## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] of March 2024 Period start date To 31[st] of March 2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: CYLCH MEITHRIN LLANLLWNI** ## **Charity registration number: 1194180** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Promoting Welsh-medium education for**
**pre-school aged children in Llanllwni.**| |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|**The aim of Cylch Meithrin Llanllwni is to**
**provide high-quality childcare for**
**children in the local area, a commitment**
**that has been consistently upheld**
**throughout the year in question.**
**We offer affordable childcare from**
**8:45am to 12:15pm on Tuesdays,**
**Thursdays and Fridays, as well as full-**
**day provision from 8:45am to 3:00pm on**
**Mondays and Wednesdays. The Cylch**
**Meithrin is located at Llanllwni Primary**
**School.**
**Operating as a non-profit organisation,**
**Cylch Meithrin Llanllwni exists for the**
**benefit of children within the community**
**and surrounding areas. Every child is**
**given the opportunity to learn through**
**play in a safe, nurturing and happy**
**environment. Through a nurturing, play-**
**based approach, we support children’s**
**holistic development across their**
**physical, emotional, linguistic, social**
**and cognitive skills.**
**The Cylch Meithrin is managed by a**
**voluntary committee, from which the**
**principal officers — Chairperson,**
**Secretary and Treasurer — are elected.**
**We are registered with Mudiad Meithrin**
**and Care Inspectorate Wales. We also**
**participate in the Welsh Government’s**
**Childcare Offer for Wales, the UK**
**Government’s Tax-Free Childcare**
**Scheme, and the Flying Start**
**programme, ensuring our services**
**remain as accessible and affordable as**
**possible for local families.**| |||**Cylch Meithrin Llanllwni follows the new**
**Curriculum for Wales.**| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees follow**
**Charity Commission guidelines.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| ||SORP reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Not Applicable**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Not Applicable**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Not Applicable**| |Other||**Not Applicable**| ## **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|**Families in Llanllwni and the**
**surrounding areas benefit significantly**
**from the work of Cylch Meithrin**
**Llanllwni.**
**The Cylch Meithrin provides high-quality**
**early years education and affordable**
**childcare in an area where such**
**provision is limited. The service plays**
**an important role in supporting both**
**children and families within the**
**community.**
**Cylch Meithrin Llanllwni delivers a range**
**of community benefits, including:**
**-**
**Promoting and sustaining the**
**Welsh language within the local**
**area.**
**-**
**Supporting and enhancing**
**children’s health and well-being.**
**-**
**Promoting equality and equal**
**opportunities for all children.**| - **Maintaining strong links with the wider community.** - **Working closely with the local primary school to ensure a smooth and supportive transition for children moving from the Cylch Meithrin to school.** - **Supporting the local economy by providing employment for two full-time members of staff and one bank staff member, and by offering affordable childcare that enables parents to return to work.** ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
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|**See the annual balance sheet**
**presented with this report**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**A reserve fund is maintained to cover**
**the costs associated with staff**
**dismissal.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**See the annual balance sheet**
**presented with this report**| |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|**The main uncertainty for the Cylch**
**Meithrin is the number of children**
**attending, as this can vary considerably**
**when children move on to primary**
**school.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**-**
**Children’s fees, including funding**
**from the Childcare Offer for**
**Wales**
**-**
**Funding for three-year-old**
**education provision**
**-**
**Flying Start**
**-**
**Mudiad Meithrin grant**
**-**
**Government grants, including the**
**Sustainability Grant**
**-**
**Statkraft grants**
**-**
**Fundraising events**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Not Applicable**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The main risk is a reduction in the**
**number of children attending the Cylch**
**Meithrin, which would impact its**
**sustainability. There are plans to**
**increase the Cylch’s operating hours**
**where there is demand, with the aim of**
**attracting more families and helping to**
**mitigate this risk.