Registered charity · Powys
The Westenders
- 16 trustees
- Income £57k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Joan ManleyChair · since 2023
- Brydie Alexandra JonesTrustee · since 2022
- David Paul BowenTrustee · since 2013
- Diana Gail AltmeyerTrustee · since 2018
- Emily ChambersTrustee · since 2025
- Julie Helen JonesTrustee
- Kristina Fiona BarkerTrustee · since 2018
- Michelle DaviesTrustee
- Mike David CharlesTrustee
- Paul Dean ColeTrustee · since 2010
- Paul James AshtonTrustee · since 2019
- Rhys John Ridge-EvansTrustee · since 2026
- Robin ThompsonTrustee · since 2023
- Roger SmithTrustee · since 2023
- Stephen Glenn BradshawTrustee · since 2017
- Timothy Ross ShortTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Powys
- Registered
- 2000
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£57k£34k
- 2024£60k£47k
- 2023£38k£31k
Earlier years
- 2022£3k£8k
- 2021£22k£7k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BRECON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE AREA OF BENEFIT') WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. B) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME, WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
16 trustees on the board
- Joan Manley Chair since 2023
- Brydie Alexandra Jones since 2022
- David Paul Bowen since 2013
- Diana Gail Altmeyer since 2018
- Emily Chambers since 2025
- Julie Helen Jones
- Kristina Fiona Barker since 2018
- Michelle Davies
- Mike David Charles
- Paul Dean Cole since 2010
- Paul James Ashton since 2019
- Rhys John Ridge-Evans since 2026
- Robin Thompson since 2023
- Roger Smith since 2023
- Stephen Glenn Bradshaw since 2017
- Timothy Ross Short since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- David Paul Bowen since 2013
- Diana Gail Altmeyer since 2018
- Kristina Fiona Barker since 2018
- Paul Dean Cole since 2010
- Paul James Ashton since 2019
- Stephen Glenn Bradshaw since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (16)
- Joan Manley Chair since 2023
- Brydie Alexandra Jones since 2022
- David Paul Bowen since 2013
- Diana Gail Altmeyer since 2018
- Emily Chambers since 2025
- Julie Helen Jones
- Kristina Fiona Barker since 2018
- Michelle Davies
- Mike David Charles
- Paul Dean Cole since 2010
- Paul James Ashton since 2019
- Rhys John Ridge-Evans since 2026
- Robin Thompson since 2023
- Roger Smith since 2023
- Stephen Glenn Bradshaw since 2017
- Timothy Ross Short since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1082950
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 6 JULY 1998 AS AMENDED 19 SEPTEMBER 2000
- Contact on the register
- 01874623507 · p.ashton305@btinternet.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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