CARDIFF MODEL ENGINEERING SOCIETY

Registered charity 1123252 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of Public education in engineering and constructional skills, tradition and heritage in particular, but not exclusively, through the acquisition, construction, maintenance and exhibition of engineering models and the holding of talks, demonstrations workshops and other forms of communication.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION SKILLS, TRADITION AND HERITAGE IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION,MAINTENANCE AND EXHIBITION OF ENGINEERING MODELS AND HOLDING OF TALKS, DEMONSTRATIONS, WORKSHOPS AND OTHER FORMS OF COMMUNICATION.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE CARDIFF

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total unrestricted income was £116,103, while total payments amounted to £130,321, resulting in a net decrease in funds. The unrestricted cash balance at the end of the period was £101,232, which the trustees confirmed agrees with the receipts and payments account.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHAEL ALAN WILLIAMSchair
• Adrian Tovey
• Andrew Paul Fairfax
• Lewis Bignall
• ROBERT JAMES MATTHEWS
• ROGER SULLY
• Ross Hopkins
• Steve Harris
• Steven Tyrer

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

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

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• THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CARDIFF FOUNDATION income £167k
• ARCHDIOCESE OF CARDIFF-MENEVIA income £6.0m
• CARDIFF FURTHER EDUCATION TRUST FUND income £205k
• SOUTHAMPTON ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LTD income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

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