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Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOL

Registered charity 1143525 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

AMCAN Y COLEG YW, ER LLES Y CYHOEDD, HYBU DYSG A GWYBODAETH DRWY HYRWYDDO, CYNNAL, DATBLYGU A CHYNLLUNIO DARPARIAETH CYFRWNG CYMRAEG A IAITH GYMRAEG MEWN ADDYSG UWCH, BELLACH A PHARHAUS YNG NGHYMRU, A HYRWYDDO, CYNNAL, DATBLYGU A CHYNLLUNIO DYSGU, CAFFAEL, GWELLA A GLOYWI SGILIAU CYFATHREBU IAITH GYMRAEG I BOBL YN GYFFREDINOL GYDA SEFYDLIADAU ADDAS YNG NGHYMRU A MANNAU ERAILL.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£11.0m
Latest spending
£11.0m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income of £82,663 for the year ended 31 March 2025, affirming a healthy balance between income and expenditure. Total unrestricted funds carried forward were £4,211,433, supported by a designated reserves fund of between £2 million and £4 million. The trustees are satisfied that assets are adequate to meet projected commitments, with funding commitments from the Welsh Government confirmed for the current Senedd term.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between two million pounds and four million pounds (held: £4.2m)
“The Coleg has designated a fund of between two million pounds and four million pounds that can be invested in order to create an annual income for the Coleg.” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payments to Higher Education Institutions (Guarantors)
“An amount of £3,354,694 (2024: £3,675,641) was paid to Higher Education Institutions in order to fund educational activities in those institutions. These institutions are guarantors of the Coleg as set out below” — page 52
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bevan Buckland LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

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

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

Total income
£11.0m
Total spending
£11.0m
Reserves (reported)
£4.3m
Employees
40

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£11.0m£11.0m
31/03/2024£11.2m£9.9m
31/03/2023£9.9m£10.0m
31/03/2022£8.7m£9.1m
31/03/2021£7.6m£7.5m

Common questions

Is Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income of £82,663 for the year ended 31 March 2025, affirming a healthy balance between income and expenditure. Total unrestricted funds carried forward were £4,211,433, supported by a designated reserves fund of between £2 million and £4 million. The trustees are satisfied that assets are adequate to meet projected commitments, with funding commitments from the Welsh Government confirmed for the current Senedd term. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bevan Buckland LLP.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOL£11.0m——unclear—no doubt
EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU FY2025£6.7m——below—no doubt
YMDDIRIEDOLAETH NANT GWRTHEYRN FY2024£1.9m——unclear—no doubt
COLEG LLANYMDDYFRI FY2024£4.9m£130,000 - £139,999—unclear—no doubt
WYCLIF INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£618k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LONDON WELSH CENTRE TRUST FY2025£535k—0unclear—noted

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