Taff Bargoed Development Trust Limited
What it does
TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE TAFF BARGOED VALLEY AND ITS SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD
Its charitable purposes
To promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the Taff Bargoed Valley and its surrounding neighbourhood and in particular:(a) Advancement of education by the provision of facilities classes and courses training opportunities advice and information seminars and conferences and other services for the benefit of the community;(b) The provision in the interests of social welfare of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation and improvements to the environment with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said community;(c) The furtherance of health and the relief of poverty distress and sickness;(d) The relief of unemployment for the public benefit in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment;(e) The awarding of grants to community groups and organisations located and registered within the Taff Bargoed Valley to help safeguard, nurture and grow to ensure their continued work and benefit to the community of the valley.We would also suggest to separate the ?Objects? and ?Powers? clauses on the Memorandum of Association e.g. renumber point 3 (ii) as clause 4 and renumber following clauses accordingly. This emphasise the difference between the charity?s objects and powers.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Accommodation and housing
- Amateur sport
- Environment, conservation and heritage
- Economic and community development, and employment
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- How it works
- Makes grants to organisations
- Provides buildings, facilities or open space
Where it works
- In Wales
- Merthyr Tydfil
Area of benefit in its governing document: In Practice Bargoed Valley and Its Surrounding Neighbourhood
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £151,983 and spent £117,850.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £151,983 | £117,850 | Not reported | 12 |
| 31 March 2024 | £159,731 | £136,239 | Not reported | 15 |
| 31 March 2023 | £132,101 | £98,480 | Not reported | 12 |
| 31 March 2022 | £102,146 | £90,037 | Not reported | 12 |
| 31 March 2021 | £78,991 | £84,276 | Not reported | 16 |
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 92%, from £78,991 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £151,983 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 78% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 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 | £2,400 from 1 grant | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £3,786 from 1 grant | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 4 grants to this charity since 2004, worth at least £11,524.
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Dec 2014 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £2,839 |
| 19 Nov 2007 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £4,155 |
| 18 Jan 2005 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £3,966 |
| 27 Jul 2004 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £564 |
In council meetings
Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.
11 September 2023, Merthyr Tydfil
Named in an agenda item or minute of Bedlinog & Trelewis Community Council
To Consider any Planning Applications published after the Agenda publication
Trustees
5 trustees run the charity.
- Jonathan Lynden ReesChair
- Brian Mansbridge
- Colin George Fenn
- Gillian Preston
- Kate Moran
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 6 January 2026, 25 days early | Received 6 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 15 January 2025, 16 days early | Received 15 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 23 April 2024, 83 days late | Received 23 April 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 5 January 2023, 26 days early | Received 5 January 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 15 November 2021, 77 days early | Received 15 November 2021 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1053465
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 4 March 1996
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/12/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/01/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/04/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/04/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/01/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/02/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 MAR 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 FEB 2017 as amended on 25 Jan 2021 as amended on 01 Feb 2021
- Company number
- 03001569This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.tbdt.co.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Merthyr Tydfil
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. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- In council meetings: councils' published meeting records, gathered by OpenCouncil and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 4 November 2026.