Swansea St Mary's Choral Trust

To advance the arts for public benefit in particular but not exclusively by promoting choral and musical performance within the ecclesiastical tradition.

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

In Wales

• Carmarthenshire
• Neath Port Talbot
• City of Swansea

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 30 June 2025, it had income of £1,300 and spent £227.

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.

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Income over time

Down 53%, from £2,750 in the year to 30 June 2021 to £1,300 in the year to 30 June 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 17% of its income in the year to 30 June 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.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

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Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.

• 16 May 2024, Swansea

  Named in an agenda item or minute of Council

  Common Seal.

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• 18 May 2023, Swansea

  Named in an agenda item or minute of Council

  Common Seal.

  Read the meeting record

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3 trustees run the charity.

• David Williams MrAppointed 11 October 2024
• Dr ANDREW JAMES GOODWINAppointed 10 March 2015
• Jayne CopeusAppointed 11 October 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, 4 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

1160907

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

16 March 2015

Governing document

TRUST DEED DATED 10/03/2015

Council area of its contact address

Swansea

• 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.
• In council meetings: councils' published meeting records, gathered by OpenCouncil and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 4 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: council records that name this charity
• OpenCouncil: Swansea Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Swansea's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Gŵyr Abertawe
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd