CWMNI URDD GOBAITH CYMRU (CORFFOREDIG) / THE WELSH LEAGUE OF YOUTH (INCORPORATED)

Registered charity 524481 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CWMNI URDD GOBAITH CYMRU, THE WELSH LEAGUE OF YOUTH (INCORPORATED), URDD GOBAITH CYMRU, YR URDD

Prif amcanion yr elusen yw sicrhau bod holl ieuenctid Cymru yn cael y cyfle trwy gyfrwng y gymraeg i ddatblygu'n unigolion cyflawn, a'u galluogi i chwarae rhan adeiladol yn y gymdeithas. Trwy feithrin sgiliau personol a chymdeithasol. Cynigir profiadau canolfannau preswyl, profiadau celfyddydol, ystod eang o chwaraeon, ynghyd a darpariaeth o weithgaredd ar lefel leol.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £61,412 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant decrease from the previous year's £371,787. Per the trustees' report, free/unrestricted reserves stood at £5,269,315, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £7.7 million (six months of general expenditure), though the trustees anticipate this will be restored by anticipated legacy receipts. The charity remains in a strong financial position with total reserves of £32.4 million and adequate resources to continue operating as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Ashmole & Co. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Urdd Gobaith Cymru (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nia Bennettchair
• Arwel Gruffydd
• Deio Sion Llewellyn Owen
• Delyth Evans
• Emily Louise Shanice Pemberton
• Gemma Elizabeth Cutter
• Gwennan Sian Oakes
• IOLO ALED WALTERS
• Mari Emlyn
• Nia Eleri Morgan
• Robert James O'Rourke
• Tomos Llywelyn ab Eurfyl ap Gwilym

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COUNCIL FOR WALES OF VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES CYNGOR CYMREIG Y GWASANAETHAU IEUENCTID GWIRFODDOL.

• COUNCIL FOR WALES OF VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES CYNGOR CYMREIG Y GWASANAETHAU IEUENCTID GWIRFODDOL income £457k
• EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU income £6.7m
• CYNGOR YSGOLION SUL AC ADDYSG GRISTNOGOL CYMRU income £155k
• CYNGOR LLYFRAU CYMRU-THE BOOKS COUNCIL OF WALES income £7.5m
• Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOL income £11.0m
• CWMNI'R FRAN WEN CYF income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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