Welsh Church Act Fund Within the Areas of Rhondda Cynon Taff, Bridgend and Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Councils
What it does
gives grants to organisations,principally church based but also hobbies,cultural,medical and educational grants
Its charitable purposes
SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE NATURE DESCRIBED IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE TO THE SCHEME AS THE COUNCIL MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT (SEE PARAS 1-13).
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Religious activities
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Amateur sport
- Animals
- Environment, conservation and heritage
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- Other defined groups
- How it works
- Makes grants to organisations
Where it works
- In Wales
- Bridgend
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
Area of benefit in its governing document: Mid Glamorgan
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £411,733 and spent £576,160.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £411,733 | £576,160 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £365,000 | £523,000 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £378,000 | £474,000 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £376,271 | £432,151 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £408,000 | £348,000 | 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
- About the same: £411,733 in the year to 31 March 2025, against £408,000 in the year to 31 March 2021.
- Spending against income
- It spent 140% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 4 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Who funds it, according to its accounts
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.
Grants it paid to others
| Recipient | Year ending | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Abergorki Community Hall | 31 March 2025 | £10,799 |
| ASD Rainbows, Mountain Ash | 31 March 2025 | £13,512 |
| Brackla Tabernacle Church, Bridgend | 31 March 2025 | £13,468 |
| Cor Meibion Morlais, Ferndale | 31 March 2025 | £15,000 |
| Darranlas Community Building | 31 March 2025 | £46,588 |
| Darranlas Community Building | 31 March 2025 | £15,000 |
| Darranlas Environmental Group | 31 March 2025 | £13,230 |
| Darranlas Environmental Group | 31 March 2025 | £15,000 |
| FUSE – Fern Partnership, Ferndale | 31 March 2025 | £13,206 |
| Gellideg Foundation Group, Merthyr | 31 March 2025 | £13,705 |
| Hebron Baptist Church, Dowlais, Merthyr | 31 March 2025 | £8,167 |
| Hope Baptist Church, Bridgend | 31 March 2025 | £12,681 |
| Hope Church, Merthyr Tydfil | 31 March 2025 | £15,000 |
| Hope Church, Rhondda | 31 March 2025 | £13,451 |
| Horeb Congregational Church, Merthyr | 31 March 2025 | £10,440 |
| Living Way Church, (Peniel Pentecostal, Tonypandy) | 31 March 2025 | £7,668 |
| Llantrisant Parish Church | 31 March 2025 | £15,000 |
| Mount Zion Pentecostal Church, Gelli | 31 March 2025 | £9,587 |
| Mountain Ash Cricket Club | 31 March 2025 | £15,000 |
| Parc and Dare Band, Treorchy | 31 March 2025 | £15,000 |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
1 trustee runs the charity.
- Rhondda Cynon Taf CBCOrganisation
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 13 January 2026, 18 days early | Received 13 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 23 January 2025, 8 days early | Received 23 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 19 January 2024, 12 days early | Received 19 January 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 25 January 2023, 6 days early | Received 27 January 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 25 January 2022, 6 days early | Received 28 January 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 506658
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 21 October 1977
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF THE 9 JANUARY 1976 UNDER S.19 WELSH CHURCH ACT 1914
- 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.
- 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.