Registered charity 1215691

Ymddiriedolaeth Trefan Morys Foundation

What it does

We preserve Trefan Morys, the former home and library of Jan Morris, as a place of literary and cultural significance. We host residencies, workshops, exhibitions and public programmes, support writers and artists, and promote Welsh arts, heritage and education locally, nationally and internationally

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

Its charitable purposes

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE ART, CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF WALES IN PARTICULAR BY: I. PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JAN MORRIS INCLUDING THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HER FORMER HOME AND LIBRARY AT TREFAN MORYS, LLANYSTUMDWY (KNOWN AS A WRITER’S HOUSE IN WALES) AND ITS CONTENTS AND ITEMS OF HISTORICAL, LITERARY, ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE; II. ORGANISING AND HOSTING ARTISTIC AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS; III. PROVIDING A DEDICATED SPACE FOR WRITERS, SCHOLARS AND ARTISTS TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH, DEVELOP CREATIVE WORK, AND COLLABORATE, WITH THE AIM OF FOSTERING CREATIVITY THAT REFLECTS, ENRICHES AND PROMOTES WELSH CULTURAL IDENTITY AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL CULTURE; IV. FACILITATE PUBLIC TOURS, TALKS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMES TO PROMOTE PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF LITERARY, ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS OF WALES WITHIN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT; V. PROVIDE FACILITIES, RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS, RESEARCHERS, ARTISTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ENGAGE IN THE STUDY, PRACTICE AND APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE, CREATIVE WRITING AND THE CREATIVE ARTS, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE WELSH LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Education and training
Arts, culture, heritage and science
Who it helps: The general public
How it works: Provides buildings, facilities or open space

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

Where it works

In Wales

Gwynedd

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

The register has no income or spending figures for this charity.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

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Trustees

4 trustees run the charity.

Elizabeth GeorgeAppointed 15 May 2025
Gwyneth GlynAppointed 1 May 2025
Robin LlywelynAppointed 1 May 2025
Sally Baker JonesAppointed 1 May 2025

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

About this charity

Charity number: 1215691
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 10 November 2025
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 10 Nov 2025
Council area of its contact address: Gwynedd

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, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

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