The CELT Centre

Registered charity 1118241 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CLWYD SPECIAL RIDING CENTRE LIMITED, THE CLWYD SPECIAL RIDING CENTRE, THE CLWYD SPECIAL RIDING CENTRE LIMITED

Provision of riding, carriage driving, equestrian vaulting and residential holidays for people with special needs

Objects

TO PROVIDE, AT ITS CENTRE IN LLANFYNYDD NEAR WREXHAM THE NECESSARY FACILITIES, HORSES, STAFF AND EQUIPMENT TO ENABLE AND HELP CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH SPECIAL PHYSICAL AND OR LEARNING NEEDS TO RIDE HORSES AND TAKE PART IN EQUESTRIAN VAULTING AND THE DRIVING OF HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES.

Area of benefit: LLANFYNYDD, WREXHAM

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · Animals · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£665k
Latest spending
£480k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £184,401 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,012,347. Free reserves were reported at £269,641, which the trustees note is above the previous policy target of one year's operating costs. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to meet its obligations and that the going concern basis of accounting remains appropriate.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year's operating costs (held: £270k)
“The previous Trustees' stated policy was to rebuild reserves over time towards an amount approximately equal to one year's operating costs.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 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.

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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 40

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 87

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 80
  • Government income: £1,500 — grants £1,500 (1); under 1% of the £363,463 total gross income on the same return

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Clwyd Special Riding Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). 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 31/12/2025)

Total income
£665k
Total spending
£480k
Cost of raising funds
£147
Reserves (reported)
£1.0m
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~25.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (70% 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).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wrexham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£665k£480k
31/12/2024£364k£431k
31/12/2023£363k£386k
31/12/2022£302k£315k
31/12/2021£206k£220k

Common questions

Is The CELT Centre financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £184,401 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,012,347. Free reserves were reported at £269,641, which the trustees note is above the previous policy target of one year's operating costs. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to meet its obligations and that the going concern basis of accounting remains appropriate. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds The CELT Centre?

Funders whose own accounts filings name The CELT Centre as a grant recipient include THE ICELAND FOODS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE OWEN JENKINS TRUST, THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST, North Wales Freemasons Charity.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATIONFY2024Unverified read£46kGrant Programme - Pets
THE ICELAND FOODS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£25k
THE ICELAND FOODS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£25k
THE OWEN JENKINS TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500
North Wales Freemasons CharityFY2023£250

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/03/2015£250kProject CELT (Centre of Equine Learning and Therapy)
The National Lottery Community Fund31/01/2008£56kCSRC Learning For Life

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Meirionnydd Special Riding Group.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
The CELT Centre£665k—0above—no doubt
Meirionnydd Special Riding Group FY2025£25k—0unclear—no doubt
SCROPTON RIDING FOR THE DISABLED CENTRE FY2025£340k—0below—no doubt
NUNEATON AND NORTH WARWICKSHIRE EQUESTRIAN CENTRE RIDING FOR THE DISABLED FY2025£366k—0unclear—no doubt
WYFOLD GROUP RIDING FOR THE DISABLED FY2026£139k—0unclear—no doubt
CHIGWELL RIDING TRUST FOR SPECIAL NEEDS FY2025£557k—0unclear—no doubt

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