Friends R Us Aberdare

To relieve the needs of those suffering from mental health problems or illnesses (partner, spouse and/or dependants) and their carers, in particular by the provision of information and support.

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

In Wales

• Rhondda Cynon Taf

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined. in Practice, Rhondda Cynon Taff.

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 30 June 2025, it had income of £9,529 and spent £5,723.

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

Up 26%, from £7,566 in the year to 30 June 2021 to £9,529 in the year to 30 June 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 60% of its income in the year to 30 June 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.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 15 grants to this charity since 2004, worth at least £89,798.

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.

8 trustees run the charity.

• Meinir WilliamsChair
• Anna-Marie LloydAppointed 13 October 2014
• Carol LloydAppointed 9 July 2016
• David Knibb
• Ellen LloydAppointed 13 October 2014
• Jeffrey ElliottAppointed 9 July 2016
• Lynda PritchardAppointed 1 July 2015
• MR K UprichardAppointed 10 July 2017

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

1111718

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

18 October 2005

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 14 JULY 2003 AS AMENDED 22 SEPTEMBER 2005.

Council area of its contact address

Rhondda Cynon Taf

• 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.

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

• OpenCouncil: Rhondda Cynon Taf Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Rhondda Cynon Taf's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Afan Ogwr Rhondda