NEWCIS
Registered charity 1159934 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
NEWCIS PROVIDES INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO FAMILY, FRIENDS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO PROVIDE UNPAID CARE TO RELATIVES, FRIENDS OR NEIGHBOURS ACROSS WALES. THE PEOPLE THEY PROVIDE CARE TO, COULD NOT LIVE IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THEIR CARER. NEWCIS PROVIDES TRAINING, GRANTS, RESPITE BREAKS,COUNSELLING AND CARER GROUPS AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE UNPAID FAMILY CARER.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £122,155 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £1,077,350. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy target of £290,000, representing three months' operational expenditure plus redundancy costs, and the current unrestricted reserves of £640,973 are above this target. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of operational expenditure plus the redundancy costs of all staff members (held: £641k)
“The trustees feel that in practical terms this would represent holding a reserve equivalent to 3 months' operational expenditure plus the redundancy costs of all staff members. This figure has been calculated to be £290k”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Carer Ventures Limited
“The consolidated Statement of Financial Activities includes the results of the charity's wholly owned subsidiary, Carer Ventures Limited.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Salisbury & Company Business Solutions Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
CARER VENTURES LTD. — per its own Companies House accounts
- The balance sheet lists 'Amounts owed to group undertakings' under Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year. The specific value is not explicitly broken out in the provided text snippet for the 2025 column, but the line item exists.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Welsh Government — “Funded by Welsh Government, the scheme enables unpaid carers to take a break.” (source page)
- Denbighshire Local Authority — “Funded by Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham Local Authorities and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.” (source page)
- Flintshire Local Authority — “Funded by Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham Local Authorities and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.” (source page)
- Wrexham Local Authority — “Funded by Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham Local Authorities and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.” (source page)
- Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board — “Funded by Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham Local Authorities and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.” (source page)
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.
- HUNTER, Sophie Elizabeth — director, appointed 14/08/2025on trustee list
- WRAY, Rhianne Stephanie Hazel — director, appointed 19/06/2025on trustee list
- CAMERON, Maureen Pamela — director, appointed 02/06/2022on trustee list
- HEARD, Philip Martin — director, appointed 15/05/2020on trustee list
- JELLEY, Glyn Paul — director, appointed 08/05/2020on trustee list
- WILSON, Sandra — director, appointed 15/02/2019on trustee list
- LEWIS, Robert George — director, appointed 12/05/2018not on trustee list
- LITTLEHALES, Emily — director, appointed 25/01/2017on trustee list
- TAYLOR, Elizabeth Joy — director, appointed 18/11/2014on trustee list
- HARRISON, Gillian — director, appointed 18/11/2014not on trustee list
- JONES, Elaine — secretary, appointed 01/06/2020
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£143k
Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (76% 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: 6.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- ELIZABETH JOY TAYLORchair
- Emily Littlehales
- GILL HARRISON
- Glyn Jelley
- Maureen Pamela Cameron
- Patricia Ann Lee Carlin
- Philip Heard
- Rhianne Stephanie Hazel Wray
- Rob Lewis
- Sandra Wilson
- Sophie Elizabeth Hunter · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Caerphilly · Denbighshire · Flintshire · Monmouthshire · Newport City · Torfaen · Wrexham
Income and spending
Common questions
Is NEWCIS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £122,155 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £1,077,350. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy target of £290,000, representing three months' operational expenditure plus redundancy costs, and the current unrestricted reserves of £640,973 are above this target. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Salisbury & Company Business Solutions Limited.
Who funds NEWCIS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name NEWCIS as a grant recipient include COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SUPPORT CONWY, North Wales Freemasons Charity.
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