Registered charity 1210763

Chaplaincy Support Services

What it does

Providing open and inclusive Chaplaincy Services to the University of South Wales, its staff and students.

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

Its charitable purposes

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN WALES AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE ARE: A) ADVANCING RELIGION BY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF CHAPLAINCY SERVICES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES GROUP, FOR THOSE OF ALL FAITHS AND NONE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO APPROPRIATE WORSHIP AND PASTORAL CARE AND LENDING EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT TO THOSE IN NEED, SEEKING TO CREATE AN OPEN AND INCLUSIVE SERVICE FOR ALL BENEFICIARIES; B) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE STUDENTS AT AND THOSE CONNECTED WITH, THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES GROUP; ANDC) PROMOTING RELIGIOUS HARMONY BY TEACHING PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS AND NONE TO APPRECIATE EACH OTHER'S DISTINCTIVE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES AND THEIR COMMON GROUND TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS.FOR THE REMOVAL OF DOUBT AND PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE OBJECTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES GROUP (AND ITS SUCCESSORS) INCLUDES, THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES, PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES LTD, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES PATHWAY COLLEGE LTD, MERTHYR COLLEGE, THE ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND DRAMA AND ANY GROUPING IT MAY, FROM TIME TO TIME, COMPRISE OF.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Education and training
Religious activities
Human rights, equality and diversity
Who it helps: Other charities and voluntary bodies
The general public
How it works: Provides services
Provides advocacy, advice or information

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

Where it works

In Wales

Cardiff
Newport City
Rhondda Cynon Taf

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £171,515 and spent £160,606.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 December 2025	£171,515	£160,606	Not reported	8

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 94% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025.

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: 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.

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

10 trustees run the charity.

Rev Dafydd Andrew JonesChairAppointed 1 November 2024
Andrew Richard BrittonAppointed 1 November 2024
David Adam SalsiburyAppointed 1 November 2024
Dr Jonathan Andrew WareAppointed 1 November 2024
Kathryn Beryl MorrisAppointed 1 November 2024
Professor Martin Dominic StringerAppointed 1 November 2024
Rev Charles David DeanAppointed 1 November 2024
Rev Malcolm PeacockAppointed 1 November 2024
Rev Michelle Margaret RomaniwAppointed 1 November 2024
Rev Vaughan William Lewis ReesAppointed 1 November 2024

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

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 29 October 2026, 2 days early	Received 29 October 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: 1210763
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 1 November 2024
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 01 Nov 2024
Council area of its contact address: Rhondda Cynon Taf

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.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 December 2025

£171,515

£160,606

Not reported

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 December 2025

31 October 2026

Received 29 October 2026, 2 days early

Received 29 October 2026