Cymdeithas Gwenynwyr Cymru/The Welsh Beekeepers' Association

Analysis

Cymdeithas Gwenynwyr Cymru/The Welsh Beekeepers' Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Holywell. It was registered in November 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and animals, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cymdeithas Gwenynwyr Cymru/The Welsh Beekeepers' Association reported income of £39k and spending of £33k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £22k to £39k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Cymdeithas Gwenynwyr Cymru/The Welsh Beekeepers' Association sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include First Crewkerne Scout Group (£39k), Little Common Community Association CIO (£39k) and Henley and District Young Farmers' Club (£39k).