The Friends of Llancaiach Fawr

To provide items and funds for projects which add to the visitor experience at Llancaiach Fawr Manor House - a living history museum set in 1645 during the English Civil War.

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

In Wales

• Bridgend
• Caerphilly
• Cardiff
• Merthyr Tydfil
• Vale of Glamorgan
• Rhondda Cynon Taf

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 July 2026, it had income of £1,160 and spent £1,087.

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Income over time

Down 21%, from £1,466 in the year to 31 July 2022 to £1,160 in the year to 31 July 2026.

Spending against income

It spent 94% of its income in the year to 31 July 2026. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.

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Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

• 15 October 2025

  Named by Delyth Jewell in the Senedd

  …ers' Institute was only saved by the determination of local activists and campaigners. Llancaiach Fawr has not been so lucky, though the friends of Llancaiach Fawr are still doing everything they can. We should remember too that the tradition of libraries in our Valleys was started, too, by the mine…

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4 trustees run the charity.

• Gareth Jones
• Janice Fitzgerald
• Jean PritchardAppointed 8 October 2014
• Wendy Davies

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

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

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Charity number

1010180

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

30 March 1992

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 09/04/1991AS AMENDED ON 18/10/1991AS AMENDED ON 22/02/1992AS AMENDED ON 21/10/1994AS AMENDED ON 02/10/2011AS AMENDED ON 09/10/2013AS AMENDED ON 19/09/2015AS AMENDED ON 14 SEP 2016 as amended on 23 Nov 2019

Council area of its contact address

Caerphilly

• 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.
• In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

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• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

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