THE PLYNLIMON TRUST

Registered charity 1175337 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity operates several Community Transport schemes, one in Herefordshire and one in Malvern, Worcestershire along with a Training Centre for young people in Hereford and a second hand bookshop based in Hereford.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO FURTHER SUCH PURPOSES WHICH MAY BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT THROUGH GRANTS, BIDS AND FUNDING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE COUNTIES OF HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Amateur Sport · General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£495k

Latest spending

£434k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £60,986 for the year, with unrestricted reserves carried forward totalling £60,986. However, the balance sheet indicates net current liabilities of £59,303, driven by significant short-term creditors including hire purchase obligations. The trustees acknowledge financial pressures from rising costs and the need for ongoing funding to maintain their vehicle fleet.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
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Complaints policy and procedures
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Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
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Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

LINDA ANNE MATHIAS
PATRICIA CATHERINE HALES · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Herefordshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£495k	£434k
31/12/2023	£0	£0
31/12/2022	£0	£0
31/12/2021	£0	£0
31/12/2020	£0	£0

Common questions

Is THE PLYNLIMON TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus of £60,986 for the year, with unrestricted reserves carried forward totalling £60,986. However, the balance sheet indicates net current liabilities of £59,303, driven by significant short-term creditors including hire purchase obligations. The trustees acknowledge financial pressures from rising costs and the need for ongoing funding to maintain their vehicle fleet. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/04/2020	£2k	Bus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21
UK government	01/04/2020	£2k	Bus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21

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
Howden Foundation	1	£702k
THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY	1	£104k
CHESTERTONS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION	1	£70k
THE HULL VINEYARD TRUST	1	£57k
POTTON CONSOLIDATED CHARITY	1	£27k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, HADLEY WOOD, IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF TRENT AS A CONVENTIONAL DISTRICT IN THE L B OF ENFIELD	1	£9k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH WEST DIDSBURY AND ST CHRISTOPHER WITHINGTON	1	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KEYNSHAM	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PLYMOUTH CHARITY TRUST.

PLYMOUTH CHARITY TRUST income £558k
PILLGWENLLY MILLENNIUM TRUST LIMITED income £111k
CYLCH MEITHRIN FELINFOEL income £160k
THE GLOUCESTER CHARITIES TRUST income £6.2m
BROMLEY FC COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST income £501k
P F CHARITABLE TRUST income £4.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PLYNLIMON TRUST	£495k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PLYMOUTH CHARITY TRUST FY2026	£558k	£110,001 - £120,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PILLGWENLLY MILLENNIUM TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£111k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN FELINFOEL FY2026	£160k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GLOUCESTER CHARITIES TRUST FY2025	£6.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BROMLEY FC COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST FY2024	£501k	—	0	unclear	—	noted

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