Cardiff Astronomical Society

DELIVER, EACH YEAR, UP TO 20 LECTURES ON ASTRONOMICAL SUBJECTS. PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS ASTRONOMICAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING PUBLIC OUTREACH EVENTS. HOLD STAR PARTIES & SOLAR VIEWING EVENTS AT THE SOCIETY'S OBSERVATORY WHERE CAS MEMBERS (AND OFTEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC) CAN USE THE SOCIETY'S ASTRONOMICAL EQUIPMENT. MAINTAIN A WEBSITE & A LIBRARY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION & BOOKS ON ASTRONOMY

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

In Wales

• Throughout Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £5,212 and spent £5,041.

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 65%, from £3,158 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £5,212 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 97% of its income in the year to 31 December 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 December 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

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Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

• 30 June 2025

  Named by Vaughan Gething in the Senedd

  …'t agree now. I think trying to source where the drawings are—we can do that. We can contact the Glamorgan Archives, we can contact the Cardiff Astronomical Society, and we can publish the correspondence so that's available. I think we can do that without the petition being open.

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• 30 June 2025

  Named by Vaughan Gething in the Senedd

  On the original drawings, if anyone knows where they are, it's likely to be the Cardiff Astronomical Society. They may be in the Glamorgan Archives or they may be elsewhere. If they could just confirm if they know where they are, at least Amgueddfa Cymru would then have an idea about what they could…

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• 30 June 2025

  Named by Carolyn Thomas in the Senedd

  …age proposal and for raising awareness of it. It's been really interesting. If we could write to the Glamorgan Archives and also to the Cardiff Astronomical Society. Thank you. How do the committee members feel that we then close the petition because there's not much else we can do? Okay, we can sti…

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• 30 June 2025

  Named by Carolyn Thomas in the Senedd

  …d as a public observatory for decades, fostering community engagement and scientific interest. Its closure in 1979 left a void, but the Cardiff Astronomical Society (CAS) has kept its spirit alive.' This petition was submitted by Spencer Errol Grennan, with 353 signatures. Could I bring Joel in on t…

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4 trustees run the charity.

• Philip John WallaceChairAppointed 31 October 2016
• Dr JANE DAVINA CLARKAppointed 27 June 2017
• Michael BradleyAppointed 27 April 2023
• Nicholas Charles Valentine PollockAppointed 6 July 2017

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.

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Charity number

1169953

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

31 October 2016

Governing document

CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 31 OCT 2016AMENDED ON 17 MAY 2017

Website

www.cardiff-astronomical-society.co.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Rhondda Cynon Taf

• 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 the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

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• 360Giving open grants data
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• OpenSenedd: Senedd records that name this charity
• OpenCouncil: Rhondda Cynon Taf Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Rhondda Cynon Taf's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Afan Ogwr Rhondda