The Aluna Foundation
What it does
The Aluna Foundation is founded to deliver Aluna and promote environmental sustainability, renewable technologies and intercultural dialogue. It will do this through Aluna - the world's first tidal powered Moon Clock, a zero carbon landmark that unites art, culture, science and the environment - and its associated cultural and educational education programmes for community and visitors alike.
Its charitable purposes
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY (IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TIDAL ENERGY AND TIDAL TECHNOLOGIES) AND IN THE ROLE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MOON IN DIFFERENT WORLD CULTURES BY: -A) DEVELOPING, MANAGING AND OPERATING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC A TIDAL POWER MOON CLOCK AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES;B) DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING A PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME ON RENEWABLE ENERGY (IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TIDAL ENERGY AND TIDAL TECHNOLOGIES) AND ON THE ROLE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MOON WITHIN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CULTURES AS WELL AS ANCILLARY ISSUES OF EDUCATION VALUE SUCH A SUSTAINABLE LIVING AND GLOBAL WARMING, WITH A VIEW TO THE PROGRAMME AND THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ATTENDEES AND ORGANISERS ALSO PROMOTING AND FACILITATING CROSS-CULTURAL DIALOGUE, UNDERSTANDING AND HARMONY;C) EDUCATING PEOPLE IN THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN URBAN AREAS ('SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT' MEANING DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS), IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ENCOURAGING AND FURTHERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION AND ENCOURAGING THE RECYCLING OF MATERIAL RESOURCES, ANDD) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE METHODS AS THE DIRECTORS IN THEIR DISCRETION SHALL DECIDE.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Environment, conservation and heritage
- Who it helps
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides buildings, facilities or open space
- Provides services
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
- Sponsors or carries out research
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Throughout England and Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: Undefined. in Practice National
Income and spending
In the year ending 20 July 2025, it had income of £671 and spent £3,755.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2025 | £671 | £3,755 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 20 July 2024 | £1,942 | £3,447 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 20 July 2023 | £5,421 | £664 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 20 July 2022 | £928 | £570 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 20 July 2021 | £1,645 | £5,046 | Not reported | 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
- Down 59%, from £1,645 in the year to 20 July 2021 to £671 in the year to 20 July 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 560% of its income in the year to 20 July 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
5 trustees run the charity.
- Gail GreengrossChair
- Laura Elizabeth Williams
- Lucy Henrietta Neal
- Professor Christopher Welch
- Stuart Axford
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2025 | 20 May 2026 | Received 18 May 2026, 2 days early | Not required |
| 20 July 2024 | 20 May 2025 | Received 19 April 2025, 31 days early | Not required |
| 20 July 2023 | 20 May 2024 | Received 20 May 2024 | Not required |
| 20 July 2022 | 20 May 2023 | Received 4 May 2023, 16 days early | Not required |
| 20 July 2021 | 20 May 2022 | Received 27 January 2023, 252 days late | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1130613
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 20 July 2009
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3 JULY 2009
- Company number
- 06463174This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.alunatime.org
- Council area of its contact address
- Carmarthenshire
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.