COLEG SIR GAR

Registered charity 1152522 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Educational Services

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Latest income
£51.9m
Latest spending
£51.5m
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the College reported an operating deficit of £180,000 for the year ended 31 July 2025, following a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, net assets decreased slightly from £30.4 million to £30.1 million, while the liquidity position remained satisfactory with a current ratio of 2.9. The College maintains cash reserves of £13.9 million, aiming to hold a minimum of two months' expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months of expenditure (held: £30.1m)
“The college aims to hold a minimum of 2 months expenditure (circa £ 8 m) in cash reserves at all times.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: CCTA Enterprises Limited, Rareblend Limited
“The College’s subsidiary company CCTA Enterprises Ltd is subject to corporation tax and VAT in the same way as any commercial organisation.” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by KPMG LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£51.9m
Total spending
£51.5m
Reserves (reported)
£12.1m
Employees
487

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Carmarthenshire · Ceredigion

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£51.9m£51.5m
31/07/2024£46.1m£45.4m
31/07/2023£46.6m£47.1m
31/07/2022£46.6m£45.5m
31/07/2021£40.4m£40.0m

Common questions

Is COLEG SIR GAR financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the College reported an operating deficit of £180,000 for the year ended 31 July 2025, following a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, net assets decreased slightly from £30.4 million to £30.1 million, while the liquidity position remained satisfactory with a current ratio of 2.9. The College maintains cash reserves of £13.9 million, aiming to hold a minimum of two months' expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by KPMG LLP.

Who funds COLEG SIR GAR?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COLEG SIR GAR as a grant recipient include Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOL.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOLFY2025£260k
Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOLFY2024£259k
Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOLFY2023£183k
Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOLFY2022£56k

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 COLEG CEREDIGION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COLEG SIR GAR£51.9m——unclear—no doubt
COLEG CEREDIGION FY2025£6.9m——unclear—no doubt
MORLEY COLLEGE LIMITED FY2025£24.2m——unclear—no doubt
JESUS COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FY2025£31.1m——unclear—no doubt
THE COLLEGE OF THE LADY FRANCES SIDNEY SUSSEX IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FY2025£14.2m——below—no doubt
EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT FY2025£1.1m£90,001 - £100,000—above—no doubt

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