Colleges Wales / Colegau Cymru

Analysis

Colleges Wales / Colegau Cymru is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in January 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02832103). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Colleges Wales / Colegau Cymru reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.2m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £2.4m (+37%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Colleges Wales / Colegau Cymru sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School Limited (£2.4m), The Children's House School (£2.4m) and Yesodey Hatorah Nursery (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 50%, donations and legacies 41%, trading 5.4% and investments 3.0%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £639k. Reserves of £2.1m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.