Cymer Afan Community Library

Our core purpose is to provide library services to the community of the Upper Afan Valley - lending books, CDs and DVDs, providing newspapers, 5 public computers with wi-fi & internet access, printing and photocopying. We also plan to develop other uses for the building - to turn the library into a Hub for Community - a multi-purpose community facility with a cafe, meeting space and classes.

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

In Wales

• Neath Port Talbot

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £174,881 and spent £134,881.

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 122%, from £78,631 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £174,881 in the year to 31 March 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 77% 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

74% of its income in the year to 31 March 2022 came from government grants and contracts (£195,688).

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: £14,610 from 3 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.

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.

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Funders that publish to 360Giving list 13 grants to this charity since 2014, worth at least £304,949.

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.

Public bodies' published spending shows 1 payment to this charity worth £160,391, on 18 January 2022.

Councils and Welsh Government publish what they pay suppliers and grant holders above a threshold, usually £500 for councils and £25,000 for Welsh Government, so smaller payments are missing. A payment is shown only when OpenEconomy matched it to this charity with certainty. These figures come from the payer's records. They are a separate measure from the charity's own accounts, 360Giving grants and its annual return, and are never added to them.

Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

• 2 July 2026

  Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: DFMCMSJE

  Purpose: Cymer Afan Community Library.

  Cymer Afan Community Library

  Read the record

• 23 November 2022

  Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: First Minister

  Purpose: Cymer Afan Community Library.

  Cymer Afan Community Library

  Read the record

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4 trustees run the charity.

• Alison WhiteAppointed 6 June 2014
• Lauren RobertsAppointed 3 March 2014
• Melanie EmmettAppointed 3 March 2014
• Rosemary Ruth RocheAppointed 31 January 2024

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

1157765

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

8 July 2014

Governing document

CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 08 JUL 2014AMENDED ON 09 JAN 2018 as amended on 22 Nov 2023

Website

www.cymmercommunitylibrary.orgAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Neath Port Talbot

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 1 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.
• In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• Its accounts and annual returns on the register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: Neath Port Talbot Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Neath Port Talbot's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Afan Ogwr Rhondda