LLANELLY HOUSE TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1106646 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMBRIAN HERITAGE REGENERATION TRUST LTD, CARMARTHENSHIRE HERITAGE REGENERATION TRUST, YMDDIRIEDOLAETH ATGYFNERTHU TREFTADAETH SIR GAR

The Trust undertakes projects and other, related activities, in accord with its objectives, to regenerate the physical and other heritage of Plas Llanelly House

Objects

3.1 TO PRESERVE, RESTORE AND REGENERATE, THE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, CONSTRUCTIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HERITAGE THAT MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND CARMARTHENSHIRE IN BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY BUILDING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 336 OF THE TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990), SITES OR AREAS OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, CONSTRUCTIONAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL INTEREST.3.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN HISTORY, ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF CARMARTHENSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.3.3 IN PURSUANCE OF OBJECTS 3.1 AND 3.2 TO PROMOTE SUCH CHARITIES OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE CHARITY MAY BY UNANIMOUS RESOLUTION OF ITS MEMBERS FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Area of benefit: CARMARTHENSHIRE

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Latest income
£227k
Latest spending
£239k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves were £201,098 at the end of the financial year, with the charity maintaining sufficient reserves to meet ongoing maintenance and repair costs. The charity is entirely reliant on earned income and grants from local councils and the National Heritage Lottery Fund, with no investments held. The trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis, citing secured funding and discussions indicating ongoing support.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Other income
“Other income 5 470,920 - 470,920 7,393” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: maintain a reserve level that will enable it to carry out any repairs necessary as and when they arise (held: £201k)
“The reserves policy is reviewed annually in the light of the main risks facing the charity. Having re-examined _ its strategic plan, the Trustees will seek to maintain a reserve level that will enable it to carry out any repairs necessary as and when they arise.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Plas Llanelly House Cyf
“The financial performance of Llanelly House operations is reported separately as the trading company Plas Llanelly House Cyf.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Insolvency history (Companies House)

The charity’s company has insolvency history on the Companies House record (company status: active).
corporate-voluntary-arrangement — 2017-04-24, 2018-04-05
Official Companies House insolvency record. Insolvency of a subsidiary does not mean the charity is insolvent.

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.

Corporate structure

PLAS LLANELLY HOUSE CYF — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Profit before tax: £-52k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £42k
  • Intercompany loan due to related party: £117,547 (2024: £112,337)
“During the year, there was a management charge expense incurred from a related party totalling £42,000 (2024:£17,500).”

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.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£636k
Total spending
£604k
Reserves (reported)
£31k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (74% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£227k£239k
31/03/2024£636k£604k
31/03/2023£169k£151k
31/03/2022£195k£222k
31/03/2021£205k£120k

Common questions

Is LLANELLY HOUSE TRUST LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves were £201,098 at the end of the financial year, with the charity maintaining sufficient reserves to meet ongoing maintenance and repair costs. The charity is entirely reliant on earned income and grants from local councils and the National Heritage Lottery Fund, with no investments held. The trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis, citing secured funding and discussions indicating ongoing support. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/09/2023£112k"Further preservation of Llanelly House"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/05/2020£28k"COVID19 Cambrian Heritage Regeneration Trust."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/03/2017£250k"Business review for Plas Llanelly House"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/06/2012£81k"The Big Picture - Llanelly House"
The National Lottery Community Fund23/07/2009£52k'Experiencing The Landscape'
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/06/2008£3.6m"Restoration of Llanelly House, Carmarthenshire"