Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 3

Strong growth: +2
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -4

CYLCH MEITHRIN NELSON

Cylch Meithrin Nelson provide pre-school early years education through the medium of Welsh to children aged 2 - 4 years. Funding is through fees paid by the parents, which helps to cover the wages of the staff. The Meithrin also benefits from grants provided by the local authority and also fundraising through various means.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board is completely female
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/03/23	*	£63	£83	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22	*	£85	£93	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21	*	£87	£59	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£71	£70	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£62	£62	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/18		£24	£30	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

https://www.meithrin.cymru/find-a-cylch/c/800

post@cylchmeithrinnelson.org

07534180277

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Child day-care services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Caerphilly,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Co-Operative Group	£6,215
DCMS	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cylch Meithrin Nelson
£2,960	23/10/2021	We want to purchase new resources for the nursery that will allow us to be able to continue to provide positive development for the children in our care.
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID 19 Covid Recovery
£10,000	24/11/2020 12	Cylch Meithrin Nelson has received £10000 to continue providing Welsh language childcare in Caerphilly. Mae Cylch Meithrin Nelson wedi derbyn £10000 i barhau i ddarparu gofal plant Cymraeg yng ....more Cylch Meithrin Nelson has received £10000 to continue providing Welsh language childcare in Caerphilly. Mae Cylch Meithrin Nelson wedi derbyn £10000 i barhau i ddarparu gofal plant Cymraeg yng Nghaerffili.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000	06/10/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cylch Meithrin Nelson - Outdoor Activities Project
£3,255	15/11/2019	We want to renew the outdoor play equipment so that all the children attending our nursery can use it.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CERI PRESTON Appointed: 2024

ANNA MARIE WEBB Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: CYLCH MEITHRIN YR ENFYS,

LEANNE LOUISE MARSH Appointed: 2024, Other trusteeships: CYLCH MEITHRIN BAE CINMEL, CYLCH MEITHRIN TREDEGAR,

NIA PARKER Appointed: 2024, Other trusteeship: CYLCH MEITHRIN PILI PALA,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/08/2017, number: 1174213

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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR23: 5 days late, AR22: 7 days late, AR21: 1 days late,

Main office

Cylch Meithrin Nelson
21A Commercial Street
Nelson
TREHARRIS
Mid Glamorgan
CF46 6NF

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PRE SCHOOL CHILDREN THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE WELSH LANGUAGE

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