Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 13
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

KEEP WALES TIDY 

Keep Wales Tidy works for the improvement of local environments by 1. encouraging the public to act in a responsible manner; 2. supporting organisations that work for a cleaner and tidier local environment.3. promoting sustainable development, education and community action.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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£5,710£5,764£-54£0£2,634£1,3552.87025,000
31/03/22£5,752£4,949£803£0£2,814£1,6233.96825,000
31/03/21£3,899£3,865£34£0£2,028£1,5834.95725,000
31/03/20£3,352£3,352£0£0£1,730£1,2604.55631,000
31/03/19£2,674£2,605£70£0£1,951£1,51475728,000
31/03/18£2,419£2,456£-37£0£1,904£1,5147.4550
31/03/17£2,231£2,237£-6£0£1,967£1,6008.6550
31/03/16£2,845£2,847£-2£0£1,972£1,7017.2630
31/03/15£3,292£2,838£454£3£1,974£1,5456.5620
31/03/14£2,323£2,275£47£4£1,521£1,0245.4530
31/03/13£2,424£2,302£122£5£1,473£8964.7550
31/03/12£2,729£2,609£120£4£1,352£7083.3590
31/03/11£2,989£3,033£-44£5£1,232£5822.3630
31/03/10£3,354£3,198£156£6£1,275£5171.9600
31/03/09£2,963£2,704£259£5£1,119£5532.5550
31/03/08£2,118£2,077£41£9£861£5092.9420
31/03/07£2,074£1,887£187£9£820£3342.1400
31/03/06£1,693£1,501£192£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,105£1,121£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,312£1,459£-147£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 51%
Reserves/Spending: 2.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 3.9
Asset Split ?
Established: 24 years

www.keepwalestidy.cymru

info@keepwalestidy.cymru

02920256767

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Land or water management
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 70 employees
  • 25,000 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Heritage Fund£500,000
Dulverton Trust£20,000
Co-Operative Group£3,023
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Dulverton Trust - Volunteer Training - The Urban Long Forest
£20,000 07/06/2023
Volunteer Training - The Urban Long Forest
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Keep Wales Tidy
£250,000 29/03/2022
#Natur - Keep Wales Tidy nature garden development packages - North
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Keep Wales Tidy
£250,000 01/03/2022
#Natur - Keep Wales Tidy nature garden development packages - South
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Keep Wales Tidy
£3,023 15/11/2019
We want equipment and PR to clean up the Afon Lwyd river and improve this precious environmental resource for our community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hospital Gardens for Wellbeing
£49,910 30/04/2019
12
Hospital Gardens for Wellbeing
National Lottery Community Fund - Royal Glamorgan Mental Health Garden
£7,252 11/02/2018
12
Royal Glamorgan Mental Health Garden
National Lottery Community Fund - Access to Wrexham's Green Spaces
£14,600 01/06/2016
6
Access to Wrexham's Green Spaces
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Keep Wales Tidy
£685,800 25/09/2014
The Long Forest: Community engagement to safeguard Welsh hedgerows
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Keep Wales Tidy
£175,000 24/06/2014
Towards The Long Forest, a project to enable people to care for and take action to improve, create and learn about hedgerows and the wildlife that relies on them.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 27-70
  • ALANA SMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Sustainable Development Strategy Manager
  • CERI DAVIES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Executive Director
  • LUISA PASTORE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of Communications
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/08/2000, number: 1082058
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/06/2000, number: 04011164
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 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
  • Investment
  • 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
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

KEEP WALES TIDY CAMPAIGN
33-35 CATHEDRAL ROAD
CARDIFF
CF11 9HB

Objectives

THE PROTECTION PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTS OF TOWN AND COUNTRY IN WALES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE WELSH NATION AT LARGE AND TO EDUCATE ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THE ENVIRONMENT IS AT RISK AND OF WAYS IN WHICH THIS CAN BE MINIMISED SO THAT THE USE OF SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES MAY BE ENCOURAGED

Defined Area of Benefit:

WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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