The Pontardawe Arena

Analysis

The Pontardawe Arena is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swansea. It was registered in November 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04435289). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Pontardawe Arena reported income of £60k and spending of £56k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £64k to £60k (-6.6%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Pontardawe Arena 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 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hebden Bridge Little Theatre Limited (£60k), How Many Elephants (£60k) and Bexhill Light Operatic and Dramatic Society (£60k).