Cymer Afan Community Library

Analysis

Cymer Afan Community Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Glamorgan. It was registered in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cymer Afan Community Library reported income of £175k and spending of £135k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £79k to £175k (+122%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 234%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cymer Afan Community Library sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizens Advice Service East Devon (£175k), Aroma of Jesus Ministries (£175k) and Redeemed Christian Church of God - (RCCG) Dominion Parish Hounslow (£175k).