CYLCH MEITHRIN PONTROBERT

Registered charity 1185890 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Cylch Meithrin Pontrobert aims to provide high quality day care and early years education through the medium of Welsh to children from 2 years old to school age. The Cylch is registered with CIW (Care Inspectorate Wales) to care for a maximum of 18 children at any one time.

Objects

AMCANION Y GYMDEITHAS YW HYRWYDDO ADDYSG PLANT DAN OED YSGOL YN PONTROBERT TRWY GYFRWNG YR IAITH GYMREAG. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE WELSH LANGUAGE WITHIN THE PONTROBERT AREA.

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 · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Powys, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£43k

Latest spending

£51k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ran at a net deficit of £8,297 for the year due to increasing costs and reduced funding. Per the trustees' report, the charity continues to run at a loss due to government funding changes, low attendance, and wage increases, though fundraising efforts are ongoing to mitigate this.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £30k)

“Policy is to hold minimum 3 months wages in case of long term closure.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Government funding changes, low numbers of children attending the setting and increases to National Minimum Wage mean the charity continues to run at a loss. Fundraising efforts continue and various strategies to decrease the deficit are being considered.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Katharine Claire Plowmanchair
Angharad Gwalchmai
Eleanor Catherine Evans
Laura Roberts
Lowri Griffiths
Natasha Tiffany Louise Rowe
Rosanna Jones
Siwan Jones

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

Operates in: Powys

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£43k	£51k
31/03/2024	£43k	£39k
31/03/2023	£46k	£39k
31/03/2022	£42k	£37k
31/03/2021	£34k	£34k

Common questions

Is CYLCH MEITHRIN PONTROBERT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ran at a net deficit of £8,297 for the year due to increasing costs and reduced funding. Per the trustees' report, the charity continues to run at a loss due to government funding changes, low attendance, and wage increases, though fundraising efforts are ongoing to mitigate this. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CYLCH MEITHRIN RHOSYBOL.

CYLCH MEITHRIN RHOSYBOL income £25k
CYLCH MEITHRIN LLANBEDR income £53k
CYLCH MEITHRIN A GRWP TI A FI WAUNFAWR income £46k
CYLCH MEITHRIN YSGOL MORNANT income £57k
CYLCH MEITHRIN PWLL COCH income £132k
CYLCH MEITHRIN LLANGENNECH income £137k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CYLCH MEITHRIN PONTROBERT	£43k	—	unclear	—	noted
CYLCH MEITHRIN RHOSYBOL FY2025	£25k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN LLANBEDR FY2025	£53k	—	below	—	no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN A GRWP TI A FI WAUNFAWR FY2025	£46k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN YSGOL MORNANT FY2025	£57k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN PWLL COCH FY2025	£132k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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