TRELYA
Registered charity 1089634 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Provision of activities for children and young people including those at risk of social exclusion. Activities include sports, arts, music, educational support and other opportunities. Provision of recreational and leisure time facilities in the interests of social welfare for those inhabitants of the area in necessitous circumstances.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £48,212 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing significantly to £2,216,818 from £990,661 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves increased to £367,623, which the trustees assessed as sufficient for current needs and equivalent to 4.2 months of average expenditure. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Charitable activities (82% of income)
“Charitable activities 3 89,651 1,824,054 1,913,705” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months running costs (held: £368k)
“the aim has been to maintain sufficient free reserves of between three and six months running costs of the charity.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Trelya (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Crin Whelan — Executive Director (source)
- Cat Keene — Director of Operations (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.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- UK Government — “This project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.” (source page)
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£47k
Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% 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: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (15/09/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Benjamin Oliver Barkow
- Cornelius Olivier
- Dr BARBARA JANE VANN
- Gillian Gallagher
- Graham Richard Elliott Smith
- Joy Diana Meaden
- Lynda Margaret James
- Marc John Farmer
- Sara Davey
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cornwall · Isles Of Scilly
Income and spending
Common questions
Is TRELYA financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £48,212 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing significantly to £2,216,818 from £990,661 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves increased to £367,623, which the trustees assessed as sufficient for current needs and equivalent to 4.2 months of average expenditure. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.
Who funds TRELYA?
Funders whose own accounts filings name TRELYA as a grant recipient include The Leathersellers' Foundation, GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION, THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC, THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST, DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITED.
Known funders
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