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The Great Western Colliery Preservation Trust

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1202100
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Jan. 15, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Feb. 27, 2023
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
88 Church Road
Tonteg
Pontypridd
Mid Glamorgan
CF38 1EW

Activities

The Trust preserves and operates the Hetty Colliery steam winding engine and associated colliery buildings and structures of the grade 1 listed ancient monument. It is currently undertaking a major visitor enhancement scheme supported by a Heritage Lottery Grant

Objects: To Preserve For The Benefit Of The People Of Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough And Of The Nation And For The Advancement Of The Education Of The Public, The Historical, Architectural And Constructional Heritage That May Exist In And Around The Great Western Colliery Hopkinstown, In Buildings (Including Any Structure Or Erection, And Any Part Of A Building So Defined) Of Particular Historical, Architectural Or Constructional Interest.

Classification

How
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who
Children/young People, The General Public/mankind

Geography

Local Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Aug. 31, 2025 Jan. 15, 2026On time £113,752 £71,266
Aug. 31, 2024 Jan. 15, 2025On time £139,953 £100,860
Aug. 31, 2023 Sept. 4, 202466 days late £590 £400

Trustees

Name Appointed
Aubrey Leonard Green (Chair) June 5, 2019
Aled Winter Mr May 13, 2025
Christopher Owen Jones-Jenkins May 5, 2012
Christina Leyshon Councillor May 5, 2012
David Gwyn Bassett May 5, 2012
Keith Jones May 5, 2020
Leonard William Smith May 5, 2023