The Methodist Church South West Wales Circuit

Overseeing the management and staffing of the circuit's churches and providing resources for their worship and activities, and the upkeep of their buildings.

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

In Wales

• Carmarthenshire
• Pembrokeshire

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 August 2025, it had income of £217,397 and spent £239,657.

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 49%, from £428,133 in the year to 31 August 2021 to £217,397 in the year to 31 August 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 110% 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 £4,000, awarded in 2018.

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.

34 trustees run the charity.

• Anne Elizabeth WorkerAppointed 1 September 2024
• Anne SamuelAppointed 25 July 2017
• Christine LloydAppointed 27 November 2011
• Deacon Jonathan MillerAppointed 1 September 2019
• Deacon Kathy HaysAppointed 1 September 2022
• Deric John BrockAppointed 7 December 2011
• Diane HodsonAppointed 1 September 2018
• Ellen Louisa HarrisAppointed 1 September 2023
• Elvina GriffithsAppointed 11 February 2015
• Graham HobbsAppointed 1 September 2024
• Ian LedgardAppointed 25 July 2017
• Jane Deborah HobbsAppointed 1 September 2024
• Jennifer GriffithsAppointed 27 November 2011
• Joe HicksAppointed 7 December 2011
• John BirchAppointed 25 July 2017
• Linda Maxine WilsonAppointed 7 December 2011
• Margaret BirchAppointed 25 July 2017
• Marjorie Evelyn HinsonAppointed 1 September 2023
• Miriam MoulesAppointed 25 July 2017
• Mr Phil LloydAppointed 27 November 2011
• Mrs Ann MaggsAppointed 7 December 2011
• Mrs Jackie CorbyAppointed 7 December 2011
• Mrs Marlene DaviesAppointed 10 September 2013
• Nicola WilliamsAppointed 25 July 2017
• Nigel John FletcherAppointed 27 November 2011
• Patricia Yvonne BarkleyAppointed 12 August 2013
• Rev Dr David Murfin BSC PhDAppointed 7 December 2011
• Rev Geoffrey HaysAppointed 1 September 2022
• Rev Hugh-john Wilson BSC BTHAppointed 7 December 2011
• Rita Jean SmithAppointed 1 April 2021
• Rosemary Tippett Maudsley MaAppointed 7 December 2011
• Sharon Irene KnoxAppointed 7 December 2011
• Sheila AmorAppointed 1 September 2021
• Susan Bonser SRN SCMAppointed 7 December 2011

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

1144953

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

7 December 2011

Governing document

DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976) ADOPTED 20 SEP 1932AS AMENDED BY STATUTORY INSTRUMENT DATED 14 JUN 2017

Website

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

Council area of its contact address

Carmarthenshire

• 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: Carmarthenshire Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Carmarthenshire's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Sir Gaerfyrddin