YMDDIRIEDOLAETH NANT GWRTHEYRN

Registered charity 1078543 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NANT GWRTHEYRN

CANOLFAN IAITH A THREFTADAETH CYMRU/ NATIONAL WELSH LANGUAGE AND HERITAGE CENTREDYSGU CYMRAEG I OEDOLION/ TEACHES WELSH TO ADULTSCANOLFAN TREFTADAETH SY'N DEHONGLI HANES Y CWM , Y CHWARELI YN OES FICTORIA A'R IAITH CYMRAEG/HERITAGE CENTRE PRESENTS DISPLAYS ON THE HISTORY OF THE VALLEY, THE VICTORIAN QUARRIES AND WELSH LANGUAGE

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Latest income

£2.0m

Latest spending

£2.0m

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £14,948 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total turnover reaching £2,000,031. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient reserves, with unrestricted reserves of £454,573 representing approximately four months of current running costs, which aligns with their policy target of three to four months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three or four months of current running costs (held: £455k)

“Nôd y polisi wrth gefn presennol yw cynnal gwarchodfa sy'n cyfateb i dri neu bedwar mis o'r costau rhedeg presennol.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Loan to former company secretary

“Fodd bynnag, ar ddiwedd y flwyddyn roedd y swm canlynol yn daladwy i gyn ysgrifennydd y cwmni : (Nid oes llog yn daladwy ar y benthyciad):- Mrs P M Ellis - £2,000 (2024: £2,000). Yn ogystal, yn ystod y flwyddyn talwyd cyfanswm o £72 wrth fasnachu hyd braich gyda un aelod o’r Bwrdd (2024 – £17,480).” — page 29

“Yn ogystal, yn ystod y flwyddyn talwyd cyfanswm o £72 wrth fasnachu hyd braich gyda un aelod o’r Bwrdd (2024 – £17,480).” — page 29

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trading with a board member

“Fodd bynnag, ar ddiwedd y flwyddyn roedd y swm canlynol yn daladwy i gyn ysgrifennydd y cwmni : (Nid oes llog yn daladwy ar y benthyciad):- Mrs P M Ellis - £2,000 (2024: £2,000). Yn ogystal, yn ystod y flwyddyn talwyd cyfanswm o £72 wrth fasnachu hyd braich gyda un aelod o’r Bwrdd (2024 – £17,480).” — page 29

“Yn ogystal, yn ystod y flwyddyn talwyd cyfanswm o £72 wrth fasnachu hyd braich gyda un aelod o’r Bwrdd (2024 – £17,480).” — page 29

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Cwmni Nant Cyfyngedig

“14. BUDDSODDIADAU ASEDAU SEFYDLOG - parhad Cwmni Nant Cyfyngedig Swyddfa Cofrestredig: Nant Gwrtheyrn, Llithfaen, Gwynedd, LL53 6NL Natur y busnes: Ddim yn masnachu”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by WJ Matthews a’i fab. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Huw Jones — Chairman (source)
Phyllis Ellis — Secretary (source)
Garffild Lloyd Lewis — Vice Chairman (source)

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)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£2.0m

Total spending

£2.0m

Reserves (reported)

£396k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (48% 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

MR HUW JONESchair
Aled Wyn Hughes
Dafydd Ifan Evans
Garfield Lloyd Lewis
Joanne Iwan
Mared Llywelyn Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
Martyn James Croydon · trustee of 1 other charity
Rhiannon Ceiri
WILLIAM GWYN JONES · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: Gwynedd

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£2.0m	£2.0m
31/12/2024	£1.9m	£1.9m
31/12/2023	£1.5m	£1.5m
31/12/2022	£1.5m	£1.4m
31/12/2021	£1.6m	£1.3m

Common questions

Is YMDDIRIEDOLAETH NANT GWRTHEYRN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £14,948 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total turnover reaching £2,000,031. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient reserves, with unrestricted reserves of £454,573 representing approximately four months of current running costs, which aligns with their policy target of three to four months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by WJ Matthews a’i fab.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/12/2022	£86k	#Coed2 Coedwig Nant Gwrtheyrn
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	28/11/2022	£31k	"#Coed2 Coedwig Nant Gwrtheyrn"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/12/2008	£553k	"Nant Gwrtheyrn Heritage Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/09/2006	£3k	"The project is to provide opportunities for children to take part in heritage workshops. The money is for workshop facilitators' fees."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/12/2005	£2k	"The project is to provide Welsh heritage and cultural activities for children. The money is for workshop facilitators fees."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/08/2004	£3k	"The project is to provide Welsh language heritage and cultural activities for children. The money is for performers and artists fees."

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOL.

Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOL income £11.0m
MENTER IAITH BLAENAU GWENT, TORFAEN A MYNWY (MENTER BGTM) income £166k
EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU income £6.7m
MENTER IAITH SIR DDINBYCH income £143k
MENTER IAITH FFLINT A WRECSAM income £193k
CANOLFAN A MENTOR GYMRAEG MERTHYR TUDFUL income £476k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
YMDDIRIEDOLAETH NANT GWRTHEYRN	£2.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOL FY2025	£11.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MENTER IAITH BLAENAU GWENT, TORFAEN A MYNWY (MENTER BGTM) FY2025	£166k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU FY2025	£6.7m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
MENTER IAITH SIR DDINBYCH FY2025	£143k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MENTER IAITH FFLINT A WRECSAM FY2025	£193k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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