Friends of Carmarthen County Museum

RAISES FUNDS TO BUY OBJECTS OF INTEREST FOR THE CARMARTHEN MUSEUM. ALSO HELPS SUPPORT CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES DURING THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES INCLUDE A CHRISTMAS CONCERT AND AN ANNUAL QUIZ.

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

In Wales

• Carmarthenshire

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined. in Practice Carmarthenshire.

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 30 April 2025, it had income of £495 and spent £4,781.

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.

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 58%, from £1,179 in the year to 30 April 2021 to £495 in the year to 30 April 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 966% of its income in the year to 30 April 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.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

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.

5 trustees run the charity.

• Linda JonesChairAppointed 15 May 2014
• Ann LewisAppointed 21 June 2019
• Carole Ann EdmundsAppointed 23 September 2021
• Carole JonesAppointed 14 May 2022
• Dr Wynne JonesAppointed 15 May 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, 2 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

1108560

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

14 March 2005

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 24 MAY 1990 AS AMENDED 24 JUNE 1993, 01 JULY 1998, 12 MAY 1999 AND 16 FEBRUARY 2005

Council area of its contact address

Carmarthenshire

• 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, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

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

• OpenCouncil: Carmarthenshire Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Carmarthenshire's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Sir Gaerfyrddin