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Awen Cultural Trust

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Awen Cultural Trust is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science.

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What are the key facts about Awen Cultural Trust?

Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31
£7,087,906
Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31
£7,486,335
Registered charity number
1166908
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Charitable company
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Brynmenyn
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes

Quick answer

Awen Cultural Trust (number 1166908) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does Awen Cultural Trust do?

Our activities centre around making people's lives better by providing space and opportunity for people to enjoy vibrant cultural experience that inspire and enhance their sense of wellbeing.

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Awen Cultural Trust

Answers Awen Cultural Trust gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are Awen Cultural Trust's highest-paid staff paid?

Awen Cultural Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 5 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (1 employee).

Employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
£90,001–£100,0001
£70,001–£80,0003
£60,001–£70,0001

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Where does Awen Cultural Trust's money come from?

Awen Cultural Trust reported £7.1m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were trading and fundraising events £6m (85%), charitable activities £963k (14%), investments £98k (1%).

  • Trading and fundraising events£6m · 85%
  • Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£963k · 14%
  • Investments£98k · 1%
  • Donations and legacies£11k · 0%

Does Awen Cultural Trust receive government funding?

The annual return does not answer this question for Awen Cultural Trust. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.

Awen Cultural Trust reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades and passes profits to the charity.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records Awen Cultural Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

Awen Cultural Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
09610991 (Companies House)
Where it says it operates
Throughout England and Wales

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: The General Public/mankind.

Reported activities: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space; Provides Services.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is Awen Cultural Trust registered for?

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Why is there no Clarity Score for Awen Cultural Trust yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Awen Cultural Trust. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

What should you check before donating to Awen Cultural Trust?

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  • Open the current register entry to check status, contact details and available accounts. This profile reflects a dated extract.
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Frequently asked questions

Is Awen Cultural Trust a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Awen Cultural Trust as a registered charity (number 1166908) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Awen Cultural Trust's charity number?
Awen Cultural Trust's charity number is 1166908. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1166908?
Search 1166908 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Awen Cultural Trust do?
Our activities centre around making people's lives better by providing space and opportunity for people to enjoy vibrant cultural experience that inspire and enhance their sense of wellbeing.
Does Awen Cultural Trust have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Awen Cultural Trust. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Awen Cultural Trust?
Awen Cultural Trust's website listed in our register data is http://www.awen-wales.com. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Awen Cultural Trust's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Awen Cultural Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 5 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Awen Cultural Trust's money come from?
Awen Cultural Trust reported £7.1m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were trading and fundraising events £6m (85%), charitable activities £963k (14%), investments £98k (1%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Awen Cultural Trust?
The register records Awen Cultural Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Awen Cultural Trust's trustees paid?
Awen Cultural Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Awen Cultural Trust registered as a charity?
Awen Cultural Trust was entered on the register on 4 May 2016. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 09610991).

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.