Betws Family Centre

Betws Family Centre provides a safe, non-judgmental, homely environment for families to meet others, for parents to receive mutual support and for children to gain valuable childhood experiences. The primary focus of the centre is to work with children and families to reduce stress, prevent family breakdown and support families to enable them to continue to live together in their community.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Carmarthenshire

Area of benefit in its governing document: In Betws and Surrounding Districts.

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £146,888 and spent £132,430.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

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Income over time

Up 138%, from £61,763 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £146,888 in the year to 31 March 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 90% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.

Money from government

26% of its income in the year to 31 March 2021 came from government grants and contracts (£15,877).

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: £1,750 from 1 contract.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 11 grants to this charity since 2010, worth at least £433,619.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.

• 9 June 2025, Carmarthenshire

  Named in a decision of Cabinet Member for Deputy Leader and Regeneration, Leisure, Culture and Tourism

  MYNYDD Y BETWS WIND FARM COMMUNITY BENEFIT FUND ROUND 15 APPLICATIONS

  Read the meeting record

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7 trustees run the charity.

• Betsan Wyn JonesChairAppointed 28 January 2019
• Janet FreimanisAppointed 17 October 2024
• Karen McMinn-DaviesAppointed 24 May 2016
• Lynne GunterAppointed 9 October 2025
• Rebecca JonesAppointed 9 October 2025
• Sophie WatkinsAppointed 18 July 2023
• Tricia TouttAppointed 23 March 2015

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1093525

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

22 August 2002

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 21/03/2002AS AMENDED ON 14/03/2012

Council area of its contact address

Carmarthenshire

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• In council meetings: councils' published meeting records, gathered by OpenCouncil and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 4 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: council records that name this charity
• OpenCouncil: Carmarthenshire Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Carmarthenshire's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Sir Gaerfyrddin