Merched Y Wawr

Analysis

Merched Y Wawr is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aberystwyth. It was registered in April 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Merched Y Wawr reported income of £288k and spending of £308k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £314k to £288k (-8.2%), an average of -2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Merched Y Wawr sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dome Education & Welfare Foundation (£288k), Kissing It Better (£289k) and Sheffield Occupational Health Advisory Service (£288k).

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.