FRIENDS OF THE HEART OF WALES LINE TRAIL

Registered charity 1204801 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

FHWLT seeks to protect, improve and promote the route of the Heart of Wales Line walking trail from Craven Arms in Shropshire to Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, using public rights of way and roughly following the route of the Heart of Wales railway line. We do this by working with the relevant rights of way authorities. Our volunteers check the route and we raise funds to help to improve it

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PRESERVE, MAINTAIN, AND DEVELOP THE HEART OF WALES LINE TRAIL ('THE TRAIL') AS A LONG-DISTANCE PUBLIC FOOTPATH, SO SECURING THE TRAIL AS A PUBLIC AMENITY AND A FACILITY FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND ENCOURAGING THE USE OF THE HEART OF WALES RAIL LINE AS A MEANS OF ACCESSING THE TRAIL.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Powys, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£2k
Latest spending
£1k
Registered
2023

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Policies the charity declares

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 40

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 45

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Carmarthenshire · City Of Swansea · Powys · Shropshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2k£1k
31/03/2024£2k£1k

Common questions

Who funds FRIENDS OF THE HEART OF WALES LINE TRAIL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FRIENDS OF THE HEART OF WALES LINE TRAIL as a grant recipient include THE OAKDALE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2025£1k