CANOLFAN MAERDY

Registered charity 1131506 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of affordable childcare and support for education, training, and volunteer and employment opportunities. Hosting and enabling a Fareshare Food Hub, alongside youth, Community Transport, advice and family services towards the alleviation of poverty, disadvantage and promotion of regeneration within the area of benefit.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£763k
Latest spending
£732k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

Per the independent examiner's report, the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 were examined and no matters were identified that would cause concern regarding the accounting records, their accuracy, or compliance with the Companies Act 2006 and SORP. The examiner confirmed that the accounts accord with the records and were prepared in accordance with the required methods and principles.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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 — Canolfan Maerdy (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).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 07/12/2024)

Total income
£760k
Total spending
£732k
Cost of raising funds
£2k
Reserves (reported)
£195k
Employees
30

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Carmarthenshire · Neath Port Talbot

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
07/12/2024£763k£732k
07/12/2023£742k£606k
07/12/2022£616k£552k
07/12/2021£491k£374k
07/12/2020£450k£295k

Common questions

Is CANOLFAN MAERDY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: Per the independent examiner's report, the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 were examined and no matters were identified that would cause concern regarding the accounting records, their accuracy, or compliance with the Companies Act 2006 and SORP. The examiner confirmed that the accounts accord with the records and were prepared in accordance with the required methods and principles. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CANOLFAN MAERDY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CANOLFAN MAERDY as a grant recipient include SWANSEA C V S, The Neath Port Talbot Community Voluntary Service Limited, MOTABILITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SWANSEA C V SFY2022£10kABMU Change 4 the Better grants
The Neath Port Talbot Community Voluntary Service LimitedFY2023£6kCommunity Renewal Fund
MOTABILITYFY2025£270Community Transport grant

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/01/2026£20kCwm yn Tyfu/The Valley Grows
The National Lottery Community Fund03/08/2023£10kCOL - Canolfan Maerdy Food Hwb
The National Lottery Community Fund07/03/2022£10kCanolfan Maerdy
The National Lottery Community Fund15/05/2018£10kStreet Games 4 Us

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 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CANOLFAN MAERDY£763k—0unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES LIMITED FY2025£2.9m—1unclear—no doubt
TRINITY CHILDCARE AND FAMILY CENTRE LTD FY2025£566k—0unclear—noted
SPRING COMMUNITY HUB FY2025£703k—0unclear—no doubt
MERCHED Y WAWR FY2025£288k—0unclear—no doubt
PENRHYN PLAYGROUP FY2025£440k—0unclear—no doubt

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