COLLEGES WALES / COLEGAU CYMRU

Registered charity 1060182 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FFORWM

The charity aims are the advancement of education for the benefit of the general public in Wales. There is a key focus on post-14 education, lifelong learning and skills. The prime purpose is to assist member colleges to raise standards. These aims are carried out by representation and support of member colleges, provision of training, research & development work and undertaking relevant projects

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has total assets of £2,052,417 (consolidated) with unrestricted funds of £2,052,417 and no defined pension scheme liability. The trustees have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis, indicating no material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue in business.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bevan Buckland LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• David Hagendyk — Chief Executive (source)
• Carolyn Thomas — Director of Finance (source)
• Kelly Edwards — Director of Partnerships and Strategic Development (source)
• Rachel Cable — Director of Policy and Public Affairs (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Welsh Government — “With grant funding from Welsh Government, ColegauCymru commissioned development agency Cwmpas and the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~11.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (50% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Rhiannon Evans
• Iwan Thomas
• Jonathan Morgan
• Lisa Michelle Thomas
• Paul Smart
• Victoria Jones

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CYNGOR YSGOLION SUL AC ADDYSG GRISTNOGOL CYMRU.

• CYNGOR YSGOLION SUL AC ADDYSG GRISTNOGOL CYMRU income £110k
• COLEG LLANYMDDYFRI income £4.9m
• TEAM COLLECTIVE CYMRU CHARITY income £446k
• FITZWILLIAM COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE income £20.3m
• Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOL income £11.0m
• ASSOCIATION OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES income £8.1m

Side by side with its peers

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