CYMDEITHAS GWASANAETHAU GWIRFODDOL SIR GAR / CARMARTHENSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES

Registered charity 1062144 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAVS, CGGSC / CAVS, CGGSG

Latest income

£752k

Latest spending

£557k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £195,464 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £1,263,542. The trustees confirm that forecasts indicate the charity will be able to meet its debts as they fall due and have no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 31.3.25 1” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months worth of core expenditure (held: £1.3m)

“The Trustees therefore consider that the ideal level of reserves be set at three months worth of core expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£752k

Total spending

£557k

Cost of raising funds

£33k

Reserves (reported)

£403k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~8.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Alan Bowen
Andre Samuel James McPherson
David Jonathan Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
Janice Morgan
Leann Marie Douglas
Louise Austin
Meinir Anona Evans
Peter Loughran · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Carmarthenshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£752k	£557k
31/03/2024	£563k	£465k
31/03/2023	£586k	£596k
31/03/2022	£578k	£653k
31/03/2021	£814k	£610k

Common questions

Is CYMDEITHAS GWASANAETHAU GWIRFODDOL SIR GAR / CARMARTHENSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES financially healthy?

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION	2	£495k
The Neath Port Talbot Community Voluntary Service Limited	1	£208k
WOLVERHAMPTON LGBT+	1	£149

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