LEARNING DISABILITY WALES - ANABLEDD DYSGU CYMRU

Registered charity 1062858 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STANDING CONFERENCE OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN WALES

We work to strengthen;- the voice,rights and status of children,young people and adults with a learning disability- the ability of parents, carers and families to make a positive contribution- promote a range of person centred services for children and adults - ensure LDW sets a good example in the way it is runThrough our services we provide direct support to children and adults.

Objects

A) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN WALES, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES INCLUDING PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS TO ENABLE THE SAID PERSONS TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS PART OF SOCIETY AND TO INCREASE THE CHOICES OPEN TO PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND THE CONTROL THEY HAVE OVER THEIR OWN LIVES;B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS, THE CARERS AND FOR FAMILIES OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AS TO THE NEEDS EXPERIENCES AND ASPIRATIONS AND WISHES OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES.

Area of benefit: WALES

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity posted an unrestricted deficit of £32,393 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing unrestricted reserves to £660,849. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £627,582, which is higher than the trustees' desired level of £449,000. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HSJ Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Risk management
• 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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02326324

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• GRIFFITHS, Jonathan — director, appointed 22/10/2024on trustee list
• MIGGINS, Georgia — director, appointed 22/10/2024on trustee list
• ROSE-MORGAN, Karen Adele — director, appointed 22/10/2024on trustee list
• WHISTANCE, Lynne — director, appointed 22/10/2024on trustee list
• HONEYBONE, Nadine — director, appointed 22/10/2024on trustee list
• TYLER, James Charles David — director, appointed 22/10/2024on trustee list
• HAMMOND, Tracy — director, appointed 23/04/2024on trustee list
• MURRAY, Ramona — director, appointed 08/11/2023on trustee list
• COX, Richard Malcolm Charles — director, appointed 08/11/2023on trustee list
• COX, Stephen Philip — director, appointed 08/11/2023on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Angharad — director, appointed 10/01/2023on trustee list
• HIGGINS, Claire Alison — director, appointed 10/01/2023on trustee list
• JONES, Rhian — director, appointed 10/01/2023on trustee list
• RICHARDS, Zoe — secretary, appointed 16/01/2020

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (55% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/08/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Tracy Hammondchair
• Angharad Williams
• Claire Higgins
• Georgia Miggins
• James Tyler
• Jonathan Griffiths
• Karen Adele Rose-Morgan
• Lynne Whistance · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nadine Honeybone
• Ramona Murray
• Rhian Jones
• Richard Cox
• STEPHEN COX · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Learning Disability Network London Limited.

• Learning Disability Network London Limited income £22.7m
• BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND COMMUNITY GROUP income £112k
• LEARNING DISABILITY ENGLAND income £381k
• W.I.L.L. WIRRAL INDEPENDENT LIVING AND LEARNING income £2.5m
• HF TRUST LIMITED income £85.0m
• CONWY CONNECT FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES income £390k

Side by side with its peers

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