Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 9
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

LLANDOVERY YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE 

Provision of a community centre in the heart of the town of Llandovery. It supports local people with help, advice and computer facilities. Many local groups and charities use the centre as their base in the area. Activities for young people include after school and youth clubs. Meeting rooms are available for hire and there is also an inter-generational garden.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

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
Established: 32 years

llandoveryymca@yahoo.co.uk

01550721229

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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*£150£145£4n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/22£152£162£-10n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/21£114£135£-21n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/20*£164£137£26n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/19£27£35£-8n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18£178£40£138£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£86£86£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£95£115£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£131£111£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£90£100£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£96£88£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£114£72£42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£61£41£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£9£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£9£8£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£10£9£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£13£13£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06?*£5£3£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£9£9£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Carmarthenshire, Powys,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 40 volunteers

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Llandovery Youth and Community Centre
£4,669 21/10/2023
We work with hundreds of people of all ages in Llandovery. We wish to develop our facilities further with equipment for arts, crafts, IT, photography, gardening, cookery, after-school and youth clubs.
National Lottery Community Fund - RUR2 Llandovery Coordinators Project
£157,404 15/09/2023
Llandovery Community and Youth Centre's grant of £157404 will tackle the cost of living crisis. The group plans to increase access to services establish and manage a new volunteer register for the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Llandovery Creative Writing Group
£1,900 21/03/2023
Llandovery Youth and Community Centre in Carmarthenshire will spend £1900 to provide creative writing sessions for members of their community to help reduce the feelings of social isolation. The ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Llandovery Youth and Community Centre
£5,231 23/10/2021
We would like to improve the facilities we offer to the community by refurbishing our building and garden and purchasing gardening tools, arts and crafts, IT equipment and furniture.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Well / Y Ffynnon
£509,698 23/05/2019
60
Llandovery Youth and Community Centre will expand on their existing services, by developing a health and wellbeing hub. It will provide the basis as a walk-in centre for support and help, providing ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Llandovery Youth And Community Centre
£5,831 19/11/2018
Our main youth club room which is used by so many groups for the last 15 years is in need of a revamp.
National Lottery Community Fund - Operation Future!
£249,839 30/01/2014
36
The project will provide support for young people through transport solutions increasing access to services and activities, and training opportunities increasing people's skills and confidence. This ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Llandovery YMCA
£15,000 29/07/2013
Llandovery YMCA is a hub for the surrounding rural community. Funding will enable them extend opportunities and build confidence among the young people who are not in employment, education or ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Planning for the Future in Llandovery YMCA
£195,302 26/01/2011
36
This is a three year project to provide further IT training for young people and adults to improve their job prospects. It will also build on a pilot project to provide a drop-in information and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/03/1992, number: 1009238
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
19 returns made; AR23: 50 days late, AR20: 58 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 8 days late, AR11: 28 days late, AR10: 12 days late, AR09: 96 days late, AR08: 10 days late, AR07: 150 days late, AR06: 386 days late, AR04: 54 days late,
Main office

Llandovery Youth & Community Centre
Gerwyn House
19 Market Square
LLANDOVERY
SA20 0AB

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, WHERE SERVICES CAN BE PROVIDED THAT ASSIST ACCESS TO BENEFITS, PROVISION OF ACCESS TO COMPUTERS AND INTERNET, TO BETTER ACCESS THE WORKPLACE, AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.TO PROVIDE A SAFE SOCIAL MEETING PLACE FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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