The Cambrian Village Trust Limited

Cambrian Village Trust Limited works with many organisations including school, providing a wide range of activities, including sports development, outdoor activities such as canoeing, archery, hiking and bushcraft.

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

In Wales

• Bridgend
• Cardiff
• Merthyr Tydfil
• Rhondda Cynon Taf
• Vale of Glamorgan

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £981,692 and spent £626,047.

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 734%, from £117,745 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £981,692 in the year to 31 March 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 64% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent less than its income in each of the 5 years shown.

Largest funder

FAW gave £240,908 in the year to 31 March 2025, 25% 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 grants in the year ending 31 March 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.

In its accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025, the charity named 9 funders who gave £530,744 between them. £138,186 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.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 4 grants to this charity since 2024, worth at least £270,481.

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 1 payment to this charity worth £112,540, on 21 April 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.

• 22 April 2026, Rhondda Cynon Taf

  Named in an agenda item or minute of Energy Efficiency and Decarbonisation Cabinet Sub Committee

  Energy Efficiency and Decarbonisation Cabinet Sub Committee Site Visit - Feedback and Outcomes

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• 14 April 2026, Rhondda Cynon Taf

  Named in an agenda item or minute of Energy Efficiency and Decarbonisation Cabinet Sub Committee

  Site Visit - Clydach Country Park Hydro Programme

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• 28 January 2026, Rhondda Cynon Taf

  Named in an agenda item or minute of Council

  Declaration of Interest

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• 28 January 2026, Rhondda Cynon Taf

  M Norris declared an interest that names the charity, at Council

  WELSH CHURCH ACT FUND ANNUAL REPORT 2024/2025

  Recorded as a personal interest.

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• 28 January 2026, Rhondda Cynon Taf

  C Preedy declared an interest that names the charity, at Council

  WELSH CHURCH ACT FUND ANNUAL REPORT 2024/2025

  Recorded as a personal interest.

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• 22 October 2025, Rhondda Cynon Taf

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

• 26 March 2025

  Named by Huw Irranca-Davies in the Senedd

  …But you are right in saying—and by the way, I'll definitely take up your invitation to come and see the Lakeside hydro and the work of the Cambrian Village Trust hydro plant—very pleased to see it. It's a cracking example of locally generated renewable energy. But you're so right in saying that what…

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• 16 October 2024

  Named by Buffy Williams in the Senedd

  …e Gatsby initiative, and, of course, two fantastic individuals who support pupils through alternative education in Rhondda, Mikey Jones of Cambrian Village Trust and Michelle Coburn-Hughes of Ferndale Community School and the Fern Partnership. I look forward to hearing how the Welsh Government plans…

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• 17 September 2024

  Named by Buffy Williams in the Senedd

  …y Cymoedd, in my constituency, and alternative education projects, like the Green Light Project, run by RCT council through charities like Cambrian Village Trust, are vital for supporting students with different needs. With this in mind, could you please outline your plans for expanding alternative…

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9 trustees run the charity.

• Selwyn JonesChairAppointed 21 January 2020
• Graham DaviesAppointed 22 June 2018
• Jeff HughesAppointed 21 June 2018
• John WilliamsAppointed 25 June 2018
• Karen RobertsAppointed 27 June 2018
• Keith JenkinsAppointed 22 June 2018
• Mark Norris CllrAppointed 22 June 2018
• Mark StevensonAppointed 24 October 2022
• Michael DaviesAppointed 22 June 2018

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

1189927

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

12 June 2020

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 APR 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 JAN 2020AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11 FEB 2020

Company number

11321698This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

www.cambrianlakeside.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.
• 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.
• 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
• Its accounts and annual returns on the register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: council records that name this charity
• 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