The Pant & Dowlais Boys & Girls Club
Analysis
The Pant & Dowlais Boys & Girls Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merthyr Tydfil. It was registered in February 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07491038). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.
In the financial year ending March 2025, The Pant & Dowlais Boys & Girls Club reported income of £362k and spending of £384k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £495k to £362k (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Pant & Dowlais Boys & Girls Club sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Communities Together Durham (£362k), Walberswick Common Lands (£362k) and Barnsley Community Build (£362k).
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
The objectives and activities of the organisation are to educate boys and girls resident in the area of Merthyr Tydfil through their leisure time occupation, so as to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society and that their conditions of life may be improved.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Communities Together Durham | Durham | £362k |
| Walberswick Common Lands | Halesworth | £362k |
| Barnsley Community Build | Barnsley | £362k |
| Thinkaqua | London | £362k |