O DDRWS I DDRWS

Registered charity 1098057 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The organisation's current activities is to provide an affordable community transport service for the needs of the elderly, the sick and disabled and disadvantaged people within the community of Pen Llyn. We have over 450 recorded clients, a team of voluntary drivers, our own full-time and one part-time driver and two wheelchair accessable vehicles.

Objects

TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR SUCH OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LLYN COMMUNITY WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH A SERVICE BECAUSE OF AGE, SICKNESS OR DISABILITY (MENTAL OR PHYSICAL), OR POVERTY, OR BECAUSE OF A LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF ADEQUATE AND SAFE PUBLIC PASSENGER SERVICES.

Area of benefit: THE LLYN COMMUNITY, DWYFOR IN THE COUNTY OF GWYNEDD

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gwynedd, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£360k

Latest spending

£317k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported total income of £359,556 and total expenditure of £317,109, resulting in a net income surplus of £42,447 for the year. Unrestricted reserves increased to £243,272, while restricted funds rose to £98,467. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: retain a certain amount of reserves in order to be able to continue to deliver the main activities of the service for a period of three months. (reserves figure: £243k)

“In order to ensure that the services continue should any financial difficulties arise, the O Ddrws i Ddrws Board of Directors has agreed to retain a certain amount of reserves in order to be able to continue to deliver the main activities of the service for a period of three months.” — page 4

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Rent paid to Drws Agored Cyf, a company where trustees M Williams and W M Hughes are directors.

“Rent of £4,800 was paid to Drws Agored Cyf a company in which Mr M Williams and Mr W M Hughes are directors.” — page 12

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2026

Volunteers: 2
Government income: £92,724 — contracts £32,841 (1), grants £59,883 (2); 26% of the £359,556 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2025

Volunteers: 2
Government income: £154,893 — contracts £43,628 (1), grants £111,265 (2); 40% of the £388,312 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2024

Volunteers: 1
Government income: £233,726 — contracts £116,863 (3), grants £116,863 (3); 82% of the £284,519 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Delia Roberts
Gareth Evans · trustee of 1 other charity
Gareth Tudur Jones
Manon Williams
Medwyn Williams
ROBERT HYWEL WYN WILLIAMS · trustee of 2 other charities
STEPHEN OWEN WILLIAMS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2026	£360k	£317k
31/01/2025	£388k	£335k
31/01/2024	£285k	£284k
31/01/2023	£369k	£263k
31/01/2022	£187k	£160k

Common questions

Is O DDRWS I DDRWS financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported total income of £359,556 and total expenditure of £317,109, resulting in a net income surplus of £42,447 for the year. Unrestricted reserves increased to £243,272, while restricted funds rose to £98,467. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds O DDRWS I DDRWS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name O DDRWS I DDRWS as a grant recipient include MOTABILITY, MANTELL GWYNEDD CYF.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
MOTABILITY	FY2025	£92k	Community Transport grant
MANTELL GWYNEDD CYF	FY2021	amount not stated	COVID 19 Grants (Small Grants Fund)

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	13/08/2024	£100k	Stwna
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/03/2020	£100k	Ar y Lon at Les/Ways to Wellbeing Project

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

RAVENSHEAD COMMUNITY PROJECT income £97k
LAWRENCE WESTON COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £102k
WYFOLD GROUP RIDING FOR THE DISABLED income £139k
WINSLOW AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY BUS income £37k
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FOR THE LEWES AREA income £1.2m
DRIVE income £25.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
O DDRWS I DDRWS	£360k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RAVENSHEAD COMMUNITY PROJECT FY2025	£97k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LAWRENCE WESTON COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025	£102k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WYFOLD GROUP RIDING FOR THE DISABLED FY2026	£139k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WINSLOW AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY BUS FY2026	£37k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FOR THE LEWES AREA FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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