MANTELL GWYNEDD CYF

Registered charity 1068851 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MANTELL GWYNEDD

Our aim is to assist Gwynedd's voluntary and community groups to operate by providing information, training, relevant advice and practical support. We also endeavour to ensure that the voice of the Third Sector is heard.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GWYNEDD AND IN PARTICULAR BY ASSISTING IN SUPPORTING CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND THE WORK OF CHARITABLE ORGANISATION IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Area of benefit: GWYNEDD

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gwynedd, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £1,440,073 and total expenditure was £1,339,229, resulting in a surplus. The charity reports that it has administered over £2.1m in grants from the Community Wealth Fund since 2023 and continues to secure funding from various sources including local government and health boards.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Government income: £1,290,879 — contracts £354,322 (6), grants £936,557 (4); 90% of the £1,440,073 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Government income: £1,176,541 — contracts £351,143 (5), grants £825,398 (3); 92% of the £1,281,617 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Government income: £496,568 — contracts £405,313 (6), grants £91,255 (4); 82% of the £603,493 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 01/02/2022, 1 day after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.3m
Reserves (reported)
£696k
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (80% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gwynedd

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.4m£1.3m
31/03/2024£1.3m£1.2m
31/03/2023£603k£649k
31/03/2022£744k£792k
31/03/2021£779k£607k

Common questions

Is MANTELL GWYNEDD CYF financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £1,440,073 and total expenditure was £1,339,229, resulting in a surplus. The charity reports that it has administered over £2.1m in grants from the Community Wealth Fund since 2023 and continues to secure funding from various sources including local government and health boards.

Who funds MANTELL GWYNEDD CYF?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MANTELL GWYNEDD CYF as a grant recipient include WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2021£457kActive Inclusion - East Wales / Active Inclusion - West Wales & the Valleys / Infrastructure Funding / Landfill Tax / Volunteering Wales / Wales for Africa / Co
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2022£305kGrant
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2025£292kGrants payable
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2024£272kActive Inclusion - West Wales & the Valleys
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2023£253kGrants payable

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/07/2025£262kGafael Llaw i Wirfoddoli
The National Lottery Community Fund29/03/2017£468kSocial Value Cymru
The National Lottery Community Fund02/02/2012£1.0m'Teulu Ni' (Our Family)
The National Lottery Community Fund24/06/2011£3k'Teulu Ni' (Our Family)
The National Lottery Community Fund29/03/2011£997kFFRINDIA'

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 MENTER CWM GWENDRAETH ELLI CYFYNGEDIG.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MANTELL GWYNEDD CYF£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
MENTER CWM GWENDRAETH ELLI CYFYNGEDIG FY2025£436k—0unclear—no doubt
CHURCH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP (TYNEDALE) FY2026£94k—0unclear—no doubt
TYNE YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2026£32k—0unclear—no doubt
MY FOUNDATION FY2025£430k—0unclear—no doubt
WALNEY COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£180k—0unclear—noted

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