Elenydd Wilderness Hostels

Analysis

Elenydd Wilderness Hostels is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in August 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Elenydd Wilderness Hostels reported income of £41k and spending of £63k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £80k to £41k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Elenydd Wilderness Hostels sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dixon Almshouse Charity (£41k), Bollington Initiative Trust (£42k) and The John Coley Almshouses (£41k).