CARMARTHEN BREAKTHRO' (BREAKTHRO' CAERFYRDDIN) PROJECT

Registered charity 518918 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HELPLLAW CAERFYRDDIN

The purpose of the Association is to relieve the condition of children with severe learning disabilities by the provision of leisure activities to assist the family or those responsible for such persons residing primarily but not exclusively in the Carmarthen area, with the help of volunteers

Causes: Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£125k

Latest spending

£105k

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a surplus of approximately £19,800 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted fund balances of £208,020. The trustees note that the charity is sensitive to drops in grant funding, which could affect its charitable work, but the closing cash balance of £146,070 provides a strong base for operations. No material uncertainties or significant governance failures are disclosed in the filing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Wooden Spoon Charitable Trust — “After receiving grants from the Wooden Spoon Charitable Trust and the National Lottery Fund, we installed a new play area in the Autumn of 2…” (source page)
National Lottery Fund — “After receiving grants from the Wooden Spoon Charitable Trust and the National Lottery Fund, we installed a new play area in the Autumn of 2…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

STEPHEN BAGSHAWchair
Helen Lewis
Sarah Isherwood

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	£125k	£105k
31/03/2024	£115k	£95k
31/03/2023	£96k	£79k
31/03/2022	£69k	£66k
31/03/2021	£104k	£61k

Common questions

Is CARMARTHEN BREAKTHRO' (BREAKTHRO' CAERFYRDDIN) PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained a surplus of approximately £19,800 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted fund balances of £208,020. The trustees note that the charity is sensitive to drops in grant funding, which could affect its charitable work, but the closing cash balance of £146,070 provides a strong base for operations. No material uncertainties or significant governance failures are disclosed in the filing. 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	04/09/2023	£10k	Carmarthen Breakthro Caerfyrddin
UK government	26/05/2020	£3k	VSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/04/2020	£10k	Breakthro Play Ground
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/11/2018	£10k	Sensory room revamp
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/08/2008	£5k	Breakthro' Playschemes
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/11/2005	£1k	Unspecified

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TAFF BARGOED DEVELOPMENT TRUST LIMITED.

TAFF BARGOED DEVELOPMENT TRUST LIMITED income £152k
RUTLAND HOUSE COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED income £1.5m
WYCLIF INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £618k
CARWAY AND DISTRICT WELFARE ASSOCIATION income £160k
MELTHAM SPORTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP LIMITED income £134k
BREAKTHROUGH U.K. LTD income £350k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CARMARTHEN BREAKTHRO' (BREAKTHRO' CAERFYRDDIN) PROJECT	£125k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TAFF BARGOED DEVELOPMENT TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£152k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RUTLAND HOUSE COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£1.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WYCLIF INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£618k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CARWAY AND DISTRICT WELFARE ASSOCIATION FY2024	£160k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MELTHAM SPORTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP LIMITED FY2025	£134k	—	above	—	no doubt

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