RAY CEREDIGION

Registered charity 1092722 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

RAY Ceredigion provides activities that improve the health and wellbeing of children, young people, families, those with disabilities and older people, with a focus on those that are most vulnerable and disadvantaged in the county of Ceredigion

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£350k
Latest spending
£307k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £78,886 for the year ended March 2025, resulting in total funds of £207,911. However, the trustees report that the current level of unrestricted non-designated reserves (£49,505) is below the stated policy target of £57,636, which represents 25% of annual expenditure. The trustees highlight funding instability as a major risk due to reliance on non-continuous funding.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ray Ceredigion (matched by registered charity number).

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Ceredigion

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£350k£307k
31/03/2025£368k£289k
31/03/2024£311k£317k
31/03/2023£236k£291k
31/03/2022£252k£278k

Common questions

Is RAY CEREDIGION financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £78,886 for the year ended March 2025, resulting in total funds of £207,911. However, the trustees report that the current level of unrestricted non-designated reserves (£49,505) is below the stated policy target of £57,636, which represents 25% of annual expenditure. The trustees highlight funding instability as a major risk due to reliance on non-continuous funding. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds RAY CEREDIGION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RAY CEREDIGION as a grant recipient include THE OAKDALE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2023£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/01/2025£20kRAY Community Outreach Play Project
Postcode Lottery30/09/2024£20kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund25/04/2023£10kRAY ACTIF YOUTH PROJECT
The National Lottery Community Fund29/09/2022£499kRAY Community Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund07/12/2020£10kCOVID-19 - RAY DYMA NI
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/10/2020£5k"#natur RAY Ceredigion Intergenerational Community Centre Wildlife Garden"
UK government29/05/2020£2kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2019£407kRAY Ceredigion Canolfan Awel Môr
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2019£10kRAY Cooking Club
The National Lottery Community Fund16/12/2016£5kRAY Healthwise Project
The National Lottery Community Fund08/10/2015£1kRAY Stay and Play
The National Lottery Community Fund27/09/2012£3kSpecial needs play equipment for children with disabilities
The National Lottery Community Fund17/03/2011£5kCeredigion Children and Young Peoples Festival 2011
The National Lottery Community Fund30/03/2010£842kRD2 - Ceredigion Community Play Project
The National Lottery Community Fund24/04/2006£5kSummer playscheme