St Athan Community Hub and Library
What it does
Provision of statutory library services as part of a service level agreement with the Vale of Glamorgan Council. Provision of IT services, event/meeting/leisure space to the community. Provision of private library services. Provide activities for children and adults, including crafting, book club, knitting/sewing groups, and performances. Provide library resources to local primary school.
Its charitable purposes
TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF ST ATHAN IN THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, 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. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ASSIST IN THE RUNNING OF THE LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY CENTRE IN ATHAN AND TO MAINTAIN, DEVELOP OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE, DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Economic and community development, and employment
- Recreation
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides buildings, facilities or open space
Where it works
- In Wales
- Vale of Glamorgan
Area of benefit in its governing document: St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan and the Surrounding Areas
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £17,388 and spent £8,123.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £17,388 | £8,123 | Not reported | 8 |
| 31 March 2024 | £25,507 | £27,787 | Not reported | 8 |
| 31 March 2023 | £2,645 | £3,918 | Not reported | 8 |
| 31 March 2022 | £3,787 | £4,610 | Not reported | 11 |
| 31 March 2021 | £16,015 | £5,637 | Not reported | 13 |
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 9%, from £16,015 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £17,388 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 47% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £10,658 from 1 grant. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £10,658 from 1 grant | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £19,680 from 2 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £12,514 from 2 grants | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Payments from public bodies, from their spending data
Public bodies' published spending shows 8 payments to this charity worth £37,909 between 20 November 2023 and 28 January 2026.
| Public body | Paid | Payments | Financial years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vale of Glamorgan Council | £37,909 | 8 | 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26 |
In council meetings
Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.
22 July 2022, Vale of Glamorgan
Named in a decision of Standards Committee
Applications for Dispensation.
Trustees
5 trustees run the charity.
- David Mills CROMPTONChair
- Clifton Russell
- David Malcolm Lindsay
- Derek Willmot
- Kate Louise June Stavrides
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 30 July 2025, 185 days early | Received 30 July 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 4 December 2024, 58 days early | Received 4 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 11 December 2023, 51 days early | Received 11 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 25 October 2022, 98 days early | Received 25 October 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 26 January 2022, 5 days early | Received 26 January 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1168648
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 8 August 2016
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 08 Aug 2016
- Council area of its contact address
- Vale of Glamorgan
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, as loaded by OpenEconomy.
- Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.
- In council meetings: councils' published meeting records, gathered by OpenCouncil and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 4 November 2026.