CONWY CONNECT FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES

Registered charity 1172199 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Conwy Connect for Learning Disabilities was set up in 1997 to help promote the rights of people with a learning disability living within the County of Conwy and in North Wales. Its aims include ensuring people have equality of choice and opportunity in the community they live in.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN NORTH WALES PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL HELP, ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, ADVOCACY AND INFORMATION TO THEM THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS ANDA) TO ENABLE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEARNING DISABILITIES, THEIR PARENTS AND CARERS TO ACCESS INFORMATION FOR THE BEST CARE, ACCOMMODATION, EDUCATION, OCCUPATION, EMPLOYMENT AND LEISURE SUITED TO THEIR NEEDS AND CHOICES ENSURING A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE.B) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN ALL LOCAL VOLUNTARY AND STATUTORY BODIES AND INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTEREST IN, AND CONCERN FOR, PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEARNING DISABILITIES.C) TO OFFER MEMBERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET OTHERS IN ORDER TO PROMOTE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN PARENTS, GUARDIANS, RELATIVES, INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND FRIENDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEARNING DISABILITIES AND THOSE ENTRUSTED WITH THEIR CARE.D) TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT ANY FORM OF ENTERPRISE OR SERVICE WHICH MAY BE DECIDED TO BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF PEOPLE FROM NORTH WALES WHO HAVE LEARNING DISABILITIES.E) TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE WORK CARRIED OUT BY THE CIO IN RELATION TO PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES, ENCOURAGING GREATER PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE AND ENABLING PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES TO TAKE THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY.F) TO KEEP ALL MEMBERS REGULARLY INFORMED OF THE ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE CIO AND ANY RELEVANT CHANGES TO CURRENT SERVICES AND FACILITIES.G) TO LOBBY AND CAMPAIGN AT NATIONAL LEVEL WHEN APPROPRIATE.

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 · Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £35,294 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Total funds carried forward stood at £263,619, comprising £76,525 in unrestricted funds and £187,094 in restricted funds. The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for preparing financial statements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Conwy Connect for Learning Disabilities - CC4LD (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/06/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/06/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jane Copland McIlveen
• Jasmine Pilling
• Jonah Armstrong
• Lisa Sian Owen
• Peter Marsh
• Rhian Graham

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

Operates in: Conwy · Denbighshire · Flintshire · Gwynedd · Isle Of Anglesey · Wrexham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SUPPORT CONWY.

• COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SUPPORT CONWY income £3.0m
• COMMUNITY CONNEX LTD. income £2.5m
• LEARNING DISABILITY WALES - ANABLEDD DYSGU CYMRU income £942k
• GOFAL A THRWSIO CONWY A SIR DDINBYCH income £1.7m
• COMMUNITY LIVES CONSORTIUM income £16.6m
• CONWY AND DENBIGHSHIRE MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY SERVICE LTD income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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