BLAENAU GWENT AND CAERPHILLY CARE & REPAIR

Registered charity 1175753 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve the needs of people living in the areas of Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly 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.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREAS OF BLAENAU GWENT AND CAERPHILLY 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.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £137,300 for the year, increasing total group reserves to £710,810. However, the trustees report that the draft budget for the following year indicates a deficit position for the core service due to rising costs and funding uncertainties, which may require utilizing reserves or cutting services. The charity also holds a defined benefit pension scheme deficit of £219,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Walter Hunter & Co Limited. 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
• Investment
• 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

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 25.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• COLIN WILFRED WALLBANK
• Ellen Louise Jones
• GEORGINA ANNIE JONES
• HAYDN LESLIE TROLLOPE
• JOHN MASON
• ROBERT JOHN HALL
• Richard Bevan
• Sonia Amelia Behr

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Caerphilly

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CARE & REPAIR CARDIFF AND THE VALE.

• CARE & REPAIR CARDIFF AND THE VALE income £3.8m
• CARE AND REPAIR WESTERN BAY income £2.8m
• CARE & REPAIR MONMOUTHSHIRE & TORFAEN LIMITED income £1.5m
• CARE & REPAIR CYMRU 2015 income £2.8m
• CITIZENS ADVICE CAERPHILLY BLAENAU GWENT income £6.8m
• CAERPHILLY BOROUGH MIND income £348k

Side by side with its peers

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