2025-03-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From April 2024 Period start date To Period end date

March 2025

Charity name:

Cylch Meithrin Pili Pala

Charity registration number: 1193182

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	A charity that gives young pre-school children in Wales the opportunity to benefit from early years education and experiences through the medium of Welsh.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	Cylch Meithrin Pili Pala is a Welsh medium pre- school and wrap around service based on the site of Llanrymney Cardiff. We are registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and are a ‘not for profit’ organisation. We offer services to families that can access Flying Start, Childcare offer Wales and for private fee paying enabling parents to return to work if they wish. We provide childcare through the medium of Welsh for families .
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	Yes

Additional information (optional)

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	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	If there are suitable grants available, then the committee will apply for these.
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38
	Para 1.38	The trustees of the Management committee are all volunteers.

Contribution made by volunteers Other

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	We focus our work on improving the life chances for the children in our care. We serve an area in Cardiff that includes some disadvantaged children. We do this in several ways including by introducing the Welsh language to children who come from non Welsh speaking families. We know that giving these children the advantage of being bilingual will greatly increase their chances of employment when they later become adults and that introducing a new language during the preschool years is the most effective method of introduction. We also work closely with the Local Authority to ensure staff attend training courses that upskill our staff to provide high quality provision enabling us to put early interventions in place for individual children. We assess and plan our activities so that we can identify areas of need and put in place preventative work to support the children’s progress. We provide individual support for targeted children who are referred to us by the Local Authority.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41

Other

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	£ 58,937
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	We aim to have 6 months worth of costs in reserve.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£29,595
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	Children’s fees for the services provided either through Local authority/Welsh Government Funding for Flying Start or Childcare Offer or private fee paying parents.
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	Other childcare setting opening in the area. Increasing cost of running a childcare session could mean that fees are too much for some families.
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Constitution
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	Charitable Incorporated Organisation
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	Trustees are elected annually and adopt the constitution.

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51	Regular meetings held with the trustees and guidance given through Mudiad meithrin Officer
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51	Work closely with Cardiff Council and Mudiad Meithrin.
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51	Member of the Umbrella Organisation Mudiad Meithrin
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Cylch Meithrin Pili Pala
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number	1193182
Charity’s principal address	RUMNEY R F C HARTLAND ROAD LLANRUMNEY CAERDYDD CF3 4JL

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
	Nia Parker	Trustee
	Leanne Marsh	Trustee
	Ann Angell	Trustee

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets held in this capacity

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
PAYE	Playworks

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

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Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date
	Nia Jayne Parker
	Chair
	16/12/2025
	16/12/2025

CHARITY COMMISSION FOP ENGLAND AND WALES 1193182 Recei ts and ments accounts CC16a For thè Pe￿0d from 01-Apr-24 To 3144ar.25 Section A Receipts and payments Unr8Strlcted lutbd$ Restricted funds Endowment tunds to the Th￿r￿t£ Total funds Last ygar trthè nearest t•lh• r￿ar•S4 to th• Trgar•6t£ Stsrt rani& off#i ChihYtEll'S leeB Otrergrants t rec9￿ed 12B.724 28.844 2,450 327 2.479 124724 28,814 2.450 327 2.479 87.423 2Tr.6f7 3QO ID￿ income AR) 162.824 108.346 an see table Yostmen $• 0$. 162.624 08,348 A3Pa nts Wag95 Reni 130.208 15210 4,125 130208 15.210 4,12$ 1,901 672 94.728 13.910 FoDd and drtnk C￿eNin Omcp Suop*s Whong (Iherle#s 6n 368 1.24f 1,639 589 465 1.443 787 1241 Sub total 1SS.JII 15￿64 116.201 A4Asstt and inv08tment Sub total Totalpaym•nts 155.364 IS5,364 11Q281 Nel of r•e•iptsl(payments) A5 Transf•rs beTh¥efyn lunds A6 Cash lunds last yoar trnd Cash funds this year end 7.933 .47T 58,93 51 58,937 59.4 51A77 CCXX R1 Issi 2911012025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unr•$tric¢ed funds to n￿rs1 e Restricted funds to ngar•$t£ Endowment ft¢nds ¢0 n¢aiost£ Categ¢ries Details B1 Cash fundg Cash ift Hattd 1.955 ankac¢ount 27.387 Fundrwng8¢¢ounl 29,595 Total cash funds 58,937 layMèaL•ic••Mth payr￿15 Unresirlttèd funds ¢ar•$t£ Restrfctsd funds to n￿r￿$t ¢ Endowment nds to n•ar•st£ Deiai18 F￿dtOwh￿h i•t bblon Details Fund to wh1¢ 4ssèt b•lo Details Co•tlopd•nall Current valuè 84 Assèts retained for thè charity's own us• Fund to whic mount du• VJh•n du• Details 85 Llabllltles z£a4 Signed ty￿e or Iru51ees on behalf ofall the trustees Dale of roval Stqnature Print Name to CCXX R2 accounts ISSI 29110r2025

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Cylth Meithrin Pili Pala On accounts for the year endéd 31 Mafth 2025 Charity no 1193182 Set out on pages 1to2 I report to the trustees on my examinatK)n of the accounts of the above charity ('the Trusf.) for the year ended 31" March 2024. As the charitys trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the ac0￿nts in accordance v￿th the requirements of Charities ALtt 2011 he Acn. Responsibilities and basis of report I report in respect of my examination of the Trusys ac￿Unts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in G8rying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under se(lIc￿ 145{5)(b) of Ihe ACL Independent I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have examinerfs statement come to my attention in connection the examination which gives me cause to believe that in. any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charib'es Act" or the accounts dÉd nol accord wth the accounting records; or the accA)unts did not comply wilh the applicable requirements conceming the fom and content of accounts set out in the Charities {Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2CI)8 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fai¢ view ¥thich is not a matter considered as part of an indèpendent examination. I have no concems and have ￿me across no other matters in connection wtth the examinalion to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 27 October 2025 Name: Hywel Tudor Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (rf any): Address: Parc Castell y Mynach, Creigiau Cardiff, CF15 9NZ IER Oct 2018