RUPERRA 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.
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Serious incident reporting 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)
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
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).
Property (HM Land Registry)
Trustees
- PHILIP JAMES BEVANchair
- Andrew George
- Andrew Price
- Dale Hall
- Dr Richard Cowie
- ELAINE DAVEY
- Judith Willetts
- MR TONY MCGURK
- SUSAN MARY PRICE
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 23/03/2026 | £20k | Habitat restoration and invasive species control on the Ruperra Woodlands |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 19/01/2011 | £2k | Improving access at Coed Craig Ruperra |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 27/07/2004 | £2k | "The project is to produce a book of local social history.The money is for publication costs." |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 25/08/2000 | £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 Fund | 19/06/2000 | £180k | "Coed Craig Ruperra - Conservation & Restoration" |