Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
    • Grant maker support: +8
    Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

    CYCA CONNECTING YOUTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS 

    Provide child care nursery, after school club and holiday Clubs in 3 settings. We provide a range of services that address personal development.We work with Looked after Children mentoring them and giving training to move into their own home. Our Training Centre provides opportunities for our learners to gain accredited qualifications around essential skills resiliency and emotional wellbeing.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • 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 is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
    • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
    Established: 42 years

    http://www.cycaonline.org

    support@cycaonline.org

    01554776178

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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£712£611£102£609£157£460.92910
    31/03/22£312£473£-161n/an/an/an/an/a6
    31/03/21£591£577£14£577£216£1112.360
    31/03/20£593£494£99£0£202£1373.362
    31/03/19*£432£401£30n/an/an/an/an/a2
    31/03/18£364£404£-40£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£572£674£-102£0£113£1132250
    31/03/16£605£633£-28£0£216£1663.1490
    31/03/15£559£620£-61£3£245£2174.2490
    31/03/14£504£532£-28£3£306£2515.6490
    31/03/13£661£563£98£3£334£2254.8490
    31/03/12£604£599£5£3£239£1663.3490
    31/03/11£685£591£94£200£249£1483490
    31/03/10£634£638£-4£233£155£711.3100
    31/03/09£652£653£-1£194£162£53100
    31/03/08£672£584£89£146£195£1122.3400
    31/03/07£487£472£15£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£355£334£21£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£314£313£1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04*£246£191£55£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 92.1%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 99.7%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 13%
    Liabilities/Income: 3%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 29%
    Reserves/Spending: 0.9 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
    Quick Ratio: 6.7
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • Amateur Sport
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Makes Grants to Organisations
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides other finance
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Carmarthenshire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • People With Disabilities
    Who works here?
    • 29 employees
    • 10 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 Community Fund£479,373
    Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
    BBC Children in Need£30,000
    Co-Op Foundation£29,998
    Masonic Trust£22,995
    The Clothworkers Foundation£9,800
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - Holidays of fun
    £9,100 25/04/2023
    Connecting Youth Children and Adults (CYCA) in Llanelli will deliver an after school club and a holiday club to help children experiencing anxiety post covid and reduced attendance at school. Bydd ....more
    Co-Op Foundation - CYCA Continuation 2022
    £9,998 28/04/2022
    CYCA will slightly adapt their practice to implement feedback from the young people through reflective practice and seek referrals from individuals and wider communities. The young people will have ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - The heart of the Community: Calon y Gymuned
    £393,433 27/01/2022
    36
    Over three years CYCA Connecting Youth Children and Adults will use £393433 to fund staff translation a creche venue and office costs. They will provide a multi-functional service in Llanelli to ....more
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to CYCA (Connecting Youth, Children & Adults)
    £1,822 23/10/2021
    We would like to buy kitchen equipment so that families can cook together at our centre.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Mentor Mams
    £9,000 26/08/2021
    CYCA Connecting Youth Children and Adults in Carmarthenshire will use £9000 to upskill local people to deliver arts and crafts workshops for other parents that help reduce isolation increase ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £20,000 16/07/2021
    Core Funding
    Masonic Trust - MCF Freemasons COVID-19 Community Fund
    £21,020 05/07/2021
    A grant to support 30 young people aged 11-18 in West Wales through one-to-one counselling which is offered alongside family support and activities such as canoeing to engage the young people in.
    Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
    £1,975 16/02/2021
    Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
    Co-Op Foundation - #iwill Bereavement - EOI
    £20,000 02/12/2020
    To deliver accredited resilience and_x000D_ peer mentoring training to bereaved_x000D_ young people in South wales. These_x000D_ young people will go on to set up peer_x000D_ ambassador clubs in ....more
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Carmarthenshire Youth and Children's Association
    £9,800 30/07/2020
    COVID19 : purchase of IT equipment and furniture for a charity that works with disadvantaged young people in Wales
    National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 Battling Covid
    £48,840 04/06/2020
    12
    Carmarthenshire Youth and Children's Association has received £48840 to continue delivering services to support deprived and vulnerable children in the Llanelli area. Services will address the ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 - Battling Covid
    £10,000 27/04/2020
    6
    Carmarthenshire Youth and Children's Association will provide online counselling sessions for vulnerable members of the community to help deal with the high levels of anxiety fear and panic that ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Carmarthenshire Youth & Children's Association
    £30,000 20/03/2020
    36
    This project will provide online safety sessions for young people who might be vulnerable to exploitation. They will be better able to keep themselves safe online, reduce their anxiety, and better ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £10,000 08/05/2019
    Safety Online Resilience Training - SORT
    National Lottery Community Fund - Digital Resiliency
    £9,000 03/05/2019
    12
    Project Summary :_x000D_ Carmarthenshire Youth and Children's Association will use the grant to support vulnerable young people who are at risk of being exploited online, by offering workshops, ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - CYCA ROOTS (Resilience Offers Opportunities To Succeed)
    £486,672 14/03/2018
    36
    This project will improve the wellbeing and resilience of families with low level mental ill-health through a family support programme working with both parents and children, providing accredited ....more
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Carmarthenshire Youth and Children's Association
    £55,420 28/11/2017
    36
    A contribution towards the CEO post, accreditation costs and associated running costs in order to specifically deliver on the charities work supporting looked after children and young parents.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Moving Forward - Symud Ymlaen
    £8,000 15/10/2017
    12
    Moving Forward - Symud Ymlaen
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Carmarthenshire Youth and Children's Association
    £47,614 04/03/2015
    24
    This Llanelli based charity will deliver direct support to at least 35 looked after children transitioning into independence through a programme of interventions leading to positive outcomes.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Families in Crisis
    £247,460 29/11/2013
    36
    The project will provide early intervention and rapid response in Carmarthen and Ammanford. Over 3 years it will support 32 families and provide early intervention to 96 families to stop mental ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Securing Futures
    £1,070,978 13/12/2011
    60
    This project aims to address the requirements of families where parents experience learning disabilities or low to moderate mental health problems. Through a range of integrated and holistic services ....more
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Carmarthenshire Youth and Children's Association
    £40,000 19/09/2011
    the salary and on costs of the Manager
    National Lottery Community Fund - Camau Cyntaf / First Steps
    £184,454 28/01/2010
    36
    The project will provide a family crisis intervention and counselling service which will equip disadvantaged families with better coping skills. The grant, over three years, will fund a new full-time ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/06/1982, number: 512720
    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
    • 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
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR19: 3 days late, AR04: 72 days late,
    Main office

    CYCA
    Unit 2
    Dragon 24
    North Dock
    LLANELLI
    Dyfed

    Objectives

    THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES RESIDENT IN CARMARTHENSHIRE, BEING FACILITIES (A) OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN HAVE BEEN BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND (B) WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    CARMARTHENSHIRE

    Data Sources

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    360 Giving
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