THE MACHYNLLETH TABERNACLE TRUST

Registered charity 517426 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART WALES

ARTS CENTRE

Objects

(A) TO ACQUIRE AND PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ANY BUILDINGS AND LAND IN WALES WHICH ARE OF HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTRUAL INTEREST OF ARE PLACES OF NATURAL BEAUTY AND MORE PARTICULARLY TO PRESERVE THE FORMER METHODIST CHAPEL AT MACHYNLLETH IN THE COUNTY OF POWYS AND KNOWN AS THE MACHYNLLETH TABERNACLE. (B) TO ACQUIRE AND PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ANY PICTURES STATUES FURNITURE BOOKS AND OTHER CHATTELS BEING OF HISTORIC OR ARTISTIC INTEREST. (C) TO ADVANCE THE AESTHETIC EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS BY ORGANISING PRESENTING AND PROMOTING EXHIBTIONS PLAYS OPERAS FILMS CONCERT AND OTHER SIMILAR ACTIVITIES; AND (D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE STUDY USE AND APPRECIATION OF THE WELSH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE.

Area of benefit: WALES

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 the charity reported a net expenditure of £19,678 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £2,530,539 to £2,510,861. The trustees note that while resources are adequate for the foreseeable future, funding is primarily dependent on significant voluntary donations. The charity holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £519,465 alongside restricted and endowment funds.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £135k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Dennis Brace JOnes
• Eirlys Stoddard
• Heledd Mair Wyn Hardy
• PHILIP STEPHEN OWEN LAMBERT
• SARAH ELIZABETH MARSHALL · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Ceredigion · Gwynedd · Powys

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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