Registered charity · Swansea
Gorseinon Development Trust
- 5 trustees
- Income £1.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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, Economic/community Development/employment, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- City Of Swansea
- Website
- www.gdt.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Gorseinon Development Trust LTD.
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.3m£920k
- 2024£855k£789k
- 2023£731k£674k
Earlier years
- 2022£614k£569k
- 2021£505k£499k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 28%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION, AROUND THE GORSEINON AND SURROUNDING AREA BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:A THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT;B THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT;C THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;D THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, OR BUSINESS ADVICE AND CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP:I IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS; ORII TO EXISTING BUSINESSES;III TO ESTABLISH/SUPPORT OTHER CHARITABLE AGENCIESE THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;F THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN THE CONDITIONS OF NEED AND IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING;G THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;H THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND EVENTS FOR THE PUBLIC OR THOSE WHO, BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES AND EVENTS;I THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;J THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE;K THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME;L SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- William Evans Chair since 2012
- Allan John Rudge
- Glenda Gibbon
- IAN Roderick Jones
- Lynne Amanda Jones since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- William Evans Chair since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- William Evans Chair since 2012
- Allan John Rudge
- Glenda Gibbon
- IAN Roderick Jones
- Lynne Amanda Jones since 2023
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
2.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1123576
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22 FEBRUARY 2007NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 11/08/2015
- Companies House
- Company number 04645611 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01792897657 · info@gdt.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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