Menevia and Wrexham Infirm Secular Clergy Fund
What it does
Support of very sick and old poor priests so that they do not become a burden on others or the state.
Its charitable purposes
1) THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THOSE OF THE SECULAR CLERGY OF THE DIOCESES OF MENEVIA AND WREXHAM, WHO BEING SUBJECTS OF THOSE DIOCESES AND MEMBERS OF THE FUND, SHALL BE INCAPABLE, THROUGH INFIRMITY OR OLD AGE OR SICKNESS, OF PERFORMING THE DUTIES OF THEIR OFFICE. 2) THE SPIRITUAL AID OF THE MEMBERS AND BENEFACTORS, LIVING AND DEAD.
Causes
- What it works on
- Religious activities
- Who it helps
- Older people
- Disabled people
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
Where it works
- In Wales
- Powys
- Ceredigion
- Carmarthenshire
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Neath Port Talbot
- Pembrokeshire
- City of Swansea
- Wrexham
Area of benefit in its governing document: Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia and Wrexham
Income and spending
In the year ending 5 April 2026, it had income of £27,471 and spent £40,313.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2026 | £27,471 | £40,313 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2025 | £28,862 | £36,751 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2024 | £28,572 | £32,481 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2023 | £65,004 | £27,064 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2022 | £36,181 | £24,095 | Not reported | 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.
- Income over time
- Down 24%, from £36,181 in the year to 5 April 2022 to £27,471 in the year to 5 April 2026.
- Spending against income
- It spent 147% of its income in the year to 5 April 2026. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 5 April 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
3 trustees run the charity.
- Canon Terence Anthony CarrChair
- Father John Browne
- Father John Thomas
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2026 | 5 February 2027 | Received 27 July 2026, 193 days early | Received 27 July 2026 |
| 5 April 2025 | 5 February 2026 | Received 9 December 2025, 58 days early | Received 9 December 2025 |
| 5 April 2024 | 5 February 2025 | Received 14 August 2024, 175 days early | Received 14 August 2024 |
| 5 April 2023 | 5 February 2024 | Received 5 February 2024 | Received 5 February 2024 |
| 5 April 2022 | 5 February 2023 | Received 29 June 2022, 221 days early | Received 29 June 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 215834
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 5 August 1964
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 17/06/1947 AS AMENDED BY SCHEMES OF 30/11/1988 AND 09/08/1990 as amended on 05 Oct 2023 as amended on 17 Sept 2024
- Council area of its contact address
- Flintshire
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.