COUNCIL FOR WALES OF VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES CYNGOR CYMREIG Y GWASANAETHAU IEUENCTID GWIRFODDOL

Registered charity 1110702 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

CWVYS is the representative body for the voluntary youth sector in Wales. CWVYS:Promotes quality youth workSupports the implementation of youth policies in WalesRaised the profile of the work of the sectorSupports, provides services for and advocates on behalf of its members and other voluntary sector organisations that work with young people in Wales

Objects

TO EDUCATE AND HELP YOUNG PERSONS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL, CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY BY FACILITATING MUTUAL SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION AMONG VOLUNTARY YOUTH ORGANISATIONS, THE YOUTH SERVICE AND OTHER RELATED AGENCIES IN WALES.

Area of benefit: WALES

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity delivered a surplus of £11,576 and held unrestricted reserves of £254,891 at the end of the financial year. The trustees maintain designated reserves of £130,000, representing six months of non-project expenditure, to provide financial resilience. The organization operates within its means and has taken advantage of the exemption from statutory audit.

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 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05444248

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• JONES, Mared Rand — director, appointed 11/07/2025on trustee list
• ANDERSON, Samantha Joy — director, appointed 11/07/2025on trustee list
• TEMPLETON, Andrew Edmund — director, appointed 11/07/2025on trustee list
• LOWE, Tracy — director, appointed 05/07/2024on trustee list
• MORGAN, Hayley — director, appointed 05/07/2024on trustee list
• SHEEN DE JESUS, Rhiannon — director, appointed 08/07/2022not on trustee list
• PARROTT, Eluned — director, appointed 02/07/2021on trustee list
• TORLOP, Carlie Louisa — director, appointed 09/07/2020on trustee list
• POINER, Grant — director, appointed 05/07/2018on trustee list
• GIL-CERVANTES, Marco Antonio — director, appointed 04/07/2005on trustee list
• GLAZE, Paul — secretary, appointed 02/10/2009

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (100% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Eluned Parrottchair
• Andrew Edmund Templeton
• Carlie Torlop
• Grant Poiner · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARCO ANTONIO GIL-CERVANTES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mared Jones
• Rhiannon Sheen de Jesus
• Samantha Joy Anderson
• Tracy Lowe

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION.

• WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION income £36.6m
• POWYS ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS CYMDEITHAS MUDIADAU GWIRFODDOL POWYS income £4.9m
• STAFFORDSHIRE COUNCIL OF VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES income £526k
• THE YOUTH ASSOCIATION income £805k
• CWMNI URDD GOBAITH CYMRU (CORFFOREDIG) / THE WELSH LEAGUE OF YOUTH (INCORPORATED) income £18.3m
• ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN WREXHAM income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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