TCC (TREFNU CYMUNEDOL CYMRU/TOGETHER CREATING COMMUNITIES)

Registered charity 1086434 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as T.C.C., TREFNU CYMUNEDOL CYMRU

TCC is a membership organisation of volunteers who work together tackling community concerns of self interest by listening, learning from each other and leading the actions to bring about change and justice. Bringing community groups together to make a difference for present and future generations on local and national issues.

Objects

1) DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN WALES AND ITS BORDERLANDS IN SUCH WAYS THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY2) PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND IN PARTICULAR CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH2.1) PROMOTION OF EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON PROVIDING ACCESS TO SUCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BY REASON OF SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE OTHERWISE UNABLE TO GAIN ACCESS AND ON INCULCATING THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND ADVANCING ACTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF LAW POLITICS SOCIETY RELIGION MORALS COMMERCE INDUSTRY ARTS ECOLOGY AND OTHER SUBJECTS IN SO FAR AS TO BE CONDUCTIVE TO GOOD CITIZENSHIP2.2) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT ITS CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND RELATED SUBJECTS AND ENCOURAGE THE USE OF SUCH PRACTICE2.3) URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION2.4) PROMOTING PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT BY ENCOURAGING AND ENABLING PEOPLE TO ACQUIRE THE SKILLS REQUIRED TO TAKE AND ACTIVE PART IN CIVIC LIFE2.5) PROTECTION ENHANCEMENT AND CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT 2.6) RELIEF OF POVERTY2.7) PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE2.8) PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME

Area of benefit: WALES AND ITS BORDERLANDS

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£253k
Latest spending
£177k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that grants were the primary source of funding for the financial year ending 31 March 2025. The trustees report that the charity held free reserves equivalent to approximately six months of unrestricted expenditure, which is below its stated policy target of six to eighteen months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants
“Grantiau oedd prif ffynhonnell ariannu TCC yn 2024-2025.” — page 49
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“Ar ddiwedd y flwyddyn ariannol hon, roedd gan yr elusen gyfwerth â thua 6 mis o wariant anghyfyngedig mewn cronfeydd wrth gefn rhydd.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Denbighshire · Flintshire · Wrexham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£253k£177k
31/03/2024£233k£168k
31/03/2023£152k£136k
31/03/2022£178k£193k
31/03/2021£233k£200k

Common questions

Is TCC (TREFNU CYMUNEDOL CYMRU/TOGETHER CREATING COMMUNITIES) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that grants were the primary source of funding for the financial year ending 31 March 2025. The trustees report that the charity held free reserves equivalent to approximately six months of unrestricted expenditure, which is below its stated policy target of six to eighteen months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TCC (TREFNU CYMUNEDOL CYMRU/TOGETHER CREATING COMMUNITIES)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TCC (TREFNU CYMUNEDOL CYMRU/TOGETHER CREATING COMMUNITIES) as a grant recipient include PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATIONFY2023£90kStrategic Interventions Fund

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery29/09/2023£20kProject Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund23/05/2019£463kPeople powered North East Wales
The National Lottery Community Fund26/03/2015£4k20th Anniversary Film Project
The National Lottery Community Fund12/10/2012£4kGAG - Training Community Leaders for Action
The National Lottery Community Fund19/08/2008£5kTraining for Committed Citizens
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2007£113kParticipatory Budgeting

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 TURKISH CYPRIOT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TCC (TREFNU CYMUNEDOL CYMRU/TOGETHER CREATING COMMUNITIES)£253k—0below—no doubt
TURKISH CYPRIOT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
CUMBRIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£11.5m——unclear—no doubt
TOGETHER FOR CHANGE COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE FY2024£712k—0above—no doubt
TRAFFORD COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE FY2024£386k—0unclear—no doubt
CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE - BIRMINGHAM FY2025£207k—0within—no doubt

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