Registered charity 1172407

The VC Gallery

What it does

The VC Gallery actively encourages members of the local community and veterans to engage with the arts, they are supported to develop their creativity through weekly workshops run by artists.Working with groups such as the elderly, disabled and people from minority backgrounds, The VC Gallery provides a safe and caring environment to be creative and express themselves.

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

Its charitable purposes

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONGST PEOPLE AT RISK OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, DISABILITY, ILL HEALTH OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, INCLUDING VETERANS AND SERVING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, BY THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTIVITIES AND INTERACTION WITH PERSONS IN THE LOCAL AND WIDER COMMUNITY, BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSHOPS, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND GENERAL SUPPORT AS NEEDED."FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: General charitable purposes
Education and training
Disability
Arts, culture, heritage and science
Recreation
Who it helps: Children and young people
Older people
Disabled people
People of a particular ethnic or racial origin
Other charities and voluntary bodies
Other defined groups
How it works: Provides buildings, facilities or open space
Provides services
Provides advocacy, advice or information

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Ceredigion
Carmarthenshire
Pembrokeshire

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £607,120 and spent £459,082.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2025	£607,120	£459,082	12	85
31 March 2024	£262,410	£387,332	Not reported	70
31 March 2023	£434,915	£333,651	Not reported	60
31 March 2022	£226,421	£284,959	Not reported	55
31 March 2021	£541,418	£194,026	4	55

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.

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 12%, from £541,418 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £607,120 in the year to 31 March 2025.
Spending against income: It spent 76% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.
Money from government: 28% of its income in the year to 31 March 2021 came from government grants and contracts (£149,739).
Largest funder: H D 3 Veteran SLA gave £50,999 in the year to 31 March 2024, 19% of that year's income.Read by AI from the charity's accounts.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £98,052 from 2 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.

Income from government grants and contracts by financial year
Year ending	Government grants	Government contracts
31 March 2025	£98,052 from 2 grants	Not reported
31 March 2024	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2023	£22,971 from 2 grants	Not reported
31 March 2021	£88,000 from 10 grants	£61,739 from 3 contracts

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.

Where its income came from in the year ending 31 March 2025

Donations and legacies£81,704
Charitable activities, including grants and contracts for its work£398,938
Trading and fundraising£1,565
Investments£4,668
Other£120,245

From the charity's annual return. Only charities with income over £500,000 give this breakdown.

Who funds it, according to its accounts

In its accounts for the year ending 31 March 2024, the charity named 12 funders who gave £148,997 between them. £0 of that came from public bodies.

These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.

Money received from each named funder, by accounts year
Funder	Type	Mar 2024	Mar 2023
H D 3 Veteran SLA	Trust, company or other	£50,999
V4P VC Pathways	Trust, company or other	£23,750
Hywel dda Apr-24	Trust, company or other	£17,339
PCC Drop In	Trust, company or other	£10,000	£20,001
Awards 4 all	Trust, company or other	£9,845
National grid	Trust, company or other	£8,900
Valero D4V	Trust, company or other	£6,751	£6,500
AFCFT Core Funding 4 Management	Trust, company or other	£6,537	£26,007
LD Fantasy world LNG	Trust, company or other	£5,000
Windows port authority	Trust, company or other	£4,928
Pembs local food p/ship	Trust, company or other	£3,000
SPF	Trust, company or other	£1,948
Hywel Dda 2 Befriender	Trust, company or other		£62,387
V4P AFCFT	Trust, company or other		£37,500
T L Continuation AFCFT	Trust, company or other		£9,500
Armed Forces Dig for Victory	Trust, company or other		£7,751
PCC Warm Home Spaces	Trust, company or other		£2,970
Armed Forces Into the blue	Trust, company or other		£1,750

Only funding the accounts name with an amount is included. Most charities also have income from donations, fees and trading that is not listed by funder, so this is part of its income.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 10 grants to this charity since 2016, worth at least £121,112.

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.

By funder

Veterans Foundation£49,275, 1 grant
The National Lottery Community Fund£40,837, 5 grants
Community Foundation in Wales£25,000, 1 grant
Freemasons' Charity£5,000, 2 grants
Nesta£1,000, 1 grant

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
23 Apr 2025	The National Lottery Community FundCreative kitchen	£15,000
13 Feb 2025	Freemasons' CharityFreemasons' Charity Matched Funding	£2,500
3 Feb 2025	Freemasons' CharityFreemasons' Charity Matched Funding	£2,500
20 Nov 2024	Community Foundation in WalesGrant to The VC Gallery	£25,000
6 Oct 2024	Veterans FoundationFund annual salary costs for a peer mentor to work alongside current staff out of the VC Gallery Pembroke Dock location.	£49,275
8 Jun 2020	The National Lottery Community FundCOVID-19 - Covid art response	£9,000
18 May 2020	NestaAC01132	£1,000
30 Oct 2017	The National Lottery Community FundAccess to Art	£9,837
20 Sept 2016	The National Lottery Community FundCelebrating Three Years of the Community Creating Art	£2,000
28 Mar 2016	The National Lottery Community FundTPP1 - Inspire Us	£5,000

In council meetings

Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.

