The Bardsey Island Trust Limited

The objects of the charity are to preserve, protect and improve, for the benefit of the general public, the natural history, historical, archaeological and religious sites and other amenities of Bardsey Island.The Charity's vision is also for Enlli (Bardsey Island) to continue as the exemplar of Welsh island life that supports a vibrant island community.

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

Elsewhere

• Throughout England and Wales

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £467,231 and spent £446,566.

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 139%, from £195,096 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £467,231 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 96% of its income in the year to 31 December 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 December 2025: £85,178 from 3 grants. 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 9 grants to this charity since 2012, worth at least £443,280.

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.

10 trustees run the charity.

• Alun Llwyd JonesAppointed 18 May 2024
• Angela June TyneAppointed 18 May 2019
• Christopher Deryl RobertsAppointed 18 May 2024
• David Gerard GiblinAppointed 18 May 2024
• Dewi Ensyl LewisAppointed 18 May 2024
• Elizabeth Menna JonesAppointed 17 May 2025
• Glyn Philip Dovener OwenAppointed 21 May 2022
• Greta HughesAppointed 17 May 2025
• Lona Wyn WilliamsAppointed 18 May 2019
• The Venerable Robert William TownsendAppointed 17 May 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, 5 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

507153

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

27 January 1978

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24 NOVEMBER 1977 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 5 JUNE 1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29 JUL 2019

Company number

01344364This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

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

Council area of its contact address

Gwynedd

• 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

• OpenCouncil: Gwynedd Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Gwynedd's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Gwynedd Maldwyn
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Bangor Conwy Môn