Aberglasney Restoration Trust
What it does
Restoration, Preservation and Maintenance of the Historic Mansion and Gardens at Aberglasney to enable the public to visit as tourist attraction and so safe guard the heritage for the future.
Its charitable purposes
1) TO RESTORE AND PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT LAND AND BUILDINGS OF BEAUTY OR HISTORIC INTEREST IN PARTICULAR THAT AT LLANGATHEN IN THE COUNTY OF DYFED KNOWN AS ABERGLASNEY. 2) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WALES AND ITS VISITORS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS. 3) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY GARDENS THAT WILL BE PLANNED, MAINTAINED AND MANAGED BY MEMBERS OF THE TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WALES AND ITS VISITORS.
Causes
- What it works on
- Environment, conservation and heritage
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides buildings, facilities or open space
Where it works
- In Wales
- Carmarthenshire
Area of benefit in its governing document: Aberglasney - Llangathen
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £1,146,083 and spent £1,223,985.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £1,146,083 | £1,223,985 | 50 | 34 |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,232,052 | £1,182,709 | 61 | 36 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,098,906 | £1,095,308 | 37 | 36 |
| 31 March 2022 | £976,830 | £876,245 | 35 | 33 |
| 31 March 2021 | £771,127 | £568,195 | 26 | 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
- Up 49%, from £771,127 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £1,146,083 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 107% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.
- Largest funder
- Donations from companies, trusts and similar proceeds gave £40,000 in the year to 31 March 2024, 3% of that year's income.
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 |
| 31 March 2021 | £221,082 from 10 grants | Not reported |
Where its income came from in the year ending 31 March 2025
- Donations and legacies£72,057
- Charitable activities, including grants and contracts for its work£396,072
- Trading and fundraising£528,836
- Investments£99,294
- Other£49,824
Who funds it, according to its accounts
In its accounts for the year ending 31 March 2024, the charity named 2 funders who gave £59,292 between them. £0 of that came from public bodies.
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.
| Funder | Type | Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Donations from companies, trusts and similar proceeds | Trust, company or other | £40,000 |
| Government grants | Trust, company or other | £19,292 |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 4 grants to this charity since 1997, worth at least £1,904,500.
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Sept 2013 | The National Lottery Heritage Fund | £1,080,000 |
| 30 Mar 2007 | The National Lottery Heritage Fund | £23,900 |
| 14 Dec 1998 | The National Lottery Heritage Fund | £153,500 |
| 22 Apr 1997 | The National Lottery Heritage Fund | £647,100 |
Payments from public bodies, from their spending data
Public bodies' published spending shows 1 payment to this charity worth £116,082, on 5 January 2021.
| Public body | Paid | Payments | Financial years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welsh Government | £116,082 | 1 | 2020/21 |
Trustees
9 trustees run the charity.
- Eifion Wyn BowenChair
- David Roger Evans
- Eleanor Keatley
- Gwyneth Hayward
- Huw Meredith
- Ian Howell
- Lisa Gerardine Chess
- Peter Burgess
- Robert Pugh
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 23 January 2026, 8 days early | Received 23 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 26 November 2024, 66 days early | Received 26 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 15 January 2024, 16 days early | Received 15 January 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 31 October 2022, 92 days early | Received 31 October 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 27 October 2021, 96 days early | Received 27 October 2021 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1044279
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 17 February 1995
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 MAY 1994
- Company number
- 02928618This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.aberglasney.org
- Council area of its contact address
- Carmarthenshire
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 1 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.