Taff Bargoed Development Trust Limited

Analysis

Taff Bargoed Development Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mid Glamorgan. It was registered in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03001569). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Taff Bargoed Development Trust Limited reported income of £152k and spending of £118k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £79k to £152k (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Taff Bargoed Development Trust Limited sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Epiphany Trust (Truro) Limited (£152k), Turntable Furniture (£152k) and The Community Technology Project (£152k).