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GIBBONSDOWN CHILDREN'S CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1091185 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides subsidised childcare, family support and training to local people.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF GIBBONSDOWN IN THE COUNTY OF THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY DISTRESS AND SICKNESS

Area of benefit: THE COMMUNITY OF GIBBONSDOWN IN THE COUNTY OF THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN.

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 · Get email alerts

Latest income
£327k
Latest spending
£329k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £1,927 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £91,927 to £89,999. The trustees note a policy to build reserves to six months of operating costs, with available funds amounting to £59,356 after fixed assets are considered. The Centre remains heavily reliant on funding from Flying Start, which the trustees describe as crucial to sustainability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months operating costs (held: £59k)
“They have a policy to build up the level of reserves to equate to six months operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Howard Clive Hamilton is a trustee and member of the local authority who lease the building used by the Charity.
“Howard Clive Hamilton is a trustee of Gibbonsdown Childrens Centre and member of the local authority who lease the building used by the Charity.” — page 6
“In addition to the premises used by the Charity, it uses the facilities provided by Gibbonsdown and Treharne Community Centre, a registered charity whose main activity is the maintenance and hiring of the Community Centre to outside agencies.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity uses facilities provided by Gibbonsdown and Treharne Community Centre, a registered charity.
“Howard Clive Hamilton is a trustee of Gibbonsdown Childrens Centre and member of the local authority who lease the building used by the Charity.” — page 6
“In addition to the premises used by the Charity, it uses the facilities provided by Gibbonsdown and Treharne Community Centre, a registered charity whose main activity is the maintenance and hiring of the Community Centre to outside agencies.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£327k£329k
31/03/2024£329k£337k
31/03/2023£344k£316k
31/03/2022£327k£293k
31/03/2021£229k£248k

Common questions

Is GIBBONSDOWN CHILDREN'S CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £1,927 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £91,927 to £89,999. The trustees note a policy to build reserves to six months of operating costs, with available funds amounting to £59,356 after fixed assets are considered. The Centre remains heavily reliant on funding from Flying Start, which the trustees describe as crucial to sustainability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/05/2016£5kDechrau Dysgu partnership set up
The National Lottery Community Fund30/08/2012£4kImprovement and Refurbishment Project
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2005£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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST1£70k
BUILDING COMMUNITIES TRUSTEE LIMITED1£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MOORDOWN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GIBBONSDOWN CHILDREN'S CENTRE LIMITED£327k—0unclear—no doubt
MOORDOWN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2024£126k—0within—no doubt
TRINITY CHILDCARE AND FAMILY CENTRE LTD FY2025£566k—0unclear—noted
Chiltern Nursery and Training College FY2025£2.8m£80,001 - £90,0001within—no doubt
LUDGVAN COMMUNITY CHILDCARE CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£1.2m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
CHANGING FUTURES NORTH EAST FY2025£1.9m——unclear—no doubt

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