NARBERTH & DISTRICT COMMUNITY & SPORTS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 512032 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NARBERTH & DISTRICY COMMUNITY & SPORTS ASSOCIATION, NARBERTH AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION, NARBERTH COMMUNITY CENTRE

The Charity operates in the Narberth area, for approximately a 10 mile radius. There is a programme of community education classes, a bus, a day nursery, an After School Club, a Welsh medium playschool and toddlers group, a day care centre for the elderly, a community hall, seminar room and a coffee lounge. There are Sports facilities and meeting rooms for local clubs and societies.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF NARBERTH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND IN PARTICULAR FOR USE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURETIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: NARBERTH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£497k

Latest spending

£516k

Registered

1981

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £10,175 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £1,538,120. The trustees note that unrestricted funds are sufficient to cover future management costs and unforeseen expenditure, although energy costs were previously challenging. The charity is planning to expand its nursery services and move towards Charitable Incorporated status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to cover future management and administration costs, unforeseen future expenditure and new project start up costs (held: £387k)

“The reserves policy of the Trustees and General Committee is to maintain unrestricted funds sufficient to cover future management and administration costs, unforeseen future expenditure and new project start up costs.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

GLINYS MEREDYDDchair
ALICE LOUISE MARY PHILLIPS
CHARLES FREDERICK MEREDYDD
Lucien Almaric Jenkins
Matthew Andrew Johns
Mike Johns
Raymond Bowen
Steve Rigby
Steven Haysom
William Silverstone

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

Operates in: Carmarthenshire · Pembrokeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£497k	£516k
31/03/2024	£445k	£476k
31/03/2023	£411k	£396k
31/03/2022	£378k	£392k
31/03/2021	£361k	£392k

Common questions

Is NARBERTH & DISTRICT COMMUNITY & SPORTS ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £10,175 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £1,538,120. The trustees note that unrestricted funds are sufficient to cover future management costs and unforeseen expenditure, although energy costs were previously challenging. The charity is planning to expand its nursery services and move towards Charitable Incorporated status. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/11/2015	£5k	Bloomfield After School Club 20th Anniversary and Pembrokeshire Autism
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/03/2007	£2k	Bloomfield Art Project

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
The Teesside Charity	1	£9k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SWIM NARBERTH.

SWIM NARBERTH income £251k
NEW MILTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £131k
NORTON SPORTS CHARITY income £1.2m
BARTON ACORN YOUTH, COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE income £232k
NORTH EAST MITCHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £105k
MELTHAM SPORTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP LIMITED income £134k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NARBERTH & DISTRICT COMMUNITY & SPORTS ASSOCIATION	£497k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SWIM NARBERTH FY2024	£251k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW MILTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2024	£131k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTON SPORTS CHARITY FY2025	£1.2m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BARTON ACORN YOUTH, COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE FY2025	£232k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTH EAST MITCHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£105k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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