Cerebral Palsy Cymru

Registered charity 1010183 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOBATH CHILDRENS THERAPY CENTRE WALES, BOBATH CYMRU, BOBATH WALES

Provision of specialist therapy to children resident in Wales who have cerebral palsy.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £63,795 for the year, primarily due to a major organisational restructure undertaken in Summer 2024. The trustees report that the charity is now on a stronger financial footing, with the full effect of these changes expected in the following year. Reserves at year-end were £3,318,348, comprising £1,381,064 in unrestricted funds, though the trustees consider an optimum target of £500,000 for retained revenue reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by CHP Accountants Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (FY2024) → 4 (FY2025).
• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cerebral Palsy Cymru (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Valero Benefit for Children Golf Classic — “Cerebral Palsy Cymru receives a generous £25,000 donation from the Valero Benefit for Children Golf Classic.” (source page)
• Irwin Mitchell — “Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month 2026 was another great success, with incredible support from Irwin Mitchell.” (source page)
• JCP Solicitors — “JCP Solicitors Sponsor a Therapy Room at Cerebral Palsy Cymru’s Children's Centre” (source page)
• Leigh Day — “Leigh Day welcomed as sponsor for two new support initiatives” (source page)
• Mowgli Street Food Cardiff — “Mowgli Street Food Cardiff raises over £75,000 to support children in Wales living with cerebral palsy” (source page)

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £1.6m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 39.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/03/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mr Joseph Francis Holmeschair
• CAROLINE COOKSLEY
• CHRISTINE BARBER
• Jason Llewellyn
• Lisa Tregale · trustee of 1 other charity
• STEVE JONES
• Toby Jones
• Vicky Stevenson

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CEREBRAL PALSY PLUS.

• CEREBRAL PALSY PLUS income £225k
• CEREBRAL PALSY MIDLANDS income £1.4m
• C P SPORT income £288k
• CHEYNE CHARITY FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY income £120k
• CPOTENTIAL TRUST income £876k
• CEREBRA - FOR BRAIN INJURED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE income £2.8m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.