Seren Ffestiniog Cyf.

Analysis

Seren Ffestiniog Cyf. is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gwynedd. It was registered in March 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03596581). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Seren Ffestiniog Cyf. reported income of £2.8m and spending of £2.7m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £2.8m (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Seren Ffestiniog Cyf. sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Alice Roughton Foundation (£2.8m), Spadework Limited (£2.9m) and Snowflake School for Children with Autism Limited (£2.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88% and trading 12%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 5.8%. Reserves of £400k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 69 people.