CEFN FFOREST MINERS' WELFARE HALL

Registered charity 1191718 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CEFN FFOREST MINERS' WELFARE

Working to raise funds with the aim to establish or secure the establishment of a community centre and to maintain or manage or cooperate with any statutory authority in the maintenance and management of such a centre for activities promoted by the charity in furtherance of the above objects.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF CEFN FFOREST AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

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

Latest income
£91k
Latest spending
£77k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £32,316.47 in unrestricted funds as of 31 March 2025. The trustees report that no reserves are held because they do not have sufficient funds to hold them, and there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“No reserves are held” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Government income: £10,998 — grants £10,998 (1); 12% of the £91,441 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 30

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 01/02/2026, 1 day after the 31/01/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Caerphilly

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£91k£77k
31/03/2024£63k£49k
31/03/2023£19k£12k
31/03/2022£19k£12k

Common questions

Is CEFN FFOREST MINERS' WELFARE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held £32,316.47 in unrestricted funds as of 31 March 2025. The trustees report that no reserves are held because they do not have sufficient funds to hold them, and there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund09/08/2023£93kRefurbishment of Cefn Fforest Miners Institute to develop Community Centre

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
SOUTH WALES MINERS WELFARE TRUST FUND SCHEME2£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTH EAST AREA MINERS' SOCIAL WELFARE TRUST FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CEFN FFOREST MINERS' WELFARE HALL£91k—0below—no doubt
NORTH EAST AREA MINERS' SOCIAL WELFARE TRUST FUND FY2025£64k—0unclear—no doubt
THE YSTRADGYNLAIS MINERS WELFARE AND COMMUNITY HALL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£539k—0below100000.0%no doubt
CALVERTON MINERS' WELFARE TRUST FY2025£145k—0unclear—no doubt
SHIREBROOK MINERS' WELFARE CENTRE FY2025£147k——below—no doubt
BACKWORTH MINERS WELFARE FY2025£619k——above—no doubt

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