Caerphilly Miners Centre for the Community
What it does
To create a sustainable social enterprise on 'self help' principles offering learning and wellbeing support to people of all ages and circumstances and retaining a social heritage building.
Its charitable purposes
1. TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF CAERPHILLY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF CAERPHILLY AND IN PARTICULAR THE HISTORY OF MINING AND ITS ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND AFFECT ON PEOPLE LIVESIN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BEECHES BUILDING AS A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Disability
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Amateur sport
- Environment, conservation and heritage
- Economic and community development, and employment
- Recreation
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides buildings, facilities or open space
- Provides services
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
Where it works
- In Wales
- Caerphilly
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £236,036 and spent £206,775.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £236,036 | £206,775 | Not reported | 100 |
| 31 March 2024 | £258,174 | £293,241 | Not reported | 100 |
| 31 March 2023 | £281,321 | £253,740 | Not reported | 80 |
| 31 March 2022 | £893,321 | £885,514 | 15 | 60 |
| 31 March 2021 | £116,568 | £108,921 | Not reported | 57 |
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 102%, from £116,568 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £236,036 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 88% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £19,985 from 4 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £19,985 from 4 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £75,396 from 5 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £651,938 from 2 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £24,200 from 1 grant | Not reported |
Where its income came from in the year ending 31 March 2022
- Donations and legacies£854,612
- Charitable activities, including grants and contracts for its work£38,709
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 9 grants to this charity since 2013, worth at least £438,011.
By funder
- The National Lottery Community Fund£391,630, 6 grants
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales£24,000, 1 grant
- People's Health Trust£21,000, 1 grant
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund£1,381, 1 grant
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Jun 2023 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £8,250 |
| 28 Sept 2021 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £9,450 |
| 19 Jan 2021 | The National Lottery Community Fund |
In the Senedd and Welsh Government
Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.
10 June 2026
Named in a registered interest of Delyth Jewell, Member of the Senedd
Category: Voluntary record of Members’ other interests.
Information relevant to entry: Member of Caerphilly Miners’ Centre for the Community
20 June 2023
Named by Mabon ap Gwynfor in the Senedd
…nd create a more inclusive and just society. Finally, my colleagues Peredur Owen Griffiths and Hefin David attended a meeting at Caerphilly Miners Centre for the Community recently, where local residents raised a number of pertinent questions, which I'd like to convey, at least some of them, here. T…
26 April 2023
Named by Julie Morgan in the Senedd
…fund is to build the capability and the sustainability of front-line grass-roots voluntary and community organisations like the Caerphilly Miners Centre for the Community. This is a three-year fund, so it's not short term in the sense that it's just one—it's a three-year fund. Funding was allocated…
26 April 2023
Named by Hefin David in the Senedd
On Friday, 31 March, I visited Caerphilly Miners Centre for the Community, which, of course, is the former miners' hospital that has been converted into a community centre through the work of Katherine Hughes and her team, and it's now a local community facility. At that meeting, Katherine mentioned…
Trustees
6 trustees run the charity.
- Katherine Hughes BEMChair
- Ann Lewis
- Edward John Brinkworth
- Georg Schindler Dite
- James Grashoff
- Jeffrey Hambley Cuthbert
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 12 January 2026, 19 days early | Received 26 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 20 January 2025, 11 days early | Received 20 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 31 January 2024 | Received 31 January 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 8 December 2022, 54 days early | Received 8 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 31 January 2022 | Received 31 January 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1145796
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 8 February 2012
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18/02/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19/12/2011 as amended on 06 Feb 2016 as amended on 06 Feb 2016
- Company number
- 07535484This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.caerphillyminerscentre.org.uk
- 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. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.