PROMO - CYMRU

Registered charity 1094652 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CDA, CYMRU WALES CO-OPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION LIMITED

To promote youth co-operation development within the field of cultural enterprise

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£1.9m
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains in a strong financial position with unrestricted reserves of £545,439 (company) and £619,954 (group). The trustees and auditors confirm the organization is a going concern with adequate working capital to facilitate its activities. Unrestricted reserves increased by £31,424 during the year, compared to an increase of £79,992 in the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months of average operating costs (held: £545k)
“The target minimum Operating Reserve Fund is equal to 6 months of average ‘operating costs.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity purchased goods/services from Promo-Cymru Trading Limited (wholly owned subsidiary) in the sum of £699,260 and sold goods/services to it in the sum of £56,900. The charity also received £70,000 by way of gift aid from Promo-Cymru Trading Limited.
“During the year the charity purchased goods or received services or incurred other liabilities from Promo-Cymru Trading Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary company, in the sum of £699,260 (2024: £583,913) and, sold goods or rendered services or provided other assets to Promo-Cymru Trading Limited in the sum of £56,900 (2024: £3,783). The charity also received £70,000 (2024: £85,000) by way of gift aid from Prom-Cymru Trading Limited.” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Promo-Cymru Trading Limited
“Promo-Cymru Ltd is the holding company of a trading subsidiary company called Promo-Cymru Trading Limited.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Robert Hugh Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £600k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£1.9m
Reserves (reported)
£620k
Employees
48

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (50% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.9m£1.9m
31/03/2024£1.6m£1.6m
31/03/2023£1.5m£1.4m
31/03/2022£1.2m£1.1m
31/03/2021£1.2m£953k

Common questions

Is PROMO - CYMRU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remains in a strong financial position with unrestricted reserves of £545,439 (company) and £619,954 (group). The trustees and auditors confirm the organization is a going concern with adequate working capital to facilitate its activities. Unrestricted reserves increased by £31,424 during the year, compared to an increase of £79,992 in the previous year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Robert Hugh Limited.

Who funds PROMO - CYMRU?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PROMO - CYMRU as a grant recipient include WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2022£173kGrant
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2025£155kGrants payable

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/06/2026£500kAI For Good
The National Lottery Community Fund30/06/2022£499kThird Sector Digital Support
The National Lottery Community Fund27/04/2020£10kCOVID-19 - Co-designing Digital Youth Messaging
The National Lottery Community Fund08/12/2016£2kCelebrating Christmas in Ebbw Vale
The National Lottery Community Fund19/05/2016£5kEbbw Vale Institute - Room refurbishment
The National Lottery Community Fund05/10/2011£780kEbbw Vale Institute
The National Lottery Community Fund04/11/2010£15kEbbw Vale Institute

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
CEO SLEEPOUT1£34k
KARIN BRASS MEMORIAL FUND1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FINHUMF.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PROMO - CYMRU£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
FINHUMF FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt
BROMLEY 'Y' FY2025£3.0m£70,001 - £80,0003unclear—no doubt
CYMDEITHAS ELUSENNOL YNYS MON FY2025£568k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH EXPERIENCE IN SPORT FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt
AGORED CYMRU FY2025£2.8m——above—no doubt

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