GWRYCH CASTLE PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1092035 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

109 ARTS & CULTURE112 ENVIRONMENT/CONSERVATION/HERITAGE207 GENERAL PUBLIC/MANKIND305 PROVIDES BUILDINGS/FACILITIES/OPEN SPACES307 PROVIDES ADVOCACY/ADVICE/INFORMATION308 SPONSORS OR UNDERTAKES RESEARCH

Objects

TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF NORTH WALES AND OF THE NATION, THE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE THAT MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND GWRYCH CASTLE, ABERGELE, NORTH WALES IN BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY BUILDING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 336 OF THE TOWN & PLANNING ACT 1990) OF PARTICULARLY BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST.

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: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were held at £818,051, which the trustees describe as being between six and twelve months of operational expenditure, in line with their adopted policy. The charity reported a net income surplus of £42,220 for the year, driven by strong earned income from events and charitable activities, although it notes a remaining funding shortfall for its major restoration works.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Investment
• 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
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £1.5m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 4.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr MARK BAKERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Betts
• Jackie Rowlands
• Jeremy Charles Beloe Rye
• Pauline Susan Heap-Williams

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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