YSTRADOWEN COMMUNITY AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 515414 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To maintain and manage a Community Centre (Ystradowen Village Hall). To provide facilities, in the interests of social welfare, for recreation and leisure-time occupation, for the benefit of the inhabitants of Ystradowen.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF YSTRADOWEN AND DISTRICT WTHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THEOBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION).

Area of benefit: YSTRADOWEN AND DISTRICT

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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Latest income
£47k
Latest spending
£26k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a statutory deficit of £3,184 for the year, though this included an £11,000 contribution from reserves to fund the Green Energy Project, resulting in an underlying profit of £7,816. The charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £58,154, which the trustees describe as providing a secure basis for future maintenance and asset replacement. The charity has no paid staff and relies exclusively on volunteers.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient financial reserves to enable the maintenance and running costs of the Village Hall and related facilities (held: £58k)
“YCSA policy is, to successfully generate and maintain sufficient financial reserves to enable the maintenance and running costs of the Village Hall and related facilities.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£47k£26k
31/03/2025£153k£156k
31/03/2024£35k£31k
31/03/2023£46k£38k
31/03/2022£21k£25k

Common questions

Is YSTRADOWEN COMMUNITY AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a statutory deficit of £3,184 for the year, though this included an £11,000 contribution from reserves to fund the Green Energy Project, resulting in an underlying profit of £7,816. The charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £58,154, which the trustees describe as providing a secure basis for future maintenance and asset replacement. The charity has no paid staff and relies exclusively on volunteers. 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 Fund10/09/2024£20kYstradowen Hall Green Energy Project Heat Pump Phase
The National Lottery Community Fund13/02/2023£3kCoronation Family Fun Day