CONSTITUTION HILL LTD

Registered charity 1071422 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To educate the public in the heritage of the Cliff railway, Camera Obscura and Constitution hill and the encourage volunteer input.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH CONSERVATION OF THE ABERYSTWYTH CLIFF RAILWAY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF VOLUNTARY WORK IN SUPPORT OF THE ABERYSTWYTH CLIFF RAILWAY AND THE SITE AT CONSTITUTION HILL;

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.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity returned a net surplus of £76,691 for the year ended 31 March 2024, increasing its unrestricted funds to £733,440. The trustees report that the charity is closer to achieving its reserves policy target of holding three months of running costs. Per the independent examiner's report, no matters came to attention that would cause concern regarding the financial statements.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03445246
• Trading subsidiary: CONSTITUTION HILL TRADING LTD. Companies House 05622789 · 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.

• DAVIES, David Jonathan — director, appointed 01/11/2024on trustee list
• DAVIES, David Alun — director, appointed 04/11/2021on trustee list
• LOWE, Martin James — director, appointed 03/10/2017on trustee list
• SHILTON, Nicholas — director, appointed 02/12/2013on trustee list
• GRAY, Robert John — director, appointed 03/12/2012on trustee list
• RICKETTS, Raymond — director, appointed 28/11/2005not on trustee list
• LEWIS, John Richard James — director, appointed 13/10/1998on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Alun Davies
• David Jonathan Davies
• Dr Nicholas Shilton
• JOHN RICHARD JAMES LEWIS
• MR RAY RICKETTS
• Martin James Lowe · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT JOHN GRAY

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

Operates in: Ceredigion

Income and spending

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