Registered charity 1210418

Penarth Ministry Area

What it does

Penarth Ministry Area (PMA) is a UK registered charity and a benefice of the Church in Wales. The charitable object of PMA is the promotion of the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical, within the Ministry Area.

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

Its charitable purposes

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINE, PRACTICES BELIEFS AND WORSHIP OF THE CHURCH IN WALES FROM TIME TO TIME, INCLUDING BY PROMOTING IN THE MINISTRY AREA THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH IN WALES, PASTORAL, EVANGELISTIC, SOCIAL AND ECUMENICAL.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Religious activities
Who it helps: Children and young people
Older people
Disabled people
People of a particular ethnic or racial origin
Other charities and voluntary bodies
Other defined groups
The general public
How it works: Provides buildings, facilities or open space
Provides services

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Vale of Glamorgan

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £456,255 and spent £419,213.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 December 2025	£456,255	£419,213	Not reported	100

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.

Financial position

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.

Spending against income: It spent 92% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025.
Largest funder: Norman and Freda Jones Trust gave £40,259 in the year to 31 December 2025, 9% of that year's income.Read by AI from the charity's accounts.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 December 2025: £37,094 from 3 grants. 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.

Who funds it, according to its accounts

In its accounts for the year ending 31 December 2025, the charity named 1 funder who gave £40,259. £0 of that came from public bodies.

These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.

Money received from each named funder, by accounts year
Funder	Type	Dec 2025
Norman and Freda Jones Trust	Trust, company or other	£40,259

Only funding the accounts name with an amount is included. Most charities also have income from donations, fees and trading that is not listed by funder, so this is part of its income.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

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.

Trustees

14 trustees run the charity.

Melanie GriffinChairAppointed 10 October 2024
Alina DaviesAppointed 2 June 2025
Christian Richard Matthew SalisburyAppointed 10 October 2024
Dr Leonard SmartAppointed 6 April 2026
Elizabeth Tulip TreasureAppointed 2 June 2025
Elyn HannahAppointed 15 April 2025
Huw Rhys Charles WilliamsAppointed 10 October 2024
Neil PughAppointed 1 January 2025
Peter David AkersAppointed 22 June 2025
Rev James YoungAppointed 10 October 2024
Rev Philip MaudsleyAppointed 1 October 2026
Robert CourtAppointed 10 October 2024
Susannah GriffinAppointed 2 June 2025

Filing record

The last annual return that was due arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 December 2025	31 October 2026	Received 15 April 2026, 199 days early	Received 15 April 2026

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.

About this charity

Charity number: 1210418
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 10 October 2024
Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 10 Oct 2024
Website: www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/structure/parish/2399As the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Vale of Glamorgan

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

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Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 December 2025

£456,255

£419,213

Not reported

100

Funder

Type

Dec 2025

Norman and Freda Jones Trust

Trust, company or other

£40,259

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 December 2025

31 October 2026

Received 15 April 2026, 199 days early

Received 15 April 2026