CHEPSTOW ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1096541 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAS, CAS GWENT

We carry out archaeological digs, have a full speaker and summer activity programme, provide news and resources about current happenings in archaeology via newsgroups and a website, and provide speakers on a wide range of archaeological subjects. We outreach to the local area via public lecture programmes and the Chepstow Festival.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE STUDY OF ARCHAEOLOGY, IN PARTICULAR THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE CHEPSTOW AREA AND ITS SURROUNDING PARISHES.

Area of benefit: CHEPSTOW AREA AND ITS SURROUNDING PARISHES

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: Monmouthshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£22k

Latest spending

£23k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus and closing reserves of £8,507, supported by a bank balance of £8,282. The trustees report notes that funding for excavations is expensive and may require retaining most funds for internal needs rather than donations. No material uncertainties or going concern issues are disclosed in the filing.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 10
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 6

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Michael Simon Maddisonchair
Beverly Durn
COLIN ANDREW HARRIS
Dr Keith Tayton
Dr Lynne Feakes · trustee of 1 other charity
FELICITY TAYLOR
HILARY PHILLIPS

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Monmouthshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£22k	£23k
31/12/2024	£38k	£37k
31/12/2023	£12k	£11k
31/12/2022	£45k	£46k
31/12/2021	£891	£1k

Common questions

Is CHEPSTOW ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus and closing reserves of £8,507, supported by a bank balance of £8,282. The trustees report notes that funding for excavations is expensive and may require retaining most funds for internal needs rather than donations. No material uncertainties or going concern issues are disclosed in the filing.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
MARC FITCH FUND	1	£3k
WILLIAM AND EDITH OLDHAM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EAST DORSET ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY.

EAST DORSET ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY income £30k
SOUTHAMPTON ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY income £7k
WANDSWORTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY income £65k
NORFOLK AND NORWICH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £44k
THE PREHISTORIC SOCIETY income £123k
ISLE OF WIGHT NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £36k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHEPSTOW ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY	£22k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EAST DORSET ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY FY2025	£30k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTHAMPTON ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY FY2025	£7k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WANDSWORTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY FY2026	£65k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORFOLK AND NORWICH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FY2025	£44k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PREHISTORIC SOCIETY FY2025	£123k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.