Cyfeillion Sankwia Friends
What it does
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH AND ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST THE PEOPLE OF GAMBIA IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE INHABITANTS OF SANKWIA VILLAGE AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN THE LOWER RIVER DIVISION THE GAMBIA.
Its charitable purposes
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH AND ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST THE PEOPLE OF GAMBIA IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE INHABITANTS OF SANKWIA VILLAGE AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN THE LOWER RIVER DIVISION THE GAMBIA.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- The general public
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
- Makes grants to organisations
- Provides staff or volunteers
Where it works
- In Wales
- Gwynedd
- Elsewhere
- The Gambia
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined
Income and spending
In the year ending 30 November 2025, it had income of £12,624 and spent £7,975.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 November 2025 | £12,624 | £7,975 | Not reported | 85 |
| 30 November 2024 | £13,305 | £7,827 | Not reported | 85 |
| 30 November 2023 | £13,995 | £8,744 | Not reported | 85 |
| 30 November 2022 | £11,475 | £10,068 | Not reported | 23 |
| 30 November 2021 | £18,725 | £11,636 | Not reported | 25 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 33%, from £18,725 in the year to 30 November 2021 to £12,624 in the year to 30 November 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 63% of its income in the year to 30 November 2025. It spent less than its income in each of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 30 November 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 30 November 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 November 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 November 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
5 trustees run the charity.
- Myrddin Wyn OwensChair
- Ann Flitcroft
- Eric Roberts
- Mrs V Roberts
- Wendy Thomas
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 November 2025 | 30 September 2026 | Received 16 July 2026, 76 days early | Not required |
| 30 November 2024 | 30 September 2025 | Received 6 September 2025, 24 days early | Not required |
| 30 November 2023 | 30 September 2024 | Received 3 July 2024, 89 days early | Not required |
| 30 November 2022 | 30 September 2023 | Received 23 September 2023, 7 days early | Not required |
| 30 November 2021 | 30 September 2022 | Received 9 September 2022, 21 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1112874
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 31 January 2006
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 19TH DECEMBER 2005.
- Website
- www.sankwia.co.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Isle of Anglesey
Sources
- 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, as loaded by OpenEconomy.