We are a youth movement that provide opportunities to 700 members between the ages of 10 and 26 in Carmarthenshire. The movement offers opportunities and special experiences for the members as they develop new skills, receive valuable training, travel the world, become an integral part of the community and have the opportunity to make friends for life.
In the charity's own words, from the register.
Its charitable purposes
A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN AGRICULTURE, RURAL LIFE AND AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING, HOME CRAFTS, THE ENVIRONMENT AND RELATED SUBJECTS; ANDB) IN THE INTERESTS OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE OF SUCH MEMBERS, TO PROVIDE AND PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS, BEING FACILITIES, WHICH WILL IMPROVE THEIR SPIRITUAL AND MENTAL CAPACITIES, HEALTH AND WELLBEING, RAISE AWARENESS, SELF-RELIANCE AND INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY SO THAT THEY MAY DEVELOP AS INDIVIDUALS INTO FULL CITIZENS.C) TO PROMOTE ITS ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE MEDIUMS OF WELSH AND ENGLISH AND TO ENSURE THOSE ACTIVITIES ENHANCE THE MEMBERS UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE OF WELSH RURAL LIFE, WELSH CULTURE AND THE WELSH LANGUAGE, ALONG WITH PROVIDING AN UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER CULTURES.
From its governing document, as recorded on the register.
Causes
What it works on
General charitable purposes
Education and training
Arts, culture, heritage and science
Amateur sport
Environment, conservation and heritage
Recreation
Who it helps
Children and young people
How it works
Provides services
Acts as an umbrella or resource body
The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.
Where it works
In Wales
Carmarthenshire
The places the charity told the Commission it works in.
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 August 2025, it had income of £250,499 and spent £191,254.
Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending
Income
Spending
Paid staff
Volunteers
31 August 2025
£250,499
£191,254
Not reported
1,500
31 August 2024
£151,140
£175,895
Not reported
1,000
31 August 2023
£111,244
£134,917
Not reported
200
31 August 2022
£86,084
£84,431
Not reported
100
31 August 2021
£61,372
£61,994
Not reported
100
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.
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 308%, from £61,372 in the year to 31 August 2021 to £250,499 in the year to 31 August 2025.
Spending against income
It spent 76% of its income in the year to 31 August 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 August 2025: £29,000 from 2 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.
Income from government grants and contracts by financial year
Year ending
Government grants
Government contracts
31 August 2025
£29,000 from 2 grants
Not reported
31 August 2024
Not reported
Not reported
31 August 2023
£7,500 from 2 grants
Not reported
31 August 2022
£22,360 from 2 grants
Not reported
31 August 2021
£16,434 from 2 grants
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.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £12,500, awarded in 2023.
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.
Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded
Grant
Amount
14 Dec 2023
Community Foundation in WalesGrant to Carmarthenshire YFC
£12,500
Trustees
71 trustees run the charity.
Aled Iwan DaviesAppointed 1 September 2019
Aled Wyn JonesAppointed 1 September 2019
Amanda Jayne WindsorAppointed 1 September 2019
Angharad Margaret-Haf ThomasAppointed 1 September 2019
Anna Wynne DaviesAppointed 1 September 2019
Annie Eryl Mary HarriesAppointed 1 September 2019
Betsan Elinor JonesAppointed 1 September 2019
Carwen Ann RichardsAppointed 1 September 2019
Caryl JonesAppointed 1 September 2019
Carys Ann HughesAppointed 1 September 2019
Carys Ann JonesAppointed 1 September 2019
Carys Lewis ThomasAppointed 1 September 2019
Carys Miriam ThomasAppointed 1 September 2019
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending
Due
Annual return
Accounts
31 August 2025
30 June 2026
Received 9 June 2026, 21 days early
Received 9 June 2026
31 August 2024
30 June 2025
Received 24 June 2025, 6 days early
Received 24 June 2025
31 August 2023
30 June 2024
Received 4 November 2024, 127 days late
Received 4 November 2024
31 August 2022
30 June 2023
Received 7 May 2023, 54 days early
Received 9 May 2023
31 August 2021
30 June 2022
Received 10 November 2021, 232 days early
Received 10 November 2021
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.
About this charity
Charity number
1185416
Status
Registered
Registered with the Commission
20 September 2019
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 20 Sep 2019
Council area of its contact address
Carmarthenshire
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. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.