Cwmbran Centre for Young People

Analysis

Cwmbran Centre for Young People is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cwmbran. It was registered in August 2005, 21 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 05163501). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cwmbran Centre for Young People reported income of £648k and spending of £705k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £907k to £648k (-29%), an average of -8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Cwmbran Centre for Young People sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Irie Dance Theatre (£648k), Streetwise Opera (£649k) and The Banbury Museum Trust (£647k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and donations and legacies 2.0%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £212k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.

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.