**
**Another risk is the cost-of-living crisis,**
**which has resulted in higher costs for**
**resources and utilities. It has also**
**reduced the amount of disposable**
**income available to families, limiting**
**their ability to support our fundraising**
**activities.**| 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|**CIO**| |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|**An Annual General Meeting is held to**
**appoint a new Committee to manage the**
**Cylch. Officers are elected from among**
**the Committee members, and these**
**individuals may include parents,**
**prospective parents, friends of the**
**Cylch, and members of the local**
**community.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Cylch Meithrin Llanllwni| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Cylch Meithrin a Chylch Ti a Fi Llanllwni| |Registered charity number|1194180| |Charity’s principal address|Cylch Meithrin Llanllwni, Ysgol Eglwys Llanllwni, Llanllwni,
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Llinos Williams|Responsible
Individual|Until 15/11/2024|| ||Caryl Davies|Chairperson|21/2/24 – 18/03/25|| ||Lowri Davies|Vice Chair|21/2/24 – 13/11/2024|| ||Rhian Davies|Secretary|Until 18/03/25|| ||Caryl Jones|Treasurer||| ||Nans Davies|Responsible
Individual|From 15/11/2024|| ||Betsan Walters|Chairperson|From 18thMarch 2025|| ||Patricia Heath|Secretary|From 18thMarch 2025|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 Not Applicable held in this capacity Name and objects of the Not Applicable charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for Not Applicable safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** P Heath **Signature(s)** B Walters Patricia Heath **Full name(s)** Betsan Walters **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairperson Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 29/01/2026 112 ERBY IADAU 11 co R¢4wvt Aeeowttt IllJ4nf24 YM £33,￿3.85 Adncth I Resourtes Slop v Pentre Bwyd I Willa8e Shop + Fwd CurreD¢A¢¢owit 1104n024 7J5&11 £11,431.77 £3224 To savin £547.00 7227.43 Savings accowit 3 year old fvnding Grahty 7.182.lJ) 22.(￿0j4 1.945.40 1.163.45 4224.91 897.66 Tripi 4,457.77 DontAions Tripi8u ac eraill Sustsinibility Training Flyin8 Start Intrest Buisness rtserve 7J54.40 ', 204.28 £72 149J2- £50 73.￿ £2177&69 Cyfrlf Re•ery¢ ActouJt 311•)￿2$ 11.139.55 Current A¢to#tt¢3111)3nins 10.637.14 IDTA AC H£CKED AI¥D F RRE CHARITY COMMIS510N FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independev*t Examiner s Report Réport to th• truste*s CyLC14 MEITH RIW LLAThJLLbJfy)I 31" mA£CH 1025 On accounts for th• year Charlty no IlqlklÉo I report to the trustees ￿ my examlnallon of the aCC￿ntS of the above clw#y (Ihe T￿￿rI lor th8 end8d ba61s of report accLKmts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the Charitses Act 2011 (Ihe ACY). I report In respect of my 8xaminatiM of the Twsfs acC￿￿ts carried out under se￿on 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying my examinab'on, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by Ihe Charity Commission under seth'on 14515)(b) of the Acl. Independent tr examlnevs statement u in m¢of I have comFA8ted my examinati￿. I confThi that no mtsial mattèrs hav8 eome to my attenkn in connoclion ￿fjth the examinatiw (olhw than that disclosed below.) whith gives me cause to b8k8V8 that in. any material of the Cla*ties Ac+.; the accamts dld not 8ccord with the ac(wntW￿ recuds,. or th8 acwunts did not cryty wilh the apptlcabl8 requirements onceming Ihe fomi ar¥J wnt8nt of a(Jx)unts set fyjt In the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulatsons 2(K)8 crther Ihan any rwuirement that the accounts give a Irue and fairf View 1$ nol 8 matter considered as pan oi an inaepenoeni examinaiirxi. V4ith the exaMInatir￿ to ￿lch attention should ￿ tha1￿ in thi4 report in rAdor to onable a woper understanding of the acc￿ to be r6ached. ' Please d81818 Ihe words in the brackets rfih8y dD nor 49ppIy. Slgnod: 2Lll+llolS Name: pre!•oejy.g1 quauflcatlonls) w body IER Ocl 2018 Ilf any): Address: 1&4 Sectioi) B Disclosure Only ¢omplete rf the examiner needs to hjghligm material matters of concem (see CC32. Independent examinats'on of charity act￿n[s. dir8(Xions and guklance for examiners). Glve here brief details of ny Items that the oxamlnér wlsh•* to dl•cl¢x•. IER Oct 2018