Montgomery Civic Society

Run the Old bell Museum in Montgomery. Hold quarterly talks/lectures on topics relating to the historical and current environment of the town and area. Take an active concern about the architectural heritage of the town.

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

In Wales

• Throughout Wales

Area of benefit in its governing document: The Civil Parish of Montgomery

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £8,433 and spent £9,104.

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 143%, from £3,471 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £8,433 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 108% 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 2023: £10,543 from 2 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 3 grants to this charity since 2005, worth at least £7,129.

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.

• Eric Brian FairbrotherChair
• david wynn thomasAppointed 1 April 2019
• Deborah Anne SimmondsAppointed 30 November 2021
• Elaine WebsterAppointed 19 March 2025
• Gwilym Henry StephensonAppointed 14 March 2023
• Jamie BurtAppointed 30 November 2021
• John DaviesAppointed 16 May 2011
• Mary Bunner
• Philip Heber Humphreys
• wendy christine beavenAppointed 30 November 2021

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

508761

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

27 June 1979

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 1 MAY 1979AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 30 NOV 2021

Website

www.oldbellmuseum.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Powys

• 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
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