PLANNING AID WALES

Registered charity 1000115 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7201361 · Wikipedia · also known as CYMORTH CYNLLUNIO CYMRU, P A W, PAW

We support communities and planning authorities to work better together in shaping places. We work with local planning authorities to support approaches for thoughtful community engagement as part of a proactive planning process. We work with community and town councils to see the world from their perspective and explain the planning process, their role in it and what they can achieve.

Objects

4 The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to the following: To advance the education of the public in Wales in the subject of land use planning and the planning system in Wales.To advance the education of the public in Wales by providing training and information on land use planning to individuals, communities, bodies and groups to assist their participation and engagement in the planning process in Wales for the public benefit.The relief of financial hardship by the provision of free advice and assistance on land use planning issues and procedures to persons, communities, bodies and groups who, through lack of means, would otherwise be unable to obtain such advice.

Area of benefit: WALES

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Cardiff, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £18,141, resulting in total unrestricted reserves decreasing to £107,074. Per the trustees' report, this level of reserves is above the stated policy target of at least £82,835. The trustees confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, citing that future reserves and income are sufficient to meet current commitments with no material uncertainties.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02526875 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• DANGERFIELD, Jack — director, appointed 24/01/2025on trustee list
• PEARCE, Raymond — director, appointed 28/11/2024on trustee list
• JONES, Roderic Owen — director, appointed 05/12/2023on trustee list
• DAVIES, Marion — director, appointed 30/11/2023on trustee list
• CHICHESTER, Robert John — director, appointed 15/06/2020on trustee list
• PARSONS, Jonathan — director, appointed 15/06/2020on trustee list
• WETTON, Shane — director, appointed 16/09/2019on trustee list
• BUCKLE, Martin Vivian — director, appointed 01/12/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Francesca Sartorio
• Jack Dangerfield
• Jonathan Parsons
• Marion Davies · trustee of 1 other charity
• Martin Buckle
• Raymond Pearce
• Robert Chichester
• Roderic Owen Jones
• Shane Wetton

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ASSOCIATION.

• TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ASSOCIATION income £1.1m
• PARTICIPATE PROJECTS income £627k
• PLANNING OFFICERS SOCIETY income £89k
• ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN WREXHAM income £1.1m
• WALSALL BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT SERVICE income £106k
• STREET AID WALES income £29k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.