Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 2

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -1

KIN CYMRU

Advocacy,advice and support for disadvantaged people.Focus on assisting families with children with special needs,but offering legal advice to all low income people needing advice on benefits,debt,housing,community care, or education.

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
This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
There are only 3 trustees
The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 11 years

kincymru.org.uk

info@kincymru.org.uk

07969488021

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£104	£58	£46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
05/04/22		£43	£49	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
05/04/21		£36	£30	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
05/04/20		£16	£18	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/19	*	£1	£0	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£2	£0	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/16	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/15	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/14		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout Wales,

This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

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
3 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
National Lottery Community Fund - The Carers Project
£9,550	27/06/2022	Kin Cymru in Swansea will work with carers who are struggling financially by supporting them to access and maximise their carers income. £9550 will pay for staff and volunteers training translations ....more Kin Cymru in Swansea will work with carers who are struggling financially by supporting them to access and maximise their carers income. £9550 will pay for staff and volunteers training translations and supplies. Bydd Kin Cymru yn Abertawe’n gweithio gyda gofalwyr sy’n cael trafferth ariannol trwy eu cefnogi i gyrchu a mwyafu incwm eu gofalwyr. Bydd £9550 yn talu am staff a gwirfoddolwyr hyfforddiant cyfieithu ac offer.
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 - Kin Cymru DLA project
£9,961	10/11/2020 9	Kin Cymru in Swansea will support families of children with disabilities or additional needs to access the benefits they are entitled to which will improve their child’s quality of life. £9961 ....more Kin Cymru in Swansea will support families of children with disabilities or additional needs to access the benefits they are entitled to which will improve their child’s quality of life. £9961 will fund staff office travel and training. Bydd Kin Cymru yn Abertawe yn cefnogi teuluoedd plant ag anableddau neu anghenion ychwanegol i gael gafael ar y budd-daliadau y mae ganddynt hawl iddynt a fydd yn gwella ansawdd bywyd eu plentyn. Bydd £9961 yn ariannu staff swyddfa teithio a hyfforddiant.
National Lottery Community Fund - DLA for Children
£10,000	24/06/2019 12	Project Summary :_x000D_ Kin Cymru in Swansea will use the grant to provide advice and support to families and children with disabilities. This grant for £10,000 will fund office rental, utilities, ....more Project Summary :_x000D_ Kin Cymru in Swansea will use the grant to provide advice and support to families and children with disabilities. This grant for £10,000 will fund office rental, utilities, office supplies, and volunteer expenses.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

EDWINA DALEY Appointed: 2018

HEIDI DRISCOLL Appointed: 2021

LISA REESE (Chair) Appointed: 2012

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/12/2012, number: 1150035

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR19: 5 days late, AR16: 32 days late, AR15: 27 days late,

Main office

Kin Cymru
1st Floor
8 Castle Square
Wind Street
SWANSEA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE(DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY)THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH,AGE,ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY,FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE AND TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND TRAINING WHICH WILL ASSIST WITH THE RELIEF OF SUCH NEED.

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