Cardigan Building Preservation Trust

Cardigan Building Preservation Trust has as its aim 'The Preservation of Buildings of Historic or Architectural Merit for the public benefit in the Cardigan area'. Currently the trust is engaged in the renovation and restoration of Cardigan's Guildhall, a grade 2* listed building of considerable importance as the first municipal building in Ruskian Gothic style.

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

In Wales

• Ceredigion
• Pembrokeshire

Area of benefit in its governing document: For the Public Benefit in the Cardigan Area.

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £177,083 and spent £88,327.

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.

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Income over time

Up 108%, from £85,316 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £177,083 in the year to 31 March 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 50% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent less than its income in each 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 March 2025: £167,070 from 4 grants. 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.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 2 grants to this charity since 2022, worth at least £260,889.

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.

Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.

• 14 February 2023, Ceredigion

  Named in an agenda item or minute of Cabinet

  To consider the report of the Corporate Lead Officer for Economy and Regeneration upon the Cardigan Market Hall Restoration & Construction of new Access Block

  Read the meeting record

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6 trustees run the charity.

• Ann Frances StokoeAppointed 9 May 2018
• David Llewelyn OwenAppointed 14 January 2013
• Julian George Orbach
• Lindsay Sheen
• Martin Leon Davies
• Richard EvansAppointed 21 July 2014

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

1092026

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

15 May 2002

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 MARCH 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23 MARCH 2002.

Company number

04191325This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

cardiganbpt.cymruAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Ceredigion

• 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.

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

• OpenCouncil: council records that name this charity
• OpenCouncil: Ceredigion Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Ceredigion's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Ceredigion Penfro