MAESTEG ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY

Registered charity 1020630 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as M A W S, MAWS

We take in and re home small animals that are lost or abandoned. We microchip vaccinate and re home. We also neuter as many cats and dogs as we can and help those on low income to pay their vet bills.

Objects

(A) TO PROVIDE FOR THE CARE AND PROTECTION OF ALL KINDS OF ANIMALS IN NEED OF ATTENTION FROM WHATEVER CAUSE.(B) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE HEALTH, CARE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF ANIMALS: PARTICULARLY DOMESTIC ANIMALS.(C) TO ASSIST PEOPLE IN ATTENDING TO THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF ANIMALS.(D) TO PROVIDE SUCH OTHER SUPPORT AND SERVICES AS SHALL BE CONDUCIVE TO THE WELFARE OF ANIMALS.

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 small profit of £4,212 for the year, with total income of £61,039 and expenditure of £56,827. However, the trustees note that without donations and grants, the charity would have operated at a deficit, indicating a reliance on voluntary income to remain solvent.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — MAWS (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JANE ISAACchair
• Andrew Ellis
• CHERYL ANN EVANS
• Janet Brady
• MAUREEN EDWARDS
• MRS Jeanette Platt
• Mr K J Brady
• Mrs S John
• Nicola Ellis
• Sandra Budd

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

Operates in: Bridgend · Cardiff · Rhondda Cynon Taff · Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.