THE CASTLELAND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1178266 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our charity manages Castleland Community Centre near Barry's main town. We provide a number of in-house run activities/services as well as manage the rooms for hire. Every Wednesday we give access to free food provided by our partners Greggs & Tesco as part of our FareShare initiative. We also developed and maintain a community park for public use.

Objects

• TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE CASTLELAND WARD (AND NEIGHBOURHOOD) OF THE BOROUGH OF VALE OF GLAMORGAN WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OF OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.• TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE ASSOCIATION AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES.• TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

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 · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £18,939.38 for the year ended 31 March 2026. The trustees describe their reserve funds as healthy and note that unrestricted funds are available for use at their discretion to further charitable objectives.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (16/07/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• NEIL MOOREchair
• BARRY SHAW
• HELEN JONES
• Nadine Morris
• PAMELA DRAKE

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

Operates in: Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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