Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 0

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +5

Overall GiG Score: 0

BLAEN BRAN COMMUNITY WOODLAND

Acquisition, improvement and management for benefit of community of Coed Gwaun-y- fferiad woodland.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is predominantly male
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£11	£11	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/12/21		£3	£2	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/20		£3	£1	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/19	*	£3	£6	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/18	*	£6	£7	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/17	*	£19	£24	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	*	£18	£18	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15?		£36	£38	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£18	£17	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£20	£22	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£20	£13	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£22	£16	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£8	£6	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£18	£20	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 17 years
(19 years as a company)

www.blaenbran.wales

enquiries@uppercwmbran.co.uk

01633864247

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Torfaen,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 60-74

ROBERT NANCARROW Appointed: 2021

VINCENT MURPHY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Volunteer

CHRISTOPHER DAVID HARRIS Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Carpenter

DAVID WILLIAMS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Local Government Officer, Other trusteeships: TORFAEN MUSEUM TRUST LTD, TORFAEN VOLUNTARY ALLIANCE,

GLYN JONES (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/09/2007, number: 1120995
Registered at Companies House on 30/12/2004, number: 05322374

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR19: 27 days late, AR18: 386 days late, AR17: 751 days late, AR16: 1116 days late,

Main office

44 Caernarvon Crescent
Llanyravon
CWMBRAN
Gwent
NP44 8ST

Objectives

1) TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THE LAND KNOWN AS COED GWAUN-Y-FFERIAD AREA OF UPPER CWMBRAN IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO PROVIDE A PLACE OF EXERCISE AND RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF CWMBRAN AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD AND VISITORS (WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS) INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND THE ERECTION OF ANY BUILDINGS SUITABLE FOR OR ANCILLARY TO THESE PURPOSES.2) IN THE INTERESTS OF CONVERSATION TO DEVELOP, CONSERVE, PROTECT AND RESTORE THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND ANIMALS AND PLANT LIFE AT COED GWAUN-Y-FFERIAD3) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE BY THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, RESTORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AND ANIMALS AND PLANT LIFE AT COED GWAUN-Y-FFERIAD: AND4) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, TORFAEN

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