GWYNFI MINERS COMMUNITY HALL

Registered charity 1154423 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community Resource Centre with meeting rooms, kitchen, gym, boxing club, community library, indoor sports hall.

Objects

A. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE ELECTORAL WARD OF GWYNFI AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WELLBEING, SELF-IMPROVEMENT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS. B. TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£178k
Latest spending
£161k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £16,737.00, though the Trustees note that the majority of funds received are restricted for specific projects, leaving core operations under a tight budget. The charity remains highly reliant on external grant funding and donations to deliver its services, with unrestricted reserves currently below the stated policy target of six to twelve months of running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Building Communities Trust (BCT): We were awarded a significant, unrestricted four-year funding package totaling £146,096.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six to twelve months of running costs (held: £17k)
“We recognise the importance of holding a reserve fund equivalent to six to twelve months of running costs.”
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.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Neath Port Talbot

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£178k£161k
31/03/2024£91k£104k
31/03/2023£101k£95k
31/03/2022£103k£110k
31/03/2021£132k£77k

Common questions

Is GWYNFI MINERS COMMUNITY HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £16,737.00, though the Trustees note that the majority of funds received are restricted for specific projects, leaving core operations under a tight budget. The charity remains highly reliant on external grant funding and donations to deliver its services, with unrestricted reserves currently below the stated policy target of six to twelve months of running costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2022£9kCOVID-19 - Gwynfi Future
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/11/2020£2k"#15 Gwynfi Heritage Centre"