GYPSIES AND TRAVELLERS WALES LIMITED

Registered charity 1020635 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARDIFF GYPSY AND TRAVELLER PROJECT LTD, CARDIFF GYPSY SITES PROJECT LIMITED, CGTP - CARDIFF GYPSY AND TRAVELLER PROJECT, CGTP-CARDIFF GYPSY AND TRAVELLER PROJECT, GYPSY AND TRAVELLERS WALES LIMITED

Gypsies and Travellers Wales provides an extensive information, advice and liaison service to Gypsies and Travellers, the Local Authority and all relevant agencies and professionals. The Organisation also runs specific issue based projects: an IT-based Driving Theory course, provides IT & Literacy skills sessions, Employment skills workshops and weekly Youth activities sessions.

Objects

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INCLUDING THE EDUCATION OF GYPSY TRAVELLERS AND THEIR CHILDREN AND OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY IN PROMOTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE GYPSY TRAVELLERS WAY OF LIFE (2) THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH, AND THE RELIEF OF GYPSY TRAVELLERS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS (3) THE PROMOTION OF GOOD RACE RELATIONS

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE CARDIFF AND THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cardiff, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £112,349, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of six months' operation. The charity reports a net income surplus of £10,950 and notes that its funding situation has improved, although it acknowledges uncertainty regarding future government funding streams.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Big Lottery — “This organisation is funded by the Big Lottery, Lloyds Bank Foundation & Cardiff Council.” (source page)
• Lloyds Bank Foundation — “This organisation is funded by the Big Lottery, Lloyds Bank Foundation & Cardiff Council.” (source page)
• Cardiff Council — “This organisation is funded by the Big Lottery, Lloyds Bank Foundation & Cardiff Council.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr HUGH MACKAY
• James Edward Peate
• Jasmine Adele Jones
• Louise Santaana
• Lowri Ellis Griffiths
• RHONA PROBERT
• Wayne Russell Kennedy

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YORK TRAVELLERS TRUST.

• YORK TRAVELLERS TRUST income £439k
• FRIENDS FAMILIES AND TRAVELLERS income £1.9m
• LONDON GYPSIES AND TRAVELLERS income £415k
• WELSH REFUGEE COUNCIL income £1.9m
• LEEDS GYPSY AND TRAVELLER EXCHANGE income £1.3m
• ONE VOICE 4 TRAVELLERS income £59k

Side by side with its peers

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