The Fern Partnership

5. The objects of the Charity are specifically restricted to the following: a. to advance the education of the pupils by raising funds for items and activities over and above these which the LEA provide for; b. in partnership with community organisations and businesses assist in developing the lives and well-being of the community;

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

In Wales

• Throughout Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £1,298,127 and spent £1,240,648.

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 35%, from £964,814 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £1,298,127 in the year to 31 March 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 96% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent less than its income in each of the 5 years shown.

Money from government

46% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025 came from government grants and contracts (£597,836).

Largest funder

Lottery gave £80,936 in the year to 31 March 2025, 6% of that year's income.Read by AI from the charity's accounts.

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: £88,806 from 7 grants. Government contracts: £509,030 from 7 contracts.

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.

In its accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025, the charity named 11 funders who gave £259,396 between them. £113,126 of that came from public bodies.

These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 8 grants to this charity since 2016, worth at least £867,317.

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 £300,000, on 17 November 2023.

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.

• 16 October 2024

  Named by Buffy Williams in the Senedd

  …rough alternative education in Rhondda, Mikey Jones of Cambrian Village Trust and Michelle Coburn-Hughes of Ferndale Community School and the Fern Partnership. I look forward to hearing how the Welsh Government plans to address these important questions so that we can continue building an education…

  Read the record

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7 trustees run the charity.

• Kelvin JonesChairAppointed 22 February 2024
• David Owen DeanAppointed 11 November 2021
• Heather NicholasAppointed 1 April 2025
• Howard BurgeAppointed 26 February 2020
• Michael DaviesAppointed 29 November 2022
• Michelle Coburn-hughesAppointed 24 August 2016
• Nathan PrygodziczAppointed 26 February 2020

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, 4 arrived by the deadline.

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Charity number

1168892

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

24 August 2016

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 APR 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18 JUL 2016 as amended on 01 Apr 2025

Company number

10156361This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

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

Council area of its contact address

Rhondda Cynon Taf

• 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

• OpenSenedd: Senedd records that name this charity
• OpenCouncil: Rhondda Cynon Taf Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Rhondda Cynon Taf's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Afan Ogwr Rhondda