CWMNI'R FRAN WEN CYF

Registered charity 1060546 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Theatre and Arts Participation for Children and Young People

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

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£807k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves stood at £905,084, which is above the stated policy target of four months' running costs (£268,815). The charity reported a net income of £344,155 for the year, supported by significant grant funding and investment income, while maintaining a surplus in its defined benefit pension scheme.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grantiau (85% of income)
“Grantiau 549,328 478,702 1,028,030 3,030,063” — page 31
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: four months of current running costs, or approx £268,815 (held: £905k)
“Nod y polisi cronfa wrth gefn presennol yw cynnal cronfa wrth gefn sy'n cyfateb i bedwar mis o'r costau rhedeg cyfredol, neu tua £268,815.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by W.J. Matthews a'i Fab. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£807k
Reserves (reported)
£357k
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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

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

Operates in: Conwy · Gwynedd · Isle Of Anglesey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025——
31/03/2024£1.2m£807k
31/03/2023£3.4m£690k
31/03/2022£1.8m£672k
31/03/2021£978k£577k

Common questions

Is CWMNI'R FRAN WEN CYF financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves stood at £905,084, which is above the stated policy target of four months' running costs (£268,815). The charity reported a net income of £344,155 for the year, supported by significant grant funding and investment income, while maintaining a surplus in its defined benefit pension scheme. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by W.J. Matthews a'i Fab.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/09/2021£249k"Nyth / Nyth"

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 NATIONAL YOUTH ARTS WALES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CWMNI'R FRAN WEN CYF£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
NATIONAL YOUTH ARTS WALES FY2025£1.2m£60,001 - £70,0001within—no doubt
MERLIN THEATRE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£270k—0above9.6%no doubt
CANTIACORUM FOUNDATION FY2025£155k—0unclear—no doubt
FRATTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£300k—0below—no doubt
FRINTON SUMMER THEATRE FY2025£557k—0unclear—no doubt

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