Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

THE LEARNED SOCIETY OF WALES 

The Learned Society of Wales is the national academy for arts and sciences. Our Fellowship brings together experts from across all academic fields and beyond. We use this collective knowledge to promote research, inspire learning, and provide independent policy advice
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 17 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/22£380£353£27n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/21£304£295£9n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/20£321£287£34n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/19£321£307£13n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/18£306£291£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/17£337£336£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.learnedsociety.wales

lsw@wales.ac.uk

02920375054

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (17)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/08/2016, number: 1168622
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

UNIVERSITY OF WALES
REGISTRY
KING EDWARD VII AVENUE
CARDIFF
CF10 3NS

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, LEARNING, ACADEMIC STUDY AND KNOWLEDGE, SO AS TO RESULT IN CONTRIBUTING TO SCIENTIFIC, CULTURAL, SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHIN WALES AND BEYOND.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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