Registered charity 1182410

Caerau Men's Shed

What it does

Improving the health and wellbeing within the community

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

Its charitable purposes

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE (PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OLDER MEN), WITHIN CAERAU AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN WHICH THEY CAN MEET TO UNDERTAKE, JOINTLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, CREATIVE, PHYSICAL OR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, LEARN OR PASS ON SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER SOCIALLY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; BEREAVEMENT OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL).

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Disability
Who it helps: Older people
Other defined groups
How it works: Provides advocacy, advice or information

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

Where it works

In Wales

Bridgend

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 January 2025, it had income of £57,637 and spent £38,912.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 January 2025	£57,637	£38,912	Not reported	44
31 January 2024	£28,005	£27,877	Not reported	35
31 January 2023	£42,736	£31,985	Not reported	6
31 January 2022	£25,440	£16,260	Not reported	7
31 January 2021	£57,573	£17,558	Not reported	18

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: About the same: £57,637 in the year to 31 January 2025, against £57,573 in the year to 31 January 2021.
Spending against income: It spent 68% of its income in the year to 31 January 2025. It spent less than its income in each 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 funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 January 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

Income from government grants and contracts by financial year
Year ending	Government grants	Government contracts
31 January 2025	Not reported	Not reported
31 January 2024	Not reported	Not reported
31 January 2023	£4,000 from 1 grant	Not reported
31 January 2021	£1,000 from 1 grant	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.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £10,000, awarded in 2020.

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.

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
23 Oct 2020	The National Lottery Community FundProject Undercover	£10,000

In the Senedd and Welsh Government

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

30 September 2026
Named by Sera Evans in the Senedd
…the heart of the community, offering a dizzying array of activities from fitness classes to craft sessions. I'd be remiss not to mention the Caerau Men's Shed here as well, where Phil, Gyp and everyone involved there do brilliant work. Then over to Gwynfi Miners Community Hall, where Simon is doing…
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Trustees

7 trustees run the charity.

Alun James StockleyAppointed 1 October 2018
Andrew JohnAppointed 23 June 2021
Brian John JonesAppointed 1 October 2018
Christopher Louis Charles DaviesAppointed 1 October 2018
David Jenkins JenkinsAppointed 23 February 2024
Dilwyn Lewis LewisAppointed 23 February 2024
Phillip DaviesAppointed 23 February 2024

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 January 2025	30 November 2025	Received 28 October 2025, 33 days early	Received 28 October 2025
31 January 2024	30 November 2024	Received 13 November 2024, 17 days early	Received 13 November 2024
31 January 2023	30 November 2023	Received 26 November 2023, 4 days early	Received 26 November 2023
31 January 2022	30 November 2022	Received 5 May 2023, 156 days late	Received 5 May 2023
31 January 2021	30 November 2021	Received 1 February 2022, 63 days late	Received 19 October 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: 1182410
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 12 March 2019
Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 12 Mar 2019
Website: caeraumenshed.co.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Bridgend

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. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 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 January 2025

£57,637

£38,912

Not reported

31 January 2024

£28,005

£27,877

Not reported

31 January 2023

£42,736

£31,985

Not reported

31 January 2022

£25,440

£16,260

Not reported

31 January 2021

£57,573

£17,558

Not reported

Year ending

Government grants

Government contracts

31 January 2025

Not reported

31 January 2024

Not reported

31 January 2023

£4,000 from 1 grant

Not reported

31 January 2021

£1,000 from 1 grant

Not reported

Awarded

Grant

Amount

23 Oct 2020

The National Lottery Community FundProject Undercover

£10,000

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 January 2025

30 November 2025

Received 28 October 2025, 33 days early

Received 28 October 2025

31 January 2024

30 November 2024

Received 13 November 2024, 17 days early

Received 13 November 2024

31 January 2023

30 November 2023

Received 26 November 2023, 4 days early

Received 26 November 2023

31 January 2022

30 November 2022

Received 5 May 2023, 156 days late

Received 5 May 2023

31 January 2021

30 November 2021

Received 1 February 2022, 63 days late

Received 19 October 2022