Registered charity · Swansea
The Royal Institution of South Wales
- 15 trustees
- Income £13k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Karmen Ann Thomas MAChair · since 2017
- Andrew Michael Walter GreenTrustee · since 2014
- Christine MorrisTrustee · since 2013
- Dr Meilyr PowellTrustee · since 2024
- Elizabeth Frances BelchamTrustee · since 2017
- Gerald Frank Gabb BA, MA,Trustee · since 2013
- Helen HallesyTrustee · since 2020
- Helen NicholasTrustee · since 2024
- Iwan Davies MScTrustee · since 2016
- Jaci GruffuddTrustee · since 2020
- Lauren May LewisTrustee · since 2024
- Leighton Syd John HowellsTrustee · since 2020
- Lyndon George MorrisTrustee
- Professor John Vivian Tucker MA FbcsTrustee · since 2015
- Richard John NedinTrustee · since 2017
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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- City Of Swansea
- Website
- www.risw.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Royal Institution of South Wales
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£13k£7k
- 2024£21k£30k
- 2023£13k£16k
Earlier years
- 2022£16k£9k
- 2021£15k£7k
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE CULTIVATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF ALL OR ANY BRANCHES OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCE AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
15 trustees on the board
- Dr Karmen Ann Thomas MA Chair since 2017
- Andrew Michael Walter Green since 2014
- Christine Morris since 2013
- Dr Meilyr Powell since 2024
- Elizabeth Frances Belcham since 2017
- Gerald Frank Gabb BA, MA, since 2013
- Helen Hallesy since 2020
- Helen Nicholas since 2024
- Iwan Davies MSc since 2016
- Jaci Gruffudd since 2020
- Lyndon George Morris
- Lauren May Lewis since 2024
- Leighton Syd John Howells since 2020
- Professor John Vivian Tucker MA Fbcs since 2015
- Richard John Nedin since 2017
7.9y median 9y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Karmen Ann Thomas MA Chair since 2017
- Andrew Michael Walter Green since 2014
- Christine Morris since 2013
- Elizabeth Frances Belcham since 2017
- Gerald Frank Gabb BA, MA, since 2013
- Helen Hallesy since 2020
- Iwan Davies MSc since 2016
- Jaci Gruffudd since 2020
- Leighton Syd John Howells since 2020
- Professor John Vivian Tucker MA Fbcs since 2015
- Richard John Nedin since 2017
10.8y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Dr Karmen Ann Thomas MA Chair since 2017
- Andrew Michael Walter Green since 2014
- Christine Morris since 2013
- Dr Meilyr Powell since 2024
- Elizabeth Frances Belcham since 2017
- Gerald Frank Gabb BA, MA, since 2013
- Helen Hallesy since 2020
- Helen Nicholas since 2024
- Iwan Davies MSc since 2016
- Jaci Gruffudd since 2020
- Lyndon George Morris
- Lauren May Lewis since 2024
- Leighton Syd John Howells since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Professor John Vivian Tucker MA Fbcs since 2015
- Richard John Nedin since 2017
2
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Arts/culture/heritage/science 15Education/training 15General Charitable Purposes 14Environment/conservation/heritage 1
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Arts and leisure 5Education 1Other services 1
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£13k latest income
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 218306
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 JULY 1882 AS AMENDED 24 MAY 1883, 28 MARCH 1960, 9 JULY 1960 AND AS AFFECTED BY SCHEME OF 22 APRIL 1991
- Companies House
- Company number 00018359 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01792469833 · iwan.davies2@btinternet.com
- 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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