LLAMAU LIMITED

Registered charity 701772 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LLAMAU

Llamau provides an holistic service incorporating Family Mediation, Training, Advice & Advocacy, Supported Accommodation, Women's Refuges, Tenancy Support and Assertive Outreach to vulnerable homeless and potentially homeless young people and women. We support them to live independently in their communities, resolving immediate homelessness and preventing future homelessness.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£23.9m
Latest spending
£24.4m
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £492,649 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. However, the trustees consider the charity a going concern, citing sufficient free reserves and financial forecasting to meet ongoing commitments. The balance sheet remains in a strong position with net current assets of £2,531,254.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donation from Huggard Charitable Trust; Director of Finance is a Trustee of the Trust.
“An unrestricted donation for £4,000 was received from the Huggard Charitable Trust, a further £25,000 towards the costs of our Counselling service - Mr A Chiplen (Director of Finance) is a trustee of the Huggard Charitable Trust.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Llamau (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

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

Total income
£23.9m
Total spending
£24.4m
Cost of raising funds
£450k
Reserves (reported)
£2.7m
Employees
492

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£23.9m£24.4m
31/03/2024£21.8m£22.7m
31/03/2023£20.9m£20.9m
31/03/2022£18.8m£18.0m
31/03/2021£16.7m£15.8m

Common questions

Is LLAMAU LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £492,649 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. However, the trustees consider the charity a going concern, citing sufficient free reserves and financial forecasting to meet ongoing commitments. The balance sheet remains in a strong position with net current assets of £2,531,254. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Who funds LLAMAU LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LLAMAU LIMITED as a grant recipient include MOONDANCE FOUNDATION, THE LINMARDON TRUST, LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED, SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUST, THE MARY HOMFRAY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MOONDANCE FOUNDATIONFY2023£208k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATIONFY2022£43kCauses in Wales
THE LINMARDON TRUSTFY2024£38k
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£36kGrants payable to Institutions
SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUSTFY2022£34k
THE MARY HOMFRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
OVE ARUP PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE NOEL BUXTON TRUSTFY2023£5kTo help with the running costs of the volunteering service that supports survivors.
THE MARY HOMFRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
HOUSING THE HOMELESS CENTRAL FUNDFY2024£4k
THE NOEL BUXTON TRUSTFY2022£3kTo help with the running costs of the volunteering service that supports survivors.
THE DIXIE ROSE FINDLAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
HOUSING THE HOMELESS CENTRAL FUNDFY2025£3k
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE JENOUR FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
THE JENOUR FOUNDATIONFY2022£2k
HOUSING THE HOMELESS CENTRAL FUNDFY2023£1k
OVE ARUP PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATIONFY2023£600One-off Grant
HOUSING THE HOMELESS CENTRAL FUNDFY2022£230

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government08/02/2022£568kLocal Leadership and Integration Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund17/01/2022£3.4mMy Way Home
The National Lottery Community Fund19/10/2021£10kDomestic Abuse Refuge Vehicle
The National Lottery Community Fund30/03/2021£44kHEH Cardiff
The National Lottery Community Fund12/10/2020£10kCOVID Domestic Abuse Volunteer Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund14/05/2020£99kCovid-19 Llamau Coronavirus Response
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2020£1kLGBTQ+ Social group at Llamau
The National Lottery Community Fund10/12/2018£10kDomestic Abuse Refuge Vehicle
The National Lottery Community Fund27/08/2015£5kLlamau Learning 4 Life - Young People's Education Project
The National Lottery Community Fund17/05/2014£5kLlamau Limited- Llamau Merthyr Tydfil Family Domestic Abuse Refuge
The National Lottery Community Fund04/08/2011£5kLlamau Women's Services Refuge Playroom Regeneration
The National Lottery Community Fund30/06/2011£60k'The Bling Cafe' @ Flooks
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2010£351kLS CONV Rd 1Care Leavers Convergence area
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2010£555kLS RCE Rd 2 Care Leavers Competitiveness Area
The National Lottery Community Fund19/08/2008£5kEMPHASIS Project
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2006£735kEmphasis
The National Lottery Community Fund19/05/2004£110kThere is no project name available for this record

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with London Homelessness Foundation.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LLAMAU LIMITED£23.9m——unclear—no doubt
London Homelessness Foundation FY2025£781k—0unclear—no doubt
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£4.5m——unclear—no doubt
LEEDS WOMEN'S AID FY2025£4.7m——unclear—no doubt
LAMMACK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£374kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
THE LYMM SANCTUARY HUB LIMITED FY2024£119k—0unclear—no doubt

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