Menai Bridge Community Heritage Trust Ltd
What it does
The Trust runs an accredited museum in a renovated historic building. It offers outreach and educational activities. The collection of artefacts and documents relates to the two Menai bridges. The Trustees are working towards moving the museum to a permanent waterfront location in Menai Bridge The current building also operates as a community centre.
Its charitable purposes
THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED IS TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TOWNSPEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT OF MENAI BRIDGE IN THE COUNTY OF YNYS MON AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE WHATEVER OF THE HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND THE DISTRICT OF MENAI BRIDGE AFORESAID IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY BUILDINGS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 336(1) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Environment, conservation and heritage
- Economic and community development, and employment
- Recreation
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides buildings, facilities or open space
- Provides services
- Sponsors or carries out research
Where it works
- In Wales
- Isle of Anglesey
Area of benefit in its governing document: County of Ynys Mon
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £30,767 and spent £26,781.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £30,767 | £26,781 | Not reported | 25 |
| 31 March 2024 | £28,208 | £30,256 | Not reported | 20 |
| 31 March 2023 | £24,625 | £25,869 | Not reported | 15 |
| 31 March 2022 | £39,630 | £44,284 | Not reported | 22 |
| 31 March 2021 | £51,384 | £26,300 | Not reported | 17 |
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 40%, from £51,384 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £30,767 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 87% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £2,856 from 1 grant. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £2,856 from 1 grant | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £2,859 from 1 grant | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £4,486 from 1 grant | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £20,247 from 1 grant | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £42,725 from 4 grants | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 4 grants to this charity since 2003, worth at least £58,105.
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Feb 2014 | The National Lottery Heritage Fund | £5,800 |
| 15 Jan 2007 | The National Lottery Heritage Fund | £43,700 |
| 16 Oct 2006 | The National Lottery Heritage Fund | £4,850 |
| 2 Dec 2003 | The National Lottery Heritage Fund | £3,755 |
Trustees
10 trustees run the charity.
- Benjamin Poulton
- Dr Lowri Ann Rees
- Dr Marc Collinson
- Gareth Jones
- Jamie Leigh Roberts
- Jennifer Joy Porter
- John Stuart Cole
- Kerry Adele Evans
- Peter George Alexander
- Professor Robert David Borsley
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 21 January 2026, 10 days early | Received 21 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 24 January 2024, 7 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 31 January 2023 | Received 31 January 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 19 January 2022, 12 days early | Received 19 January 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1082013
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 14 August 2000
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24/11/97, AS AMENDED 27 SEPTEMBER 2002 AND AS AMENDED BY A SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF 13 MARCH 2008
- Company number
- 03469982This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.menaibridges.co.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Isle of Anglesey
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.