CYLCH CHWARAE PONTARDAWE

Registered charity 1087595 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of pre-school children in Pontardawe through the medium of the Welsh language.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN IN PONTARDAWE THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE WELSH LANGUAGE. THIS IS DONE BY:A) PROVIDING AND PRESENTING SAFE AND SATISFYING PLAY AND ACTIVITIES B) ARRANGING OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO HELP PARENTS SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN, ANDC) PROMOTING THE AIMS OF MUDIAD YSGOLIN MEITHRIN AND PRESENTING THEM TO PARENTS/GUARDIANS; ENCOURAGING THEM TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN ON TO WELSH MEDIUM EDUCATION.

Area of benefit: PONTARDAWE

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

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Latest income

£261k

Latest spending

£252k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity secured £3,300 in grants from Neath Port Talbot CBC and a £450 grant from Mudiad Meithrin, with total receipts of £260,895.98 against payments of £252,343.43, resulting in a net surplus. Per the trustees' report, the charity does not have a reserves policy, and unrestricted cash funds at the year-end were £169,852.82.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Carly Williams
Ceri Leanne Roberts
Nadia Jane Pickman

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

Operates in: Neath Port Talbot

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£261k	£252k
31/03/2024	£209k	£175k
31/03/2023	£187k	£167k
31/03/2022	£103k	£108k
31/03/2021	£68k	£68k

Common questions

Is CYLCH CHWARAE PONTARDAWE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity secured £3,300 in grants from Neath Port Talbot CBC and a £450 grant from Mudiad Meithrin, with total receipts of £260,895.98 against payments of £252,343.43, resulting in a net surplus. Per the trustees' report, the charity does not have a reserves policy, and unrestricted cash funds at the year-end were £169,852.82. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/10/2005	£775	Unspecified

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CYLCH MEITHRIN PWLLHELI.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CYLCH CHWARAE PONTARDAWE	£261k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN PWLLHELI FY2025	£124k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN Y DRENEWYDD FY2025	£235k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN PONTYBEREM FY2025	£107k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN ABERYSTWYTH FY2025	£101k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN PWLL COCH FY2025	£132k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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