The Llanilar Community Development Association

Analysis

The Llanilar Community Development Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aberystwyth. It was registered in February 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Llanilar Community Development Association reported income of £12k and spending of £14k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £29k to £12k (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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, The Llanilar Community Development Association sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lenthall Concert Society (£12k), St Giles Orchestra (£12k) and Wilmington Trust (£12k).

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.