Welsh Ornithological Society

The Welsh Ornithological Society was founded by Bird Clubs and Societies in Wales for the benefit of birds in Wales

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

In Wales

• Throughout Wales

Area of benefit in its governing document: Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £18,869 and spent £21,484.

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.

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

Up 123%, from £8,456 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £18,869 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 114% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

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.

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.

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

• 16 January 2023

  Named in a written question from Natasha Asghar

  Addressed to the Minister for Climate Change.

  …n be provided for any discrepancy? Detailed information on the plight of a range of birds including the curlew has been provided by the Welsh Ornithological Society in their publication “The Birds of Wales/Adar Cymru” (2021 edition). It has drawn on data from many sources, but the local scale data r…

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• 7 December 2022

  Named in a written question from Samuel Kurtz

  Addressed to the Minister for Climate Change.

  …atural level of Curlew has not been defined, considerable and detailed information on the plight of the curlew has been provided by the Welsh Ornithological Society in their publication “The Birds of Wales/Adar Cymru” (2021 edition). Copies have been provided to Welsh Government and it includes data…

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• 6 December 2022

  Named in a written question from Mark Isherwood

  Addressed to the Minister for Climate Change.

  …atural level of Curlew has not been defined, considerable and detailed information on the plight of the curlew has been provided by the Welsh Ornithological Society in their publication “The Birds of Wales/Adar Cymru” (2021 edition). Copies have been provided to Welsh Government and it includes data…

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• 6 December 2022

  Named in a written question from Mark Isherwood

  Addressed to the Minister for Climate Change.

  …atural level of Curlew has not been defined, considerable and detailed information on the plight of the curlew has been provided by the Welsh Ornithological Society in their publication “The Birds of Wales/Adar Cymru” (2021 edition). Copies have been provided to Welsh Government and it includes data…

9 trustees run the charity.

• Anne BrenchleyAppointed 15 November 2019
• Dr Malcolm SmithAppointed 1 November 2025
• Dr Rachel Claire TaylorAppointed 9 November 2024
• Gwenan Hughes WilliamsAppointed 1 November 2025
• Iolo Tudor WilliamsAppointed 5 November 2016
• Joshua PedleyAppointed 1 November 2025
• Michael Paul ShewringAppointed 7 November 2020
• Simon BoyesAppointed 1 November 2025
• Sion Emlyn DaviesAppointed 1 November 2025

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.

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.

Charity number

1037823

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

20 May 1994

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 1 APRIL 1989 AS AMENDED 26 MARCH 1994 as amended on 01 Nov 2025

Website

www.birdsin.walesAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Gwynedd

• 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.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenSenedd: Senedd records that name this charity
• OpenCouncil: Gwynedd Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Gwynedd's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Gwynedd Maldwyn
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Bangor Conwy Môn