The Gathering Place

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

In Wales

• Bridgend
• City of Swansea
• Neath Port Talbot

Area of benefit in its governing document: Throughout Swansea / South Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 30 April 2025, it had income of £53,801 and spent £48,489.

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 53%, from £35,158 in the year to 30 April 2021 to £53,801 in the year to 30 April 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 90% of its income in the year to 30 April 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 30 April 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 8 grants to this charity since 2020, worth at least £75,599.

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.

Public bodies' published spending shows 58 payments to this charity worth £65,540 between 5 October 2021 and 5 June 2026.

Councils and Welsh Government publish what they pay suppliers and grant holders above a threshold, usually £500 for councils and £25,000 for Welsh Government, so smaller payments are missing. A payment is shown only when OpenEconomy matched it to this charity with certainty. These figures come from the payer's records. They are a separate measure from the charity's own accounts, 360Giving grants and its annual return, and are never added to them.

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

• 21 February 2024, Cardiff

  Named in an agenda item or minute of Licensing Sub Committee

  Application for the Grant - General Convenience Store, Cowbridge Road

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We count a mention only when the record gives the charity's full registered name or its charity number. A mention shows the charity was named in that record. Follow the link to read what the record says.

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

• 18 December 2023

  Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: Min for Social Justice

  Purpose: The Gathering Place.

  The Gathering Place

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• 10 July 2023

  Named by Huw Irranca-Davies in the Senedd

  …. We're not expecting a fire alarm, but if there is one, if Members, guests and witnesses could follow the ushers and follow them to the safe gathering place—. There's no test forecast for today. If we can ensure that all mobile devices are switched to silent mode, please, and as normal, we're opera…

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• 19 June 2023

  Named by Huw Irranca-Davies in the Senedd

  …rm today, but if there is a fire alarm for Members present in the building and for staff, we exit via the normal fire exit and go to the safe gathering place. Could I just ask that Members ensure that all their mobile devices are switched to silent mode? We are operating through the mediums of Welsh…

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• 15 May 2023

  Named by Huw Irranca-Davies in the Senedd

  …ing a fire alarm today, but, just for housekeeping, if there is a fire alarm, follow our staff and the ushers out of the building to the safe gathering place, and if you can make sure that all your mobile devices are switched to silent, as normal. As normal as well, we're operating through the mediu…

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• 23 March 2022

  Named by Sam Rowlands in the Senedd

3 trustees run the charity.

• Kenneth ArringtonChairAppointed 1 May 2020
• Brent Clifford HemusOrganisationAppointed 18 February 1947
• Katherine Jenkins-SojkoOrganisationAppointed 1 January 2025

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, 4 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

1189467

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

13 May 2020

Governing document

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 13 May 2020

Website

www.thegatheringplaceuk.orgAs the charity gave it on the register.

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.
• Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.
• 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.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: council records that name this charity
• OpenSenedd: Senedd records that name this charity
• 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