Registered charity · Aberystwyth
Welsh Association of ME & CFS Support
- 5 trustees
- Income £2k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Elizabeth Ann ChandlerTrustee · since 2022
- JAN RussellTrustee · since 2016
- Michelle Elinor PennyTrustee · since 2011
- Sylvia Christine PennyTrustee · since 2011
- Tony ThompsonTrustee · since 2011
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Throughout Wales
- Website
- www.wames.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£2k£947
- 2023£1k£727
- 2022£605£1k
Earlier years
- 2021£832£622
- 2020£510£743
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ME (ALSO CALLED MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS OR MYALGIC ENCEPHALOPATHY OR POST VIRAL SYNDROME OR CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME) AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE RESIDENT IN WALES BY CAMPAIGNING, AWARENESS RAISING AND SUPPLYING INFORMATION AND SUPPORT.
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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
- Elizabeth Ann Chandler since 2022
- JAN Russell since 2016
- Michelle Elinor Penny since 2011
- Sylvia Christine Penny since 2011
- Tony Thompson since 2011
Trustees past 6 years
- JAN Russell since 2016
- Michelle Elinor Penny since 2011
- Sylvia Christine Penny since 2011
- Tony Thompson since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Elizabeth Ann Chandler since 2022
- JAN Russell since 2016
- Michelle Elinor Penny since 2011
- Sylvia Christine Penny since 2011
- Tony Thompson since 2011
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1144534
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16 JAN 2007AS AMENDED ON 25 JUN 2016
- Contact on the register
- 01970636515 · helpline@wames.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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