Registered charity 1201369

Ucan Productions

What it does

The charity runs a wide variety of creative workshops, which are aimed at improving both physical and vocal confidence and the overall well-being of its participants. Workshop themes include drama, sound technology and music. UCAN runs Maggie's Club for vision impaired children and young people with additional needs, delivers Arts Awards and supports the vision impaired sector in Wales and beyond.

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

Its charitable purposes

1) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN WALES, AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND ADDITIONAL NEEDS WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, DUE TO THEIR DISABILITY BY THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES, EVENTS AND EXPERIENCES WHICH ENCOURAGE THE BUILDING OF CONFIDENCE, SELF ESTEEM, NEW FRIENDSHIPS AND SUPPORT NETWORKS TOGETHER WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SKILLS WHICH WILL WHICH HELP TO PREVENT SOCIAL ISOLATION, PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING AND ASSIST THEIR INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY.2) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN WALES, THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: General charitable purposes
Disability
Arts, culture, heritage and science
Human rights, equality and diversity
Who it helps: Children and young people
Older people
Disabled people
How it works: Provides services
Provides advocacy, advice or information
Sponsors or carries out research

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

Elsewhere

Throughout England and Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £160,297 and spent £144,099.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2025	£160,297	£144,099	Not reported	10
31 March 2024	£166,872	£137,074	Not reported	25
31 March 2023	£230,538	£155,605	Not reported	25

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: Down 30%, from £230,538 in the year to 31 March 2023 to £160,297 in the year to 31 March 2025.
Spending against income: It spent 90% of its income in the year to 31 March 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.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: £4,000 from 1 contract.

Income from government grants and contracts by financial year
Year ending	Government grants	Government contracts
31 March 2025	Not reported	£4,000 from 1 contract
31 March 2024	Not reported	£3,387 from 1 contract
31 March 2023	Not reported	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 18 grants to this charity since 2007, worth at least £795,461.

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.

By funder

The National Lottery Community Fund£360,681, 7 grants
BBC Children in Need£280,326, 5 grants
Nesta£72,487, 2 grants
People's Health Trust£37,434, 1 grant
Community Foundation in Wales£29,750, 1 grant
The National Lottery Heritage Fund£14,783, 2 grants

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
30 Jan 2024	The National Lottery Community FundUCAN Arts Award	£19,980
6 Jun 2023	The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Payments from public bodies, from their spending data

Public bodies' published spending shows 2 payments to this charity worth £3,200 between 13 April 2026 and 13 April 2026.

Payments from public bodies, from their spending data
Public body	Paid	Payments	Financial years
Vale of Glamorgan Councilits spending data	£3,200	2	2026/27

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.

In council meetings

Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.

7 March 2024, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Council
