Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

LLANSTEPHAN PARISH INSTITUTE (COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE BEN HARRIES INSTITUTE) 

TO PROVIDE MEETING FACILITIES AND TO FOSTER SOCIAL INTERACTION AMONGST THE PEOPLE OF LLANSTEFFAN
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:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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 but spending has been maintained

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
09/09/23£8£9£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
09/09/22£7£9£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
09/09/21£21£4£16n/an/an/an/an/a6
09/09/20£18£4£14n/an/an/an/an/a6
09/09/19*£8£7£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
09/09/18£8£4£4£0£0£0n/a00
09/09/17*£8£15£-8£0£0£0n/a00
09/09/16*£7£3£4£0£0£0n/a00
09/09/15£7£4£2£0£0£0n/a00
09/09/14£22£3£19£0£0£0n/a00
09/09/13£7£3£4£0£0£0n/a00
09/09/12£7£2£4£0£0£0n/a00
09/09/11£7£10£-4£0£0£0n/a00
09/09/10*£6£6£0£0£0£0n/a00
09/09/09£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
09/09/08£9£2£7£0£0£0n/a00
09/09/07£5£6£-1£0£0£0n/a00
09/09/06£5£4£1£0£0£0n/a00
09/09/05£5£5£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 41 years

01267241684

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Carmarthenshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/07/1983, number: 512463
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR19: 256 days late, AR17: 41 days late, AR16: 5 days late, AR10: 53 days late,
Main office

ARDWYN
LLANSTEFFAN
CARMARTHEN
SA33 5JY

Objectives

1. THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE INSTITUTE FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE COMMUNITY OF LLANSTEPHAN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE OFR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. 2. SUBJECT AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED WITH REGARD TO LETTING AND A RESIDENCE FOR A CARETAKER THE SAID LAND WITH THE BUILDINGS THEREON SHALL BE HELD UPON TRUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF A VILLAGE INSTUTITE AS AFORESAID.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LLANSTEPHAN AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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