CHARDON TRUST

Registered charity 217013 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAPALLO HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY

Essentially the Trust operates the Llandudno Museum and also has the powers to provide educational facilities at the Museum.

Objects

TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM FOR THE EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC A) OF A COLLECTION OF FINE ART AND APPLIED ARTS AND CRAFTS SO AS TO PROMOTE EDUCATION IN ART AND APPRECIATION OF ART AND B) OF COLLECTIONS OF ARTEFACTS AND NATURAL EXHIBITS SO AS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMY OF LLANDUDNO AND ITS EVIRONS.

Area of benefit: LLANDUDNO AND ITS ENVIRONS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,588,347, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover their policy target of six months of ongoing core museum costs. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £7,490 for the year, with total net assets increasing to £1,612,958. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £92k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/11/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Huw Pritchard · trustee of 1 other charity
• Judith Phillips
• Mary Oliver MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Philip Charles Evans JP · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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