Friends of Cathays Cemetery

The Friends undertake the following activities:- Organise regular talks and lectures which are open to all- Hold regular volunteer work days and weekly walks for health- Develop new Heritage Walks- Organise special events- Arrange specialist walks highlighting the site's biodiversity.- Publish a newsletter to promote our work- Work closely with the city's Bereavement Services

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

In Wales

• Cardiff

Area of benefit in its governing document: Cardiff

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £1,886 and spent £268.

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 36%, from £1,386 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £1,886 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 14% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 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 2 grants to this charity since 2009, worth at least £8,500.

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.

10 trustees run the charity.

• PAUL DAVID JONES BScChairAppointed 28 January 2013
• Des SanfordAppointed 28 January 2017
• Dr David John Richards BSc MScAppointed 25 January 2025
• Dr Susan Marcia Clancy MRSC ChemAppointed 4 February 2023
• Ivor William Lippett
• Jean Morag Sanford BAAppointed 28 January 2017
• John Farnhill Ba
• Margaret Emily Smith
• Prof. PAUL T NICHOLSON FSA FRGS
• Ruth SaundersAppointed 27 January 2024

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

1138931

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

11 November 2010

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 3 JULY 2010 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 2 NOVEMBER 2010

Website

www.friendsofcathayscemetery.co.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Cardiff

• 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.

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• 360Giving open grants data
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