15 September 2026, Pembrokeshire
Named in an agenda item or minute of Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Update on Pembrokeshire County Council In-House Day Service Opportunity Reconfiguration
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15 September 2026, Pembrokeshire
Simon Hancock declared an interest that names the charity, at Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Update on Pembrokeshire County Council In-House Day Service Opportunity Reconfiguration
Recorded as a personal interest.
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15 June 2026, Swansea
Named in an agenda item or minute of Armed Forces Community Covenant Signatories Panel
Update from Panel Members.
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11 September 2025, Pembrokeshire
Named in a decision of Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Action Log Update
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17 July 2025, Pembrokeshire
Named in an agenda item or minute of Council
Announcements/Personal Matters
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19 June 2025, Pembrokeshire
Named in an agenda item or minute of Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Day Opportunities visit report
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19 June 2025, Pembrokeshire
Named in an agenda item or minute of Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Action Log Update
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2 June 2025, Pembrokeshire
Named in an agenda item or minute of Cabinet
Declarations of interest
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28 April 2025, Pembrokeshire
Named in an agenda item or minute of Cabinet
Declarations of interest
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13 January 2025, Pembrokeshire
Named in an agenda item or minute of Cabinet
Day Centre Update
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13 January 2025, Pembrokeshire
Michelle Bateman declared an interest that names the charity, at Cabinet
Day Centre Update
Recorded as a personal interest.
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3 October 2024, Pembrokeshire
Named in an agenda item or minute of Cabinet
Response to Day-Opportunities Update Call-in
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3 October 2024, Pembrokeshire
Named in an agenda item or minute of Cabinet
Declarations of interest
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23 September 2024, Pembrokeshire
Named in an agenda item or minute of Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Day Opportunities Update - Call-In
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9 September 2024, Pembrokeshire
Named in an agenda item or minute of Cabinet
Declarations of interest
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9 September 2024, Pembrokeshire
Named in an agenda item or minute of Cabinet
Day Opportunities Update
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11 March 2024, Pembrokeshire
Named in an agenda item or minute of Cabinet
Declarations of interest
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8 January 2024, Pembrokeshire
Named in an agenda item or minute of Cabinet
Declarations of interest
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24 April 2023, Pembrokeshire
Named in a decision of Cabinet
Financial Assistance to Voluntary/ Community Sector Organisations
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7 November 2022, Pembrokeshire
Named in an agenda item or minute of Cabinet
Declarations of interest
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In the Senedd and Welsh Government

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

18 August 2026
Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: CMRRS
Purpose: VC Gallery Woodland Wellbeing Project.
VC Gallery Woodland Wellbeing Project
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24 February 2026
Named by Eluned Morgan in the Senedd
…we're improving access to housing, healthcare, employment and mental health support for veterans and their families. Last Friday, I visited the VC Gallery in Haverfordwest—a brilliant example of veterans creating a space to meet, socialise, support one another and rebuild confidence. That kind of p…
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12 November 2025
Named by Sam Rowlands in the Senedd
…t all year round. And I thought Paul Davies, in particular, highlighted the all-year-round nature of that support through organisations like the VC Gallery in Pembrokeshire. As we've heard, remembrance is not only about reflection, but about respect and responsibility. In Wales, we see that, every y…
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12 November 2025
Named by Joyce Watson in the Senedd
…hat our Labour Governments are delivering for veterans in mid and west Wales, with funding going to places like Woody's Lodge in Ceredigion, the VC Gallery that Paul Davies mentioned in Haverfordwest, and Adferiad in Llandrindod Wells. Could I also give a special mention to Military Veterans Club Cy…
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12 November 2025
Named by Paul Davies in the Senedd
…ellent organisations working with veterans and the armed forces community across the county. The Cabinet Secretary may be aware of the excellent VC Gallery in Haverfordwest, run by Barry John, who was a serving member of the Royal Welsh Regiment for 24 years. The VC Gallery—'VC' meaning veterans and…
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11 November 2025
Named by Eluned Morgan in the Senedd
…ork that is already being done with the UK Government. I'm particularly pleased—and I'm sure you will be—that money is coming to places like the VC Gallery in Pembrokeshire, Adferiad in Llandrindod Wells, and obviously Woody's Lodge that we've already mentioned in Ceredigion. So, those are examples…
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5 July 2023
Named by Samuel Kurtz in the Senedd
…great advocate for our former service personnel. And it would be remiss of me to speak about military veterans without mentioning the excellent VC Gallery, founded by ex-serviceman Barry John MBE, based in Pembrokeshire and helping service veterans and the wider community get involved with art proj…
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8 November 2022
Named by Samuel Kurtz in the Senedd
…With such a strong armed forces presence, my constituency is also home to a number of veterans.—veterans such as Barry John MBE, founder of the VC Gallery, which helps service veterans and those in the wider community by getting them engaged in a variety of art projects. And as we've heard this aft…
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9 November 2021
Named by Hannah Blythyn in the Senedd
…Hall, the First Minister was also in attendance at the event, and in Sam Kurtz's intervention to Darren Millar's contribution, he mentioned the VC Gallery and the great work of Barry John, and the Welsh Government is very pleased to have been able to support the VC Gallery and is in regular contact…
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9 November 2021
Named by Samuel Kurtz in the Senedd
I note that you mention support for veterans. Would you join me in congratulating Barry John MBE of the VC Gallery in my constituency? He leads a team of volunteers helping veterans and the wider community dealing with mental health issues through art and crafts, which is a fantastic support in my r…
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Trustees

