# ABER VALLEY HERITAGE GROUP

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1161759
- **Other names:** AVHG
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** May 20, 2015
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1161759


## Contact

- **Address:** Aber Valley Heritage Group, Senghenydd Community Centre, Gwern Avenue, Senghenydd, CAERPHILLY
- **Postcode:** CF83 4HA
- **Phone:** 02920830445
- **Email:** senghen.heritage@btconnect.com
- **Website:** www.abervalleyheritage.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE ABER VALLEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN PARTICULAR THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF MINING AND ITS EFFECT ON PEOPLE’S LIVES BY:A) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM AND HERITAGE CENTRE; ANDB) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES TO COAL PARTICULARLY AS A RESULT OF THE TWO UNIVERSAL COLLIERY DISASTERS OF 1901 AND 1913.

**Activities:** To raise capital to continue to highlight and develop the rich heritage of the coal industry of the aber valley. We have built a memorial garden also,  developed a museum  both to the 1901 ad 1913 mining disasters that occurred in the aber valley when 521 men and boys lost their lives from devastating  explosions .The later 1913 disaster taking 440 lives whih was the third largest in the world .




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Caerphilly



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £14923 | £21384 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £13000 | £9941 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £3158 | £11182 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £17345 | £25259 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £53585 | £39461 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 18, 2019
- Andrea Amy Davies — appointed May 19, 2015
- CAROL ANN BOWEN — appointed May 19, 2015
- CATHRINE ELIZABETH WHITE — appointed May 19, 2015
- Gwyn George Goldsmith — appointed Jan. 1, 2018
- JEAN PATRICIA SELLARS — appointed May 19, 2015
- MRS GILL JONES — appointed May 19, 2015
- MRS JOY HARPER — appointed May 19, 2015
- PATRICIA ELLEN BULL — appointed May 19, 2015
- TRACY VERITY JEREB — appointed Jan. 10, 2016