Registered charity 1212637

Afon Tawe Ministry Area CIO

What it does

Afon Tawe Ministry Area (ATMA) is the umbrella body for 5 churches. They offer worship, prayer groups, messy church, bible studies, weddings, funerals and baptisms.

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: 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

City of Swansea

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £130,266 and spent £160,707.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 December 2025	£130,266	£160,707	Not reported	14

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 123% 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

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £8,100, 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.

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
20 Nov 2025	The National Lottery Community FundCommunity Cohesion	£8,100

Trustees

13 trustees run the charity.

John MathewsonChairAppointed 29 June 2025
Craig OldhamAppointed 29 June 2025
Emma Clare MylesAppointed 29 June 2025
Freddie HollambyAppointed 26 April 2026
Gwynfor LewisAppointed 29 June 2025
Hazel LlewellynAppointed 14 June 2026
Julie ReesAppointed 29 June 2025
Karen Sian GwynnAppointed 29 June 2025
Margaret JonesAppointed 29 June 2025
Rev Anthony David PorterAppointed 29 June 2025
Rev GERAINT DAVID WATHANAppointed 29 June 2025
Rev Mark WilliamsAppointed 29 June 2025
Sandra Elaine WilliamsAppointed 29 June 2025

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 21 October 2026, 10 days early	Received 21 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: 1212637
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 21 March 2025
Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 21 Mar 2025
Website: afontawe_churches.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Swansea

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. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 December 2025

£130,266

£160,707

Not reported

Awarded

Grant

Amount

20 Nov 2025

The National Lottery Community FundCommunity Cohesion

£8,100

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 December 2025

31 October 2026

Received 21 October 2026, 10 days early

Received 21 October 2026