Y Bont

Analysis

Y Bont is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Caernarfon. It was registered in May 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Y Bont reported income of £713k and spending of £637k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £489k to £713k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Y Bont sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Society of Soil Science (£712k), Schools Northeast (£714k) and Rainbow Corner Day Nursery (£712k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 81%, investments 18% and trading 1.3%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.9%. Reserves of £4.7m would cover about 89 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.