Registered charity · Gwent
Gwent Association of Voluntary Organisations
- 14 trustees
- Income £3.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Edward Watts MBE DLChair
- Christine Alice WilliamsTrustee · since 2012
- Christine DavyTrustee · since 2017
- Christopher HawkerTrustee · since 2024
- James Hugh LewisTrustee · since 2026
- Jeffrey Hambley CuthbertTrustee · since 2024
- Jeffrey Hambley CuthbertTrustee · since 2025
- Leonard John CasleyTrustee · since 2026
- Lisa Victoria WatkinsTrustee · since 2026
- Olakunle Olufemi DavidTrustee · since 2026
- Robert LynbeckTrustee · since 2024
- Robert Malcolm DuttTrustee · since 2017
- Rosalie Sian KingTrustee · since 2026
- Sharon ReaderTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 5 more
- Where
- Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport City
- Website
- www.gavo.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Gwent Association of Voluntary Organisations
- Registered
- 2006
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.0m£2.8m
- 2024£3.3m£3.0m
- 2023£4.5m£3.8m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.7m£3.6m
- 2021£3.9m£3.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 46% · Government grants 43%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3A. TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE, THE CITY OF NEWPORT AND THE COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL AREAS OF BLAENAU GWENT, CAERPHILLY AND TORFAEN BY ASSISTING THE WORK OF THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN ADVANCING EDUCATION, FURTHERING HEALTH, RELIEVING POVERTY, DISTRESS OR SICKNESS, IMPROVING THE SKILL OF COUNTRY CRAFTSMEN, OR IN PURSUING ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES.3B. TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE IN CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SAID PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AUTHORITIES AND ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE SAID PURPOSES WITHIN THE COUNTY OF MOMOUTHSHIRE, THE CITY OF NEWPORT AND THE COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL AREAS OF BLAENAU GWENT, CAERPHILLY AND TORFAEN.
Grants received
12 grants · £4,080,790 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £4,080,790 (12 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Edward Watts MBE DL Chair
- Christine Davy since 2017
- Christine Alice Williams since 2012
- Christopher Hawker since 2024
- James Hugh Lewis since 2026
- Jeffrey Hambley Cuthbert since 2024
- Jeffrey Hambley Cuthbert since 2025
- Leonard John Casley since 2026
- Lisa Victoria Watkins since 2026
- Olakunle Olufemi David since 2026
- Robert Lynbeck since 2024
- Robert Malcolm Dutt since 2017
- Rosalie Sian King since 2026
- Sharon Reader since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Christine Davy since 2017
- Christine Alice Williams since 2012
- Robert Malcolm Dutt since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Christine Alice Williams since 2012
- Christopher Hawker since 2024
- Jeffrey Hambley Cuthbert since 2024
- Jeffrey Hambley Cuthbert since 2025
- Leonard John Casley since 2026
- Lisa Victoria Watkins since 2026
- Robert Malcolm Dutt since 2017
Portfolio (7)
- Edward Watts MBE DL Chair
- Christine Davy since 2017
- James Hugh Lewis since 2026
- Olakunle Olufemi David since 2026
- Robert Lynbeck since 2024
- Rosalie Sian King since 2026
- Sharon Reader since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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
9.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1113558
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 OCTOBER 2005
- Companies House
- Company number 05590517 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 08004701378 · stephen.tiley@gavo.org.uk
- 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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