TY OLWEN TRUST FUND

Registered charity 511339 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO RELIEVE PATIENTS UNDER THE CARE OF THE TY OLWEN SERVICE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM CANCER AND ALLIED DISEASES BY THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, SERVICES AND FACILITIES.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£699k

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

1981

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £3,480,351 to £3,080,845 due to a net expenditure deficit of £399,506 against total income of £699,020. The trustees report that the financial position remains sound and maintain reserves at a level equivalent to five years of expenditure. The charity is not registered for VAT and has no debt during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: five years expenditure (held: £3.1m)

“It is the policy of the Board that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to 5 years expenditure.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ty Olwen Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income

£699k

Total spending

£1.2m

Cost of raising funds

£25k

Reserves (reported)

£2.5m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~25.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (28/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Helen Murraychair · trustee of 3 other charities
Dr Stuart Roberts
GARETH LEWIS
Joy Francis
Kate Elizabeth Williams
Neal Francis
PAUL DERRICK MURRAY
Roslyn Lewis

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£699k	£1.2m
30/06/2024	£544k	£784k
30/06/2023	£306k	£466k
30/06/2022	£969k	£450k
30/06/2021	£553k	£380k

Common questions

Is TY OLWEN TRUST FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £3,480,351 to £3,080,845 due to a net expenditure deficit of £399,506 against total income of £699,020. The trustees report that the financial position remains sound and maintain reserves at a level equivalent to five years of expenditure. The charity is not registered for VAT and has no debt during the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TY OLWEN TRUST FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TY OLWEN TRUST FUND as a grant recipient include KARIN BRASS MEMORIAL FUND.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
KARIN BRASS MEMORIAL FUND	FY2025	£25k

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
PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION	1	£418k
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	1	£155k
SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUST	1	£40k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO.

THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO income £502k
THE ELWYN THOMAS MEMORIAL FUND income £156k
THE OLWYN FOUNDATION income £200k
THE LLANELLI-DINEFWR HOSPICE APPEAL FUND income £157k
POWYS TEACHING LOCAL HEALTH BOARD CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES income £251k
BRACKEN TRUST LIMITED income £250k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TY OLWEN TRUST FUND	£699k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO FY2024	£502k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ELWYN THOMAS MEMORIAL FUND FY2024	£156k	—	unclear	—	not going concern
THE OLWYN FOUNDATION FY2024	£200k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE LLANELLI-DINEFWR HOSPICE APPEAL FUND FY2024	£157k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
POWYS TEACHING LOCAL HEALTH BOARD CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES FY2025	£251k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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