MENTER CWM GWENDRAETH ELLI CYFYNGEDIG

Registered charity 1021901 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MENTER CWM GWENDRAETH CYFYNGEDIG

Support any existing Welsh community activities and promote projects that regenerate the rural community, working with existing organisations where possible.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£436k
Latest spending
£596k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £159,833 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £135,471 to £113,768. The trustees acknowledge the importance of cash flow and have assessed the charity's financial commitments for the following year, expressing hope to receive sufficient funding to continue activities. The pension scheme shows a surplus of £498,000, which is treated as a defined contribution scheme for accounting purposes.

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

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: Menter Min Nos Cyf, Cwtsh Glöyn Cyf, Menter Plant Y Cwm Cyf, Caffi Cynnes Cyf, Menter Gwasanaethau Iaith y Cwm Cyf
Er nad yw’r rhain yn is-gwmnïau, fe’u sefydlwyd gan Menter Cwm Gwendraeth Elli Cyf mwyn iddynt weinyddu gweithgareddau penodol. Maent i gyd yn gweithredu o dan oruchwyliaeth Menter Cwm Gwendraeth Elli Cyf sydd hefyd yn gwarantu eu holl ymrwymiadau ariannol. — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Total income
£586k
Total spending
£419k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
25

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£436k£596k
31/03/2024£358k£361k
31/03/2023£494k£377k
31/03/2022£362k£359k
31/03/2021£586k£419k

Common questions

Is MENTER CWM GWENDRAETH ELLI CYFYNGEDIG financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £159,833 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £135,471 to £113,768. The trustees acknowledge the importance of cash flow and have assessed the charity's financial commitments for the following year, expressing hope to receive sufficient funding to continue activities. The pension scheme shows a surplus of £498,000, which is treated as a defined contribution scheme for accounting purposes. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/09/2023£10kTheatr Berfformio Menter Cwm Gwendraeth Elli
The National Lottery Community Fund17/09/2020£82kCovid-19 Menter Cwm Gwendraeth Elli
The National Lottery Community Fund18/12/2019£10kPryd ar Glud y Gwendraeth

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
AGE UK1£470k
CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU1£111k
The Ashley Family Foundation1£17k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST OF ENGLAND RURAL NETWORK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MENTER CWM GWENDRAETH ELLI CYFYNGEDIG£436k0unclearno doubt
WEST OF ENGLAND RURAL NETWORK FY2024£527k0belowno doubt
CWMNI'R FRAN WEN CYF FY2024£1.2m0unclearno doubt
PILLGWENLLY MILLENNIUM TRUST LIMITED FY2025£111k0unclearno doubt
WELSH CHURCH ACT FUND WITHIN THE AREAS OF RHONDDA CYNON TAFF, BRIDGEND AND MERTHYR TYDFIL COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCILS FY2025£412k0unclearno doubt
WEM TOWN HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LTD FY2025£257k0unclearno doubt

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