Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1
  • Very static board: -5
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

YMDDIRIEDOLAETH CLOUGH WILLIAMS-ELLIS FOUNDATION 

The Foundation's activities in the North Wales area include: Conserving the landscape; maintaining historic structures; educating the public about the heritage of the property; managing the gardens and woodlands of Plas Brondanw; applying sustainable principles to any improvements and new buildings; and promoting sustainable development and viable communities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but very substantial unrestricted reserves are available

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
05/04/23*£1,160£966£194£0£20,212£6,41579.770
05/04/22£955£891£64£0£20,710£6,99394.151
05/04/21£695£771£-76£0£18,681£6,817106.140
05/04/20£985£986£-1£0£16,576£5,25463.972
05/04/19£897£1,027£-130£0£18,844£8,03393.873
05/04/18£906£1,056£-151£0£18,308£7,60686.450
05/04/17£18,446£756£17,690£0£17,570£7,151113.540

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 510%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 32%
Reserves/Spending: 79.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -8 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 8 years

http://www.brondanw.org/english/foundation/fo

bthomas@wrllp.co.uk

01686626230

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Powys, Wrexham,
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 7 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/03/2016, number: 1165883
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
7 returns made; AR23: 24 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from YMDDIRIEDOLAETH CLOUGH WILLIAMS-ELLIS FOUNDATION on 26/02/2024
Main office

Whittingham Riddell Llp
5 St. Giles Business Park
Pool Road
NEWTOWN
SY16 3AJ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:3.1 TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS OR FOR THE BENEFIT OR FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN SUCH MANNER AND (IF MORE THAN ONE) IN SUCH SHARES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO OR TOWARDS OR FOR ALL OR ANY OF THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES SET OUT IN CLAUSE 3.2 BELOW.3.2 IN NORTH WALES AND ESPECIALLY IN SNOWDONIA AND GWYNEDD INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR THE PORTMEIRION PENINSULA AT MINFFORD PENRHYNDEUDRAETH AND THE BRONDANW PARC AND CROESOR ESTATE AT LLANFROTHEN GWYNEDD (AREA) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND ESPECIALLY THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA:3.2.1 TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF LANDS OF BEAUTY OR HISTORIC, ECOLOGICAL OR OTHER SCIENTIFIC INTEREST AND GENERALLY TO PROTECT PRESERVE AND IMPROVE THE NATURAL ASPECT, CHARACTER, ENVIRONMENT, BIODIVERSITY AND AMENITIES OF THE AREA;3.2.2 TO PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE COUNTRYSIDE, THE PROVISION OF ROUTES AND WAYS THEREFOR AND THE PRESERVATION OF FOOTPATHS, COMMONS AND WASTE LANDS;3.2.3 TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND REHABILITATION OF GARDENS AND DESIGNED LANDSCAPES WHICH ARE OF NATIONAL, HISTORIC OR ARTISTIC INTEREST AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND ENJOYMENT OF SUCH GARDENS AND LANDSCAPES;3.2.4 TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF BUILDINGS WHICH ARE OF NATIONAL, HISTORIC, ARCHITECTURAL OR ARTISTIC INTEREST AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND ENJOYMENT OF SUCH BUILDINGS AND TO AUGMENT THE AMENITIES OF SUCH BUILDINGS AND THEIR BUILT AND NATURAL SURROUNDINGS;3.2.5 TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF THE RURAL LANDSCAPE (INCLUDING THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF STRUCTURES AND SITES WHICH FORM PART OF THAT LANDSCAPE AND ARE OF HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL OR ARTISTIC INTEREST OR AMENITY VALUE), THE CONSERVATION OF FLORA AND FAUNA, SUSTAINABLE METHODS OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND OTHER ENTERPRISES WHICH SUPPORT SUCH CONSERVATION, AND RESEARCH INTO THE SAME AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS; AND3.2.6 TO PROMOTE STUDY AND EDUCATION PARTICULARLY IN FIELDS OF RELEVANCE TO THE AREA SUCH AS LOCAL HISTORY, WELSH CULTURE, ECOLOGY AND THE GEOLOGICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND KINDRED SCIENCES AND RESEARCH INTO THE SAME AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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