Registered charity 1054796

Ruperra Conservation Trust

What it does

Protect, preserve, restore and maintain the natural and built heritage of Coed Craig Ruperra, for the benefit of local residents and the nation at large;Advance education and knowledge of the above;Restoration of the charity's woodland, Coed Craig Ruperra;Provision of access to and enjoyment of the woodland for all

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

Its charitable purposes

(A) TO PROTECT, PRESERVE, RESTORE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE BENEFIT AND ENJOYMENT OF THE LOCAL POPULATION AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE, LANDS OWNED BY THE CHARITY (NAMELY COED CRAIG RUPERRA IN THE COUNTY OF CAERPHILLY AND ANY LANDS SUBSEQUENTLY ACQUIRED BY THE CHARITY) WHICH ARE OF NATURAL CONSERVATION INTEREST OR BEAUTY AND AS REGARDS SUCH LANDS, TO SECURE THE PROTECTION OF THEIR NATURAL ASPECT AND SURROUNDINGS AND THE PRESERVATION OF THEIR NATURAL FEATURES, BUILT STRUCTURES AND ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE;(B) TO PROTECT AND CONSERVE OR PROMOTE THE PROTECTION, PERMANENT PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE CHARACTER AND HERITAGE OF SAID LANDS OWNED BY THE CHARITY;(C) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF SAID LANDS OWNED BY THE CHARITY AND THEIR NATURAL FEATURES, BUILT STRUCTURES AND ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE AND TO PROMOTE EDUCATION IN AND AWARENESS OF THE CONSERVATION OF SAID NATURAL FEATURES AND BUILT STRUCTURES AND ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Environment, conservation and heritage
Who it helps: The general public
How it works: Provides buildings, facilities or open space

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Caerphilly
Cardiff
Newport City

Area of benefit in its governing document: Caerphilly

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £21,401 and spent £32,253.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2025	£21,401	£32,253	Not reported	20
31 March 2024	£37,669	£22,775	Not reported	25
31 March 2023	£14,529	£26,799	Not reported	20
31 March 2022	£21,355	£37,659	Not reported	25
31 March 2021	£45,354	£31,149	Not reported	25

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.

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: Down 53%, from £45,354 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £21,401 in the year to 31 March 2025.
Spending against income: It spent 151% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 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 funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

Income from government grants and contracts by financial year
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	£4,000 from 1 grant	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.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 5 grants to this charity since 2000, worth at least £205,214.

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.

By funder

The National Lottery Heritage Fund£183,374, 3 grants
The National Lottery Community Fund£21,840, 2 grants

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
23 Mar 2026	The National Lottery Community FundHabitat restoration and invasive species control on the Ruperra Woodlands	£19,980
19 Jan 2011	The National Lottery Community FundImproving access at Coed Craig Ruperra	£1,860
27 Jul 2004	The National Lottery Heritage Fund"The project is to produce a book of local social history.The money is for publication costs."	£2,273
25 Aug 2000	The National Lottery Heritage Fund"This group maintains and preserves the buildings, lands, monuments and other structures in Rudry. The money is for producing information, ru"

In the Senedd and Welsh Government

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

15 November 2022
Named by Delyth Jewell in the Senedd
…elsh Government is absolutely committed to its conservational responsibilities, to give organisations like the Valleys Bat Group and the Ruperra Conservation Trust the confidence that their concerns for the welfare of this extremely rare species are shared across the Government. Diolch. Trefnydd, ma…
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Trustees

9 trustees run the charity.

Philip James BevanChair
Andrew GeorgeAppointed 1 December 2019
Andrew PriceAppointed 3 November 2024
Dale HallAppointed 3 November 2024
Dr Richard CowieAppointed 30 November 2017
Elaine Davey
Judith WillettsAppointed 3 November 2024
Mr Tony Mcgurk
Susan Mary Price

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

Filing record

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 3 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 9 January 2026, 22 days early	Not required
31 March 2024	31 January 2025	Received 20 February 2025, 20 days late	Received 20 February 2025
31 March 2023	31 January 2024	Received 13 May 2024, 103 days late	Not required
31 March 2022	31 January 2023	Received 27 December 2022, 35 days early	Not required
31 March 2021	31 January 2022	Received 24 January 2022, 7 days early	Received 24 January 2022

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.

About this charity

Charity number: 1054796
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 22 April 1996
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 APRIL 1996 AS AMENDED 12 APRIL 1999 AND 29 JANUARY 2007 AND 30 OCTOBER 2008.
Company number: 03186952This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
Website: www.ruperra.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Caerphilly

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

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2025

£21,401

£32,253

Not reported

31 March 2024

£37,669

£22,775

Not reported

31 March 2023

£14,529

£26,799

Not reported

31 March 2022

£21,355

£37,659

Not reported

31 March 2021

£45,354

£31,149

Not reported

Year ending

Government grants

Government contracts

31 March 2025

Not reported

31 March 2024

Not reported

31 March 2023

Not reported

31 March 2021

£4,000 from 1 grant

Not reported

Awarded

Grant

Amount

23 Mar 2026

The National Lottery Community FundHabitat restoration and invasive species control on the Ruperra Woodlands

£19,980

19 Jan 2011

The National Lottery Community FundImproving access at Coed Craig Ruperra

£1,860

27 Jul 2004

The National Lottery Heritage Fund"The project is to produce a book of local social history.The money is for publication costs."

£2,273

25 Aug 2000

The National Lottery Heritage Fund"This group maintains and preserves the buildings, lands, monuments and other structures in Rudry. The money is for producing information, ru"

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 9 January 2026, 22 days early

Not required

31 March 2024

31 January 2025

Received 20 February 2025, 20 days late

Received 20 February 2025

31 March 2023

31 January 2024

Received 13 May 2024, 103 days late

Not required

31 March 2022

31 January 2023

Received 27 December 2022, 35 days early

Not required

31 March 2021

31 January 2022

Received 24 January 2022, 7 days early

Received 24 January 2022