6 trustees run the charity.

Mark JollyChairAppointed 1 November 2019
Dr Simon Leslie HancockAppointed 7 August 2017
John WarlowAppointed 13 December 2013
Joshua BeynonAppointed 1 November 2018
Mark ShuttleworthAppointed 8 December 2020
Michelle BatemanAppointed 7 January 2019

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 3 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 30 January 2026, 1 day early	Received 30 January 2026
31 March 2024	31 January 2025	Received 31 January 2025	Received 31 January 2025
31 March 2023	31 January 2024	Received 24 January 2024, 7 days early	Received 24 January 2024
31 March 2022	31 January 2023	Received 17 February 2023, 17 days late	Received 17 February 2023
31 March 2021	31 January 2022	Received 1 February 2022, 1 day late	Received 1 February 2022

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.

About this charity

Charity number: 1172407
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 4 April 2017
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 04 Apr 2017
Company number: CE009825This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
Website: thevcgallery.comAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Pembrokeshire

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.
Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 1 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
In council meetings: councils' published meeting records, gathered by OpenCouncil and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 4 November 2026.
In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2025

£607,120

£459,082

31 March 2024

£262,410

£387,332

Not reported

31 March 2023

£434,915

£333,651

Not reported

31 March 2022

£226,421

£284,959

Not reported

31 March 2021

£541,418

£194,026

Year ending

Government grants

Government contracts

31 March 2025

£98,052 from 2 grants

Not reported

31 March 2024

Not reported

31 March 2023

£22,971 from 2 grants

Not reported

31 March 2021

£88,000 from 10 grants

£61,739 from 3 contracts

Funder

Type

Mar 2024

Mar 2023

H D 3 Veteran SLA

Trust, company or other

£50,999

V4P VC Pathways

Trust, company or other

£23,750

Hywel dda Apr-24

Trust, company or other

£17,339

PCC Drop In

Trust, company or other

£10,000

£20,001

Awards 4 all

Trust, company or other

£9,845

National grid

Trust, company or other

£8,900

Valero D4V

Trust, company or other

£6,751

£6,500

AFCFT Core Funding 4 Management

Trust, company or other

£6,537

£26,007

LD Fantasy world LNG

Trust, company or other

£5,000

Windows port authority

Trust, company or other

£4,928

Pembs local food p/ship

Trust, company or other

£3,000

SPF

Trust, company or other

£1,948

Hywel Dda 2 Befriender

Trust, company or other

£62,387

V4P AFCFT

Trust, company or other

£37,500

T L Continuation AFCFT

Trust, company or other

£9,500

Armed Forces Dig for Victory

Trust, company or other

£7,751

PCC Warm Home Spaces

Trust, company or other

£2,970

Armed Forces Into the blue

Trust, company or other

£1,750

Awarded

Grant

Amount

23 Apr 2025

The National Lottery Community FundCreative kitchen

£15,000

13 Feb 2025

Freemasons' CharityFreemasons' Charity Matched Funding

£2,500

3 Feb 2025

Freemasons' CharityFreemasons' Charity Matched Funding

£2,500

20 Nov 2024

Community Foundation in WalesGrant to The VC Gallery

£25,000

6 Oct 2024

Veterans FoundationFund annual salary costs for a peer mentor to work alongside current staff out of the VC Gallery Pembroke Dock location.

£49,275

8 Jun 2020

The National Lottery Community FundCOVID-19 - Covid art response

£9,000

18 May 2020

NestaAC01132

£1,000

30 Oct 2017

The National Lottery Community FundAccess to Art

£9,837

20 Sept 2016

The National Lottery Community FundCelebrating Three Years of the Community Creating Art

£2,000

28 Mar 2016

The National Lottery Community FundTPP1 - Inspire Us

£5,000

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 30 January 2026, 1 day early

Received 30 January 2026

31 March 2024

31 January 2025

Received 31 January 2025

31 March 2023

31 January 2024

Received 24 January 2024, 7 days early

Received 24 January 2024

31 March 2022

31 January 2023

Received 17 February 2023, 17 days late

Received 17 February 2023

31 March 2021

31 January 2022

Received 1 February 2022, 1 day late

Received 1 February 2022