CYLCH MEITHRIN CREIGIAU

Registered charity 1056147 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Charity provides nursery education for children between ages of 2 and 5 years old.

Objects

HYRWYDDO ADDYSG PLANT DAN OED YSGOL YNG NGHREIGIAU TRWY GYFRWNG YR IAITH GYMRAEG / TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PRE SCHOOL CHILDREN IN CREIGIAU THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE WELSH LANGUAGE

Area of benefit: YN YMARFEROL CAERDYDD / IN PRACTICE CARDIFF

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£90k

Latest spending

£101k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity suffered a deficit of £10,780 for the year, which was funded by reserves. The trustees note that expenses increased significantly due to staff costs and planned capital expenditures, while income decreased as children moved from full-day care to lower-funded wraparound care. Despite the deficit, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £88,514 and intends to use reserves to cover future costs while planning fee increases.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of operating costs (held: £89k)

“Our current reserves policy is to maintain a reserve equivalent to 3 month’s operating costs” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW); Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cylch Meithrin Creigiau (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Abi Lewis
Bethan Worrall
Holly Davidson
Jordan Lewis
Rhiannon Burton-Dadd
Rhiannon Richards

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

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£90k	£101k
31/03/2024	£77k	£92k
31/03/2023	£89k	£77k
31/03/2022	£81k	£68k
31/03/2021	£78k	£68k

Common questions

Is CYLCH MEITHRIN CREIGIAU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity suffered a deficit of £10,780 for the year, which was funded by reserves. The trustees note that expenses increased significantly due to staff costs and planned capital expenditures, while income decreased as children moved from full-day care to lower-funded wraparound care. Despite the deficit, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £88,514 and intends to use reserves to cover future costs while planning fee increases.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/05/2006	£3k	New Equipment and Facilities

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CYLCH MEITHRIN SARNAU/LLANDDERFEL.

CYLCH MEITHRIN SARNAU/LLANDDERFEL income £29k
CYLCH MEITHRIN CARWAY income £122k
CYLCH MEITHRIN FFESTINIOG income £50k
CYLCH MEITHRIN CROESGOCH income £53k
CYLCH MEITHRIN TALYBONT income £76k
CYLCH MEITHRIN CLOCAENOG income £34k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CYLCH MEITHRIN CREIGIAU	£90k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN SARNAU/LLANDDERFEL FY2025	£29k	—	within	—	no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN CARWAY FY2026	£122k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN FFESTINIOG FY2025	£50k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN CROESGOCH FY2025	£53k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN TALYBONT FY2025	£76k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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