The Aberfan Memorial Charity

Analysis

The Aberfan Memorial Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merthyr Tydfil. It was registered in May 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Aberfan Memorial Charity reported income of £21k and spending of £70k, spending 333% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £26k to £21k (-20%), an average of -5.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 293% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Aberfan Memorial Charity sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Wood and Steven Charitable Trust (£21k), Friends at Surrey Hills School (£21k) and Emergency Damage Support Services (£21k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.