Aber Valley Heritage Group

To raise capital to continue to highlight and develop the rich heritage of the coal industry of the aber valley. We have built a memorial garden also, developed a museum both to the 1901 ad 1913 mining disasters that occurred in the aber valley when 521 men and boys lost their lives from devastating explosions .The later 1913 disaster taking 440 lives whih was the third largest in the world .

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

In Wales

• Caerphilly

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £14,923 and spent £21,384.

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 72%, from £53,585 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £14,923 in the year to 31 March 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 143% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 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 grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £9,565 from 2 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.

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Funders that publish to 360Giving list 2 grants to this charity since 2012, worth at least £57,100.

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.

• Lindsay Geoffrey WhittleChairAppointed 18 February 2019
• Andrea Amy DaviesAppointed 19 May 2015
• Carol Ann BowenAppointed 19 May 2015
• Cathrine Elizabeth WhiteAppointed 19 May 2015
• Gwyn George GoldsmithAppointed 1 January 2018
• Jean Patricia SellarsAppointed 19 May 2015
• Mrs Gill JonesAppointed 19 May 2015
• Mrs Joy HarperAppointed 19 May 2015
• Patricia Ellen BullAppointed 19 May 2015
• Tracy Verity JerebAppointed 10 January 2016

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

1161759

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

20 May 2015

Governing document

TRUST DEED DATED 19/05/2015

Website

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

Council area of its contact address

Caerphilly

• 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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