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colleges wales / colegau cymru

The charity supports children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, and other charities or voluntary bodies. Colleges Wales / Colegau Cymru is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by providing services. The charity is based in Cardiff and operates in Wales.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

The charity aims are the advancement of education for the benefit of the general public in Wales. There is a key focus on post-14 education, lifelong learning and skills. The prime purpose is to assist member colleges to raise standards. These aims are carried out by representation and support of member colleges, provision of training, research & development work and undertaking relevant projects

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£3,053,708
Latest Expenditure
£2,885,609

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 91.2%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 96.5%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 1.6%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £1,043,991
Charitable Activities £1,863,101
Other Trading £115,044
Investments £31,572
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £2,784,680
Raising Funds £0
Governance £46,503
Grants to Institutions £1,451,128
Other Expenditure £100,929

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£3,053,708£2,885,609£2,784,680£2,008,063£2,008,06316 / 0
2023£3,399,140£3,062,236£2,992,891£1,935,276£1,935,27616 / 0
2022£3,257,432£3,073,278£2,966,791£1,637,372£1,637,37215 / 15
2021£1,732,494£1,842,136£1,757,319£925,218£925,21814 / 0
2020£1,984,972£2,130,491£2,051,490£443,860£443,86014 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers