Registered charity 1125058

Lewis School Trust Fund

What it does

EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT

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

Its charitable purposes

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS AT THE SCHOOL BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF GOODS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES, OR OTHER BENEFITS FOR THE PUPILS, NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Education and training
Who it helps: Children and young people
How it works: Makes grants to individuals

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Caerphilly

Area of benefit in its governing document: Undefined. in Practice, Wales.

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £7,122 and spent £2,400.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2025	£7,122	£2,400	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2024	£5,969	£2,100	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2023	£3,240	£0	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2022	£763	£0	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2021	£980	£0	Not reported	Not reported

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.

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: Up 627%, from £980 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £7,122 in the year to 31 March 2025.
Spending against income: It spent 34% 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.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

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.

In council meetings

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

20 January 2026, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee
Annual Education Performance Report 2026
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20 February 2025, Caerphilly
Named in an agenda item or minute of Education and Social Services Scrutiny Committee
To receive and consider the following Cabinet reports*:-
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11 December 2024, Caerphilly
Named in an agenda item or minute of Cabinet
Post 16, Single Sex and Surplus Places Board - Objection Report: Proposal to Close Lewis Girls School and Make A Regulated Alteration to Lewis School Pengam.
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26 November 2024, Caerphilly
Named in an agenda item or minute of Education and Social Services Scrutiny Committee
Post 16, Single Sex and Surplus Places Board - Objection Report: Proposal to close Lewis Girls School and make a regulated alteration to Lewis School Pengam.
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15 October 2024, Caerphilly
Named in an agenda item or minute of Education and Social Services Scrutiny Committee
To receive and consider the following Cabinet report*:-
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18 September 2024, Caerphilly
Named in an agenda item or minute of Cabinet

In the Senedd and Welsh Government

Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

2 October 2024
Named by Chris Parry in the Senedd
Chris Parry, headteacher at Lewis School Pengam and president of the National Association of Headteachers Cymru.
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15 November 2023
Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: Min for EWL
Purpose: Ysgol Lewis, Pengam gyda'r Dirprwy Weinidog Partneriaeth Gymdeithasol/Lewis School, Pengam w/ Deputy Minister for Social Partnership.
Ysgol Lewis, Pengam gyda'r Dirprwy Weinidog Partneriaeth Gymdeithasol/Lewis School, Pengam w/ Deputy Minister for Social Partnership
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22 March 2023
Named by Hefin David in the Senedd
…nk you for that. That's very helpful. Two of those cases that you've identified are in the Caerphilly borough. One is fully in my constituency, Lewis School Pengam, and the other has a campus in my constituency, which is Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni, and there are nine years left to run on the original 30…
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Trustees

1 trustee runs the charity.

Caerphilly County Borough CouncilOrganisationAppointed 1 April 2006

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 18 November 2025, 74 days early	Not required
31 March 2024	31 January 2025	Received 27 September 2024, 126 days early	Not required
31 March 2023	31 January 2024	Received 26 October 2023, 97 days early	Not required
31 March 2022	31 January 2023	Received 10 November 2022, 82 days early	Not required
31 March 2021	31 January 2022	Received 10 November 2021, 82 days early	Not required

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.

About this charity

Charity number: 1125058
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 18 July 2008
Governing document: SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION DATED 9 JANUARY 2008
Council area of its contact address: Caerphilly

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, as loaded by OpenEconomy.
In council meetings: councils' published meeting records, gathered by OpenCouncil and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 4 November 2026.
In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2025

£7,122

£2,400

Not reported

31 March 2024

£5,969

£2,100

Not reported

31 March 2023

£3,240

£0

Not reported

31 March 2022

£763

£0

Not reported

31 March 2021

£980

£0

Not reported

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 18 November 2025, 74 days early

Not required

31 March 2024

31 January 2025

Received 27 September 2024, 126 days early

Not required

31 March 2023

31 January 2024

Received 26 October 2023, 97 days early

Not required

31 March 2022

31 January 2023

Received 10 November 2022, 82 days early

Not required

31 March 2021

31 January 2022

Received 10 November 2021, 82 days early

Not required