Cylch Meithrin Cil y Coed
What it does
Providing early years nursery sessions for 2-4 year olds through the medium of Welsh.
Its charitable purposes
TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN IN SOUTH MONMOUTHSHIRE THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE WELSH LANGUAGE.
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Education and training
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- How it works
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
Where it works
- In Wales
- Monmouthshire
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £65,343 and spent £70,019.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £65,343 | £70,019 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £66,620 | £68,106 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £51,131 | £46,409 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £37,363 | £32,139 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £22,390 | £16,315 | Not reported | Not reported |
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
- Up 192%, from £22,390 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £65,343 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 107% 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
- 78% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025 came from government grants and contracts (£50,649).
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £2,750 from 1 grant. Government contracts: £47,899 from 2 contracts.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £2,750 from 1 grant | £47,899 from 2 contracts |
| 31 March 2024 | £10,750 from 2 grants | £52,006 from 1 contract |
| 31 March 2023 | £750 from 1 grant | £17,409 from 1 contract |
| 31 March 2022 | £10,000 from 1 grant | £11,109 from 1 contract |
| 31 March 2021 | £11,487 from 5 grants | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Payments from public bodies, from their spending data
Public bodies' published spending shows 46 payments to this charity worth £129,918 between 3 December 2020 and 9 June 2026.
| Public body | Paid | Payments | Financial years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monmouthshire County Council | £129,918 | 46 | 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26, 2026/27 |
In council meetings
Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.
27 July 2026, Monmouthshire
Named in an agenda item or minute of Public Services Scrutiny Committee
Best Start in Life - Following regional scrutiny, to provide a shared understanding of priorities, consistent challenge and visibility of local impacts within each local authority area
Trustees
3 trustees run the charity.
- Lisa AylettChair
- Caroline Hunter
- Kirsty Williams
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 19 February 2026, 19 days late | Received 30 October 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 31 January 2025 | Received 31 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 29 January 2024, 2 days early | Received 17 April 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 20 November 2022, 72 days early | Received 31 January 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 22 November 2021, 70 days early | Received 22 November 2021 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1184708
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 31 July 2019
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 31 Jul 2019
- Council area of its contact address
- Monmouthshire
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.
- 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 council meetings: councils' published meeting records, gathered by OpenCouncil and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 4 November 2026.