Vivian Park Bowls Association

We are a Charitable Incorporated Organisation comprising of member bowls clubs, operating under the umbrella of Vivian Park Bowls Association. The member clubs participate in the local leagues and competitions, with the aim of developing the game of bowls in the community.

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 April 2026, it had income of £5,262 and spent £5,051.

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

Up 14%, from £4,626 in the year to 30 April 2022 to £5,262 in the year to 30 April 2026.

Spending against income

It spent 96% of its income in the year to 30 April 2026. 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.

Government grants in the year ending 30 April 2025: £9,065 from 1 grant. Government contracts: 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.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £4,800, 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.

10 trustees run the charity.

• Alison Bridget HancockAppointed 3 October 2024
• Andrea SurridgeAppointed 9 March 2023
• Christine HarrisAppointed 9 March 2023
• Gareth MartinAppointed 9 March 2023
• Hazel Brenda HemblingAppointed 5 September 2024
• Maldwyn HuntAppointed 9 March 2023
• Neil Gower EdwardsAppointed 5 June 2014
• Rosalyn GriffinAppointed 11 November 2025
• Sian JacksonAppointed 11 November 2025
• Stephen Mervyn PriceAppointed 1 June 2023

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

1168687

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

9 August 2016

Governing document

CIO - Foundation Registered 09 Aug 2016

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

• OpenCouncil: Neath Port Talbot Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Neath Port Talbot's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Afan Ogwr Rhondda