Discovering Old Welsh Houses Group

To advance the education of the public in general and particularly, amongst professional and amateur historians, architects and archaeologists and local communities on the subject of pre-1750 buildings in North Wales, where possible using dendrochronology (tree ring dating); and to promote research into the history of such buildings by volunteers and specialists; and to publish the results.

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

In Wales

• Conwy
• Isle of Anglesey
• Denbighshire
• Gwynedd
• Flintshire
• Wrexham

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

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £3,886 and spent £1,013.

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 23%, from £5,024 in the year to 31 March 2022 to £3,886 in the year to 31 March 2026.

Spending against income

It spent 26% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026. 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.

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.

11 trustees run the charity.

• Janice a DaleChairAppointed 24 March 2013
• Alison Jane Parry-EvansAppointed 29 June 2019
• Carly Murdoch-DysonAppointed 27 April 2026
• Dr Martin Cherry PhD FSAAppointed 20 June 2014
• Eleanor Jane CarpenterAppointed 23 June 2017
• Jennifer Anne LeesAppointed 22 September 2025
• Lynda MercerAppointed 27 April 2026
• Margaret Jane Dunn
• Michael John SharrattAppointed 13 January 2025
• Richard HollisAppointed 27 April 2026
• Rosemary Elizabeth BrothertonAppointed 9 February 2021

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

1131782

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

23 September 2009

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 05/06/2009AS AMENDED ON 21/06/2013AS AMENDED ON 22/07/2015 as amended on 24 Jul 2023 as amended on 21 Jun 2023

Website

www.dowh.walesAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Flintshire

• 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: Flintshire Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Flintshire's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Clwyd
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Fflint Wrecsam