Gower Ornithological Society

Ornithological study and record keeping, the promotion of interest in and preservation of birds.

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

In Wales

• Neath Port Talbot
• City of Swansea

Area of benefit in its governing document: The City & County of Swansea and Neath Port Talbot Borough

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 30 September 2025, it had income of £3,735 and spent £3,290.

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 130%, from £1,626 in the year to 30 September 2021 to £3,735 in the year to 30 September 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 88% of its income in the year to 30 September 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 1 grant to this charity, worth £1,619, awarded in 2007.

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.

12 trustees run the charity.

• Alan Kenneth John SeagoAppointed 20 November 2022
• Anna bANKSAppointed 15 October 2025
• Dr Joshua Daniel Greatorex-DaviesAppointed 18 November 2021
• Edward HunterAppointed 24 November 2017
• Emma-Louise ColeAppointed 18 November 2024
• Heather Frances Coats
• Jenny TylerAppointed 15 November 2024
• Jeremy Roger Douglas-jonesAppointed 23 November 2012
• Owain David GabbAppointed 28 November 2014
• Peter Richard Douglas-jones
• Rebecca Susanne SharpAppointed 14 December 2022
• Ruth JonesAppointed 1 January 2026

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

1119472

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

4 June 2007

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 24 NOVEMBER 2006 AS AMENDED 27 APRIL 2007.

Website

www.gowerbirds.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Swansea

• 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

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