Registered charity (CIO) · Neath
Call of the Wild Development Trust CIO
- 5 trustees
- Income £191k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Geraint LewisChair · since 2023
- Alan Tudor JonesTrustee · since 2024
- Lynne SheehyTrustee · since 2024
- Mark James SoanesTrustee · since 2023
- Robert Lloyd Griffiths OBETrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 2 other charities:
- Onllwyn Welfare Male Voice Choir/COR Meibion Onllwyn) · 1 shared trustee
- Onllwyn and District Community Welfare Association · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout Wales
- Website
- www.callofthewilddevelopmenttrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2023
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£191k£162k
- 2024£115k£113k
Charitable objects
1. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS PRIMARILY OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN TRANSITIONING INTO SECONDARY SCHOOL, NEW SETTINGS AND NEW EXPERIENCES OR OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.’2. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS ARISING FROM BEING LONG TERM UNEMPLOYED, A YOUNG PERSON NOT IN EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING (NEETS) AND EX SERVICE PERSONNEL THROUGH PROVIDING PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES TO BUILD CONFIDENCE AND SKILLS AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.
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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
- Geraint Lewis Chair since 2023
- Alan Tudor Jones since 2024
- Lynne Sheehy since 2024
- Mark James Soanes since 2023
- Robert Lloyd Griffiths OBE since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Alan Tudor Jones since 2024
- Lynne Sheehy since 2024
- Mark James Soanes since 2023
- Robert Lloyd Griffiths OBE since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Geraint Lewis Chair 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.
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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
- 1205707
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 14 Nov 2023
- Contact on the register
- 01639700388 · geraint@callofthewild.co.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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