Registered charity 1156308

Lisvane Old School Community Centre

What it does

Operates the Lisvane Old School Community Centre for the benefit of local people.

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

Its charitable purposes

TO BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF LISVANE 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 AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF 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.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Education and training
Recreation
Who it helps: Other defined groups
How it works: Provides buildings, facilities or open space

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

Where it works

In Wales

Cardiff

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £66,197 and spent £47,547.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2025	£66,197	£47,547	Not reported	20
31 March 2024	£66,726	£59,930	Not reported	20
31 March 2023	£48,685	£185,971	Not reported	20
31 March 2022	£1,036,308	£1,252,057	0	20
31 March 2021	£164,756	£112,973	Not reported	40

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: Down 60%, from £164,756 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £66,197 in the year to 31 March 2025.
Spending against income: It spent 72% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 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.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

Income from government grants and contracts by financial year
Year ending	Government grants	Government contracts
31 March 2025	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2024	£11,376 from 1 grant	Not reported
31 March 2023	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2022	£100,000 from 1 grant	Not reported
31 March 2021	£115,000 from 2 grants	Not reported

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Where its income came from in the year ending 31 March 2022

Donations and legacies£31,000
Charitable activities, including grants and contracts for its work£593
Trading and fundraising£16,061
Investments£26
Other£988,628

From the charity's annual return. Only charities with income over £500,000 give this breakdown.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £20,000, awarded in 2021.

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.

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
19 Mar 2021	Garfield Weston FoundationMain Grants award	£20,000

In the Senedd and Welsh Government

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

29 June 2022
Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: Min for Social Justice
Purpose: Lisvane Old School Community Centre.
Lisvane Old School Community Centre
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Trustees

8 trustees run the charity.

Clive Allen BoltonAppointed 30 January 2024
Deborah TaylorAppointed 13 February 2025
Michael Robert ArcherAppointed 31 March 2021
Patricia Ann HardingAppointed 25 January 2023
Robert BanfieldAppointed 13 February 2025
Ruth ToyeAppointed 20 May 2022
Sharon Margaret HuntAppointed 16 November 2020
Stephen Hamilton BestAppointed 24 March 2022

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 11 December 2025, 51 days early	Received 11 December 2025
31 March 2024	31 January 2025	Received 15 December 2024, 47 days early	Received 15 December 2024
31 March 2023	31 January 2024	Received 21 December 2023, 41 days early	Received 21 December 2023
31 March 2022	31 January 2023	Received 20 January 2023, 11 days early	Received 20 January 2023
31 March 2021	31 January 2022	Received 5 November 2021, 87 days early	Received 5 November 2021

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: 1156308
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 21 March 2014
Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 21 Mar 2014
Council area of its contact address: Cardiff

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.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2025

£66,197

£47,547

Not reported

31 March 2024

£66,726

£59,930

Not reported

31 March 2023

£48,685

£185,971

Not reported

31 March 2022

£1,036,308

£1,252,057

31 March 2021

£164,756

£112,973

Not reported

Year ending

Government grants

Government contracts

31 March 2025

Not reported

31 March 2024

£11,376 from 1 grant

Not reported

31 March 2023

Not reported

31 March 2022

£100,000 from 1 grant

Not reported

31 March 2021

£115,000 from 2 grants

Not reported

Awarded

Grant

Amount

19 Mar 2021

Garfield Weston FoundationMain Grants award

£20,000

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 11 December 2025, 51 days early

Received 11 December 2025

31 March 2024

31 January 2025

Received 15 December 2024, 47 days early

Received 15 December 2024

31 March 2023

31 January 2024

Received 21 December 2023, 41 days early

Received 21 December 2023

31 March 2022

31 January 2023

Received 20 January 2023, 11 days early

Received 20 January 2023

31 March 2021

31 January 2022

Received 5 November 2021, 87 days early

Received 5 November 2021