FRIENDS OF HAFOD MORFA COPPERWORKS

Registered charity 1194120 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Friends exist to advance the preservation and conservation for the public benefit of the Hafod Morfa Copperworks. This is achieved through working with stakeholders to provide information to the public on the heritage of the Copperworks through a series of guided walks, talks and other activities such as vegetation clearance, litter picks etc.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE OF THE HAFOD MORFA COPPERWORKS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF THE INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE OF THE HAFOD MORFA COPPERWORKS

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

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Latest income
£103k
Latest spending
£123k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated with a small unrestricted fund balance of £2,100 as of July 2024, while restricted project funds were fully utilised or carried forward for specific restoration grants. The charity relies heavily on external grant funding, specifically from the Shared Prosperity Fund, to support its ongoing restoration activities.

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 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Swansea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£103k£123k
31/07/2024£54k£17k
31/07/2023£2k£8k
31/07/2022£2k£7k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF HAFOD MORFA COPPERWORKS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated with a small unrestricted fund balance of £2,100 as of July 2024, while restricted project funds were fully utilised or carried forward for specific restoration grants. The charity relies heavily on external grant funding, specifically from the Shared Prosperity Fund, to support its ongoing restoration activities. 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 Fund02/11/2020£2k"#15 - A Copper trail at Hafod-Morfa Copperworks in Swansea: discovering industrial heritage"

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRIENDS OF MALVERN PRIORY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FRIENDS OF HAFOD MORFA COPPERWORKS£103k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF MALVERN PRIORY FY2025£112k—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF THE COTSWOLDS FY2025£173k£35,5200unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF COTTERIDGE PARK FY2024£171k—0above—noted
FRIENDS OF THE HURTWOOD FY2025£155k—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF CHICHESTER HOSPITALS FY2025£351k—0unclear—no doubt

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