FRIENDS OF OYSTERMOUTH CASTLE

Registered charity 1011377 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Oystermouth Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade 1 Listed Building. Access and presentation is supervised by this charity which promotes the history and heritage of the site to visitors and provides a venue for many school, college and university students. The castle hosts Medieval Re-enactments and Living History Societies which recreate aspects of life during the Middle Ages.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ENCOURAGING AN APPRECIATION OF THE CASTLE, IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTION SUPPORT ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF OYSTERMOUTH CASTLE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net excess of receipts over payments of £50,703 for the year ended 31st December 2025. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted cash funds of £272,103 at year-end, with no liabilities disclosed in the statement of assets and liabilities.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Gerald Oldfield
• Clive Beverley Hughes
• David Martin Wintle
• Gerald Charles Thomas
• John William Marvelley
• Marie Elizabeth Hughes
• Michael William Eames
• Paul Samuel Lewis

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

Operates in: City Of Swansea

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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