The Aberfan Memorial Charity

Maintenance and repair of cemetery memorials and memorial garden for victims of the Aberfan Disaster 1966

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

In Wales

• Merthyr Tydfil

Area of benefit in its governing document: Aberfan

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £20,893 and spent £69,623.

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.

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Income over time

Down 20%, from £26,236 in the year to 31 March 2022 to £20,893 in the year to 31 March 2026.

Spending against income

It spent 333% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026. It spent more than its income in 5 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 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

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No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

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

• 20 October 2026

  Named by Vikki Howells in the Senedd

  …Lean and I have tabled separately to show that this Senedd remembers Aberfan. However, as David Davies, another survivor and now chair of the Aberfan memorial charity reminds us, recollection must be based on a continued direct connection in the community. I want to close by drawing out an individua…

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5 trustees run the charity.

• David John Davies JPChairAppointed 12 March 1998
• Belinda DaviesAppointed 12 March 2002
• Brian AndersonAppointed 12 March 2000
• David Iestyn Morgan JPAppointed 1 September 2017
• Tania StephensAppointed 1 December 2020

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, 4 arrived by the deadline.

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Charity number

701570

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

18 May 1989

Governing document

SCHEME OF THE 14 DECEMBER 1988

Council area of its contact address

Merthyr Tydfil

• 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.
• 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
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenSenedd: Senedd records that name this charity
• OpenCouncil: Merthyr Tydfil Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Merthyr Tydfil's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr