Friends of Ysgol Bryn Castell

Friends of Ysgol Bryn Castell aim to advance the education of the pupils at YBC by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities (not required to be provided by the LEA) for education.Ysgol Bryn Castell is a 7-19 Special School for children and young people with emotional, behavioural and social difficulties, including a specialist provision for children with Autism at the school.

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

In Wales

• Bridgend
• Neath Port Talbot
• Newport City
• Rhondda Cynon Taf

Area of benefit in its governing document: Undefined. in Practice Brigend, Newport

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 August 2025, it had income of £3,611 and spent £1,955.

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.

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

Up 155%, from £1,417 in the year to 31 August 2023 to £3,611 in the year to 31 August 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 54% of its income in the year to 31 August 2025. It spent less than its income in each of the 3 years shown.

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

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

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.

4 trustees run the charity.

• Kaye CheesemanAppointed 1 September 2014
• Linda SchoenAppointed 19 November 2021
• Sarah DaviesAppointed 19 November 2021
• Sarah Elizabeth PeelAppointed 19 November 2021

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

1122001

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

17 December 2007

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 1 SEPTEMBER 2007

Website

www.ysgolbryncastell.co.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Bridgend

• 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.

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

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