KEEP WALES TIDY

Registered charity 1082058 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGNS (CYMRU), KEEP WALES TIDY CAMPAIGN

Keep Wales Tidy works for the improvement of local environments by 1. encouraging the public to act in a responsible manner; 2. supporting organisations that work for a cleaner and tidier local environment.3. promoting sustainable development, education and community action.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£6.5m
Latest spending
£6.5m
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year in a healthy financial position with a modest surplus and unrestricted funds increasing by over £264,000. Per the trustees' report, net assets exceeded £2 million at year-end, although the charity notes that reliance on short-term government grants poses a risk to long-term sustainability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' core operating costs (held: £1.8m)
“Our policy remains to hold unrestricted reserves sufficient to cover at least three months’ core operating costs.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
City & County of SwanseaEnvironmental Partnership Framework——

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Total income
£6.5m
Total spending
£6.5m
Reserves (reported)
£701k
Employees
83

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£6.5m£6.5m
31/03/2024£4.6m£5.2m
31/03/2023£5.7m£5.8m
31/03/2022£5.8m£4.9m
31/03/2021£3.9m£3.9m

Common questions

Is KEEP WALES TIDY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year in a healthy financial position with a modest surplus and unrestricted funds increasing by over £264,000. Per the trustees' report, net assets exceeded £2 million at year-end, although the charity notes that reliance on short-term government grants poses a risk to long-term sustainability. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Who funds KEEP WALES TIDY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KEEP WALES TIDY as a grant recipient include THE DULVERTON TRUST, SOCIAL FARMS AND GARDENS.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2024£20kVolunteer Training - The Urban Long Forest
SOCIAL FARMS AND GARDENSFY2022£5kKeep Wales Tidy

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/11/2023£949k"The Urban Long Forest"
UK government28/03/2022£78k#Natur - Keep Wales Tidy nature garden development packages - North
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/03/2022£38k"#Natur - Keep Wales Tidy nature garden development packages - North"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/02/2022£38k"#Natur - Keep Wales Tidy nature garden development packages - South"
UK government28/02/2022£28k#Natur - Keep Wales Tidy nature garden development packages - South
The National Lottery Community Fund30/04/2019£50kHospital Gardens for Wellbeing
The National Lottery Community Fund01/06/2016£15kAccess to Wrexham's Green Spaces
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/09/2014£686k"The Long Forest: Community engagement to safeguard Welsh hedgerows"
The National Lottery Community Fund10/05/2005£5kUnspecified

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 KEEP BRITAIN TIDY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KEEP WALES TIDY£6.5m——above—no doubt
KEEP BRITAIN TIDY FY2025£16.6m—6unclear—no doubt
GROUNDWORK WALES FY2025£1.4m——unclear—no doubt
PLAY WALES/CHWARAE CYMRU FY2025£607k——within—no doubt
WALESBY FOREST FY2024£1.5m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SUPPORT CONWY FY2025£3.0m—0above—no doubt

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