TRIMSARAN FORUM / PENTREF TRIMSARAN

Registered charity 1081441 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FORUM / Y FFORWM

Hire of the hall for the following activities:- Table tennis, netball, badminton, football, rugby, luncheon club and various activities. Plus, the hire of the hall itself for functions. Gym for public use. Community Cafe with internet, function room available to hire for smaller events. Lease of space for Health board to provide Gp services and Ulcer clinic. Hire of room for Beauty treatments.

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF TRIMSARAN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TOGETHER DEFINED BY THE LOWER GWENDRAETH (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SAID INHABITANTS;B) TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.C) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED

Area of benefit: TRIMSARAN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TOGETHER DEFINED BY THE LOWER GWENDRAETH.

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 · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £25,910 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £766,211 to £740,301. Free reserves stood at £55,040, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of six months' unrestricted expenditure. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern, citing ongoing support from the Trimsaran Community Council.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (69% 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: 18.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr KIM VANESSA BROOMchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• ALMA MARY DAVIES
• BETHAN WALTERS · trustee of 1 other charity
• BEVERLEY JONES
• CATHERINE MARY LLOYD-JENKINS · trustee of 1 other charity
• NAOMI JANE WILMOT

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

Operates in: Carmarthenshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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