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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 2
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

XL WALES

An educational charity and social enterprise operating across South and West Wales. Delivering innovative and motivational activities in schools and community venues. Concentrating on promoting subject skills in science, design, technology, maths and ICT in primary school children, young people and adults. This is achieved by utilising fun, exciting, interactive and hands-on practical challenges.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£46£53£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£55£56£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£60£56£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£56£58£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19*£63£61£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£47£56£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£76£63£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£54£71£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£69£66£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£90£79£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£92£72£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£72£77£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£85£76£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£98£96£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£132£156£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£152£151£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£176£172£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06*£157£184£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£168£242£-74n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£343£341£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 28 years

www.xlwales.org.uk

info@xlwales.org.uk

001792324060

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 16/09/2021
towards ongoing costs over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 28/02/2019
School Roadshows and Intergenerational Project
Co-Operative Group - Grant to XLWales
£5,341 29/11/2017
Rent and equipment for activities needs to be purchased to provide unique and exciting activities to engage and inspire children.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a summer play scheme.
£500 20/06/2017
Towards a summer play scheme.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 05/05/2017
Schools' Roadshow

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 25-72
  • GARETH JOHN WIDLAKE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • JEAN MATTHIEU JAMES LECLERC Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Masters Student
  • PHILLIP GOUGH (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired
  • TERESA COUSINS Appointed: 2014
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/08/1996, number: 1057268
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/04/1996, number: 03191309
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR19: 9 days late, AR06: 26 days late,
Main office

4 HIGHPOOL LANE
NEWTON
SWANSEA
SA3 4TT

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY PROVIDING ACTIVITIES WHICH IMPROVE KEY LIFE AND SUBJECT SKILLS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RELATED SUBJECTSIN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RELATED SUBJECTS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONGST PUPILS IN SCHOOLS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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