Melyn United Bowls Club

We are an out door bowls club located at Burnside Park Neath.The green is open to the members from the beginning of April through to the end of September. We provide free coaching and equipment to non members who want to try the game of Bowls We also liaise with two local junior school providing two weekly taster sessions over a six week period during the months of June and July

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

In Wales

• Neath Port Talbot

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 30 September 2025, it had income of £4,300 and spent £2,449.

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

Up 250%, from £1,230 in the year to 30 September 2021 to £4,300 in the year to 30 September 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 57% of its income in the year to 30 September 2025. It spent more than its income in 4 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 30 September 2025: £200 from 1 grant. Government contracts: Not reported.

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Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £4,773, awarded in 2017.

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.

8 trustees run the charity.

• Kevin HughesChairAppointed 24 November 2016
• Doug HardieAppointed 7 October 2021
• Hayden ThomasAppointed 27 September 2025
• Howard PartinAppointed 3 October 2019
• John WoodleyAppointed 15 November 2022
• Margaret PriceAppointed 7 October 2021
• Martyn BrettleAppointed 27 September 2025
• Robert WilliamsAppointed 7 October 2021

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

1162673

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

15 July 2015

Governing document

CIO - Association Registered 15 Jul 2015

Council area of its contact address

Neath Port Talbot

• 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.

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

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