Garw Valley Heritage Society

The Garw Valley Heritage Society aims are :- 1. To record the industrial and social history of the Garw Valley 2. To make available to the public,other relevant groups,students or individuals, details of the archives3. To promote awareness of the Garw Valley's Heritage and make that history available to all.4. To hold exhibitions about the Garw Valley, present and past residents

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

In Wales

• Bridgend

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 July 2025, it had income of £360 and spent £576.

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 374%, from £76 in the year to 31 July 2021 to £360 in the year to 31 July 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 160% of its income in the year to 31 July 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 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 July 2025: Not reported. 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 £5,100, awarded in 2013.

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.

8 trustees run the charity.

• Roger James StokesChairAppointed 17 January 2020
• Bethan DaltonAppointed 20 November 2025
• Colin Richard SimperAppointed 17 January 2020
• Gerald Anthony JarvisAppointed 17 January 2020
• Ian BlackAppointed 17 January 2020
• Jean FowldsAppointed 17 January 2020
• Katie Joanne HumphreyAppointed 17 January 2020
• Linda Rosemarie WebbAppointed 17 January 2020

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, 3 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

1187117

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

23 December 2019

Governing document

CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 23 Dec 2019

Website

www.garwheritage.co.uk/wordpressAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Bridgend

• 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

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