CARE AND REPAIR WESTERN BAY

Registered charity 1171877 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Objects of the Charity are, to relieve the needs of people living in the areas of Swansea and Neath Port Talbot who are disadvantaged by reason of age, ill-health or disability, by the provision of support, assistance, facilities, amenities and services to such people in respect of their housing and surrounding environment

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Latest income

£2.8m

Latest spending

£2.6m

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a profit for the year after tax of £192,730, with total income of £2,825,278 and total expenditure of £2,657,548. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £995,519 as of 31 March 2025, and the Board considers the state of affairs to be satisfactory for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 1 £60,001 - £70,000” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 1 £60,001 - £70,000” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Grants and donations (92% of income)

“Grants and donations £2,596,030 (2024: £2,350,975)” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: To account for the level of reserves required for future funding in the context of budget selling and fund raising; To account for reserves in an appropriate manner that will satisfy regulation and contributory funders; To ensure that Care and Repair Western Bay has sufficient reserves to cover any contingent statutory costs that would arise on a winding down of the society's operations (held: £996k)

“The objectives of the reserves policy have been set as follows: - To account for the level of reserves required for future funding in the context of budget selling and fund raising - To account for reserves in an appropriate manner that will satisfy regulation and contributory funders - To ensure that Care and Repair Western Bay has sufficient reserves to cover any contingent statutory costs that would arise on a winding down of the society's operations” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Care & Repair Solutions Ltd

“The financial statements represent the combined financial position of Care and Repair Western Bay and Care (Charity Number: 1171877) and Care & Repair Solutions Ltd (Registered Number: 07578751). On the 1st April 2024, the assets, liabilities and operations of Care & Repair Solutions Ltd were transferred to Care and Repair Western Bay.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Chris Jones — Chief Executive (source)
Faye Patton — Head of Policy and Insights (source)
Jack Bentley — Head of Business Development (source)
Adrian Lister — Corporate Services Manager (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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 — “Without the support and funding of our partners our work would not be possible. Together we are improving homes and changing lives. Welsh Go…” (source page)
Gas Safe Charity — “Hardship Fund Partners Gas Safe Charity” (source page)
Energy Saving Trust — “Project Partners Energy Saving Trust” (source page)

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.

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

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

Total income

£2.8m

Total spending

£2.6m

Reserves (reported)

£996k

Employees

39

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

JOHANNA HALL DAVIESchair
Benjamin Hinchey
Beverley Simmonds Owen
CHRISTOPHER JONES
Darren Williams
David William Tovey
Linda Adair Whittaker · trustee of 1 other charity
Neil Bennett
ROBERT IAN DAVIES

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

Operates in: City Of Swansea · Neath Port Talbot

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.8m	£2.6m
31/03/2024	£3.6m	£3.6m
31/03/2023	£2.8m	£2.9m
31/03/2022	£3.1m	£2.8m
31/03/2021	£2.6m	£2.4m

Common questions

Is CARE AND REPAIR WESTERN BAY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a profit for the year after tax of £192,730, with total income of £2,825,278 and total expenditure of £2,657,548. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £995,519 as of 31 March 2025, and the Board considers the state of affairs to be satisfactory for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bevan Buckland LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of CARE AND REPAIR WESTERN BAY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds CARE AND REPAIR WESTERN BAY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CARE AND REPAIR WESTERN BAY as a grant recipient include SWANSEA C V S, ETHEL AND GWYNNE MORGAN TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
SWANSEA C V S	FY2022	£7k	Third Sector ICF Capital Grant Scheme
ETHEL AND GWYNNE MORGAN TRUST	FY2025	£5k	Relief -need/disability
ETHEL AND GWYNNE MORGAN TRUST	FY2024	£5k	home modifications

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CARERS TRUST	1	£675k
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION	1	£383k
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	1	£85k
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION	1	£68k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	1	£10k
THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUND	1	£8k
GAS SAFE CHARITY	1	£5k
THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATION	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Swansea Bay University LHB Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities.

Swansea Bay University LHB Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities income £1.4m
CARE & REPAIR MONMOUTHSHIRE & TORFAEN LIMITED income £1.5m
CARE & REPAIR CARDIFF AND THE VALE income £3.8m
CARE & REPAIR CYMRU 2015 income £2.8m
BLAENAU GWENT AND CAERPHILLY CARE & REPAIR income £1.3m
SWANSEA AND BRECON DIOCESAN BOARD FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY income £2.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CARE AND REPAIR WESTERN BAY	£2.8m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
Swansea Bay University LHB Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	unclear	18.7%	no doubt
CARE & REPAIR MONMOUTHSHIRE & TORFAEN LIMITED FY2025	£1.5m	—	0	within	—	no doubt
CARE & REPAIR CARDIFF AND THE VALE FY2025	£3.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CARE & REPAIR CYMRU 2015 FY2025	£2.8m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
BLAENAU GWENT AND CAERPHILLY CARE & REPAIR FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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