 3 June 2026
• Francis Jeffrey Perren OBEAppointed 6 May 2026
• Gareth BakerAppointed 23 February 2022
• Julia JonesAppointed 19 April 2026
• Kevin BoscottAppointed 23 February 2022
• Margaret PhillipsAppointed 23 February 2022
• Nicola Danielle WillisAppointed 21 April 2024
• Sarah Elizabeth GardenerAppointed 3 June 2026

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

1140732

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

8 March 2011

Governing document

CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH IN WALES

Website

www.margam.org.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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