RUPERRA CONSERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 1054796 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RUPERRA CASTLE CONSERVATION TRUST

Protect, preserve, restore and maintain the natural and built heritage of Coed Craig Ruperra, for the benefit of local residents and the nation at large;Advance education and knowledge of the above;Restoration of the charity's woodland, Coed Craig Ruperra;Provision of access to and enjoyment of the woodland for all

Objects

(A) TO PROTECT, PRESERVE, RESTORE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE BENEFIT AND ENJOYMENT OF THE LOCAL POPULATION AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE, LANDS OWNED BY THE CHARITY (NAMELY COED CRAIG RUPERRA IN THE COUNTY OF CAERPHILLY AND ANY LANDS SUBSEQUENTLY ACQUIRED BY THE CHARITY) WHICH ARE OF NATURAL CONSERVATION INTEREST OR BEAUTY AND AS REGARDS SUCH LANDS, TO SECURE THE PROTECTION OF THEIR NATURAL ASPECT AND SURROUNDINGS AND THE PRESERVATION OF THEIR NATURAL FEATURES, BUILT STRUCTURES AND ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE;(B) TO PROTECT AND CONSERVE OR PROMOTE THE PROTECTION, PERMANENT PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE CHARACTER AND HERITAGE OF SAID LANDS OWNED BY THE CHARITY;(C) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF SAID LANDS OWNED BY THE CHARITY AND THEIR NATURAL FEATURES, BUILT STRUCTURES AND ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE AND TO PROMOTE EDUCATION IN AND AWARENESS OF THE CONSERVATION OF SAID NATURAL FEATURES AND BUILT STRUCTURES AND ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE.

Area of benefit: CAERPHILLY

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£21k
Latest spending
£32k
Registered
1996

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Policies the charity declares

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 20/02/2025, 20 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 13/05/2024, 103 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Caerphilly · Cardiff · Newport City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£21k£32k
31/03/2024£38k£23k
31/03/2023£15k£27k
31/03/2022£21k£38k
31/03/2021£45k£31k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/03/2026£20kHabitat restoration and invasive species control on the Ruperra Woodlands
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2011£2kImproving access at Coed Craig Ruperra
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/07/2004£2k"The project is to produce a book of local social history.The money is for publication costs."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/08/2000£798"This group maintains and preserves the buildings, lands, monuments and other structures in Rudry. The money is for producing information, ru"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/06/2000£180k"Coed Craig Ruperra - Conservation & Restoration"