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

The County Voluntary Council (CVC) for Carmarthenshire - offering support, information and guidance to Third Sector organisations across the county as well as supporting individuals who wish to volunteer in finding appropriate voluntary placements.

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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.

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

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. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

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

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

Total income
£752k
Total spending
£557k
Cost of raising funds
£33k
Reserves (reported)
£403k
Employees
13

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

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 4.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Carmarthenshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/03/2010£999kRD2 - Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire Community Play Project
The National Lottery Community Fund24/09/2009£250kLlanelli Multicultural Network
The National Lottery Community Fund22/05/2006£2kVolunteer Bureau project
The National Lottery Community Fund13/12/2005£300kThe Mount - Carmarthen

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
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION3£1.2m

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COUNCIL FOR WALES OF VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES CYNGOR CYMREIG Y GWASANAETHAU IEUENCTID GWIRFODDOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CYMDEITHAS GWASANAETHAU GWIRFODDOL SIR GAR / CARMARTHENSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES£752k—1unclear—no doubt
COUNCIL FOR WALES OF VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES CYNGOR CYMREIG Y GWASANAETHAU IEUENCTID GWIRFODDOL FY2025£457kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION FY2025£36.6m£100,001 - £110,000—unclear—no doubt
COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE (MEDWAY) FY2024£873k—0below—no doubt
CYMDEITHAS MUDIADAU GWIRFODDOL CEREDIGION / CEREDIGION ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS FY2025£922k—0unclear—no doubt
GLAMORGAN VOLUNTARY SERVICES FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt

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