Bedwas and Trethomas Community Association
Analysis
Bedwas and Trethomas Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Caerphilly. It was registered in August 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Bedwas and Trethomas Community Association reported income of £12k and spending of £13k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £16k to £12k (-23%), an average of -6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.
Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bedwas and Trethomas Community Association sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great Shelford Playscape (£12k), The Craven Family Trust (£12k) and Holford Village Hall (£12k).
Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Bedwas & Trethomas area & the neighbourhood, without distinction of sex, political, religious or other opinions by associating the local authorities, voluntary orgs and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education & to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation, leisure time, occupation & conditions of life for the inhab
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Great Shelford Playscape | Cambridge | £12k |
| The Craven Family Trust | Bradford | £12k |
| Holford Village Hall | Somerset | £12k |
| Littlehampton Sportsfield | West Sussex | £12k |