CYLCH MEITHRIN DOLGELLAU

Registered charity 1192649 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Darparu addysg a gofal dydd i blant o dan 11oed yn nhref Dolgellau.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN THROUH THE MEDIUM OF WELSH LANGUAGE WITHIN DOLGELLAU

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: Gwynedd, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£217k
Latest spending
£251k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity faces financial instability due to changes in government grants, variations in the number of children attending, and increasing costs, which threaten cash flow and sustainability. The trustees have identified a reserves policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure to deal with any shocks, although the specific reserve amount is marked for completion. No material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern are explicitly disclosed beyond the noted risks.

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
“Anelir at gael 3 mis o wariant yn y cyfrif banc.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“Ansefydlogrwydd ariannol (incwm grantiau a ffioedd)- Newidiadau i grantiau’r llywodraeth, amrywiadau mewn niferoedd plant a chostau cynyddol yn peryglu llif arian a chynaliadwyedd.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

  • Government income: £184,485 — contracts £118,380 (2), grants £66,105 (1); 85% of the £216,531 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Government income: £102,533 — grants £102,533 (2); 50% of the £203,969 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Government income: £117,120 — grants £117,120 (4); 53% of the £221,172 total gross income on the same return

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 31/03/2023 (received 28/05/2024, 118 days after the 31/01/2024 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gwynedd

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£217k£251k
31/03/2024£204k£203k
31/03/2023£221k£181k
31/03/2022£273k£239k

Common questions

Is CYLCH MEITHRIN DOLGELLAU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity faces financial instability due to changes in government grants, variations in the number of children attending, and increasing costs, which threaten cash flow and sustainability. The trustees have identified a reserves policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure to deal with any shocks, although the specific reserve amount is marked for completion. No material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern are explicitly disclosed beyond the noted risks.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MANTELL GWYNEDD CYFFY2022Unverified read£30kCronfa Grant Trawsnewid

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CYLCH MEITHRIN DOLGELLAU£217k—0unclear—noted
CYLCH MEITHRIN NANT LLEUCU FY2025£72k—0above—no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN LLANDEGFAN FY2025£56k—0unclear—no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN TALGARREG FY2025£59k—0unclear—no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN CREIGIAU FY2025£90k—0unclear—no doubt
DOBCROFT AFTER SCHOOL HOURS CARE (DASH) FY2025£414k—0unclear—no doubt

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