THE MERTHYR TYDFIL AND DISTRICT NATURALISTS' SOCIETY

Registered charity 1106927 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Society Objectives:-1. To promote animals and plants of the countryside, objects of geological, historical and archaeological interest.2. To promote the formation of Nature Reserves and to assist in their supervision.3. To foster interest in Nature Conservation through public meetings, film shows, exhibitions, publication of books, our Annual Newsletter, leaflets and general communication.

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE AND CONTRIBUTE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, TO THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY.B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RESPECT OF CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY?

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE MERTHYR TYDFIL AND DISTRICT

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 · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported free reserves of £56,776, which is below its stated policy target of £100,000. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the trustees. Total incoming resources decreased significantly from £84,071 to £48,173 compared to the prior year.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04450556

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.

• HANDSCOMB, Lisa — director, appointed 05/02/2025on trustee list
• RICHARDS, Jemma — director, appointed 05/02/2025on trustee list
• BROOKS, Elisabeth Selina Grace — director, appointed 23/11/2019on trustee list
• RICHARDS, Alison Mary — director, appointed 14/10/2009on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Susan Elizabeth — director, appointed 14/05/2009not on trustee list
• EVANS, Gareth Thurston — director, appointed 29/05/2002on trustee list
• JONES, Robert Berian — director, appointed 29/05/2002on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MRS SUE TAYLORchair
• ALISON RICHARDS
• Elisabeth Brooks
• GARETH EVANS
• Jemma Richards
• Lisa Handscomb
• ROBERT BERIAN JONES
• Robert Taylor

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Caerphilly · Merthyr Tydfil · Powys · Rhondda Cynon Taff · Torfaen

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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