Pontrhydyfen Miners' Welfare Scheme
What it does
The Charity provides community facilities for the inhabitants of Pontrhydyfen and surrounding area, in the form of a recreation Ground, a Bowling Green and a Community Centre. The Charity also owns another building which houses an Industrial and Provident Society known as the Blue Scar Club.
Its charitable purposes
THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY BUILDINGS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS (AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, SUCH OF THE SAID INHABITANTS AS ARE MEMBERS OF THE MINING COMMUNITY OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTSS
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Amateur sport
- Animals
- Economic and community development, and employment
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- People of a particular ethnic or racial origin
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- Other defined groups
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides buildings, facilities or open space
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
- Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it works
- In Wales
- Neath Port Talbot
Area of benefit in its governing document: Pontrhydyfen and Surrounding Area
Income and spending
In the year ending 30 September 2025, it had income of £3,490 and spent £5,172.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | £3,490 | £5,172 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 September 2024 | £4,002 | £2,936 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 September 2023 | £6,900 | £7,332 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 September 2022 | £900 | £680 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 September 2021 | £2,809 | £2,990 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
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 24%, from £2,809 in the year to 30 September 2021 to £3,490 in the year to 30 September 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 148% of its income in the year to 30 September 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
6 trustees run the charity.
- Dennis Roberts
- Jeffrey Wilkins
- Philip Lewis
- Robert McGregor Leslie
- Stephen Frank Roper
- William Alfred Thomas
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | 30 July 2026 | Received 19 July 2026, 11 days early | Not required |
| 30 September 2024 | 30 July 2025 | Received 25 July 2025, 5 days early | Not required |
| 30 September 2023 | 30 July 2024 | Received 18 January 2024, 194 days early | Not required |
| 30 September 2022 | 30 July 2023 | Received 17 October 2022, 286 days early | Not required |
| 30 September 2021 | 30 July 2022 | Received 21 March 2022, 131 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 524222
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 10 November 1966
- Governing document
- CHARITY COMMISSION SCHEME DATED 26 NOVEMBER 2008
- Council area of its contact address
- Neath Port Talbot
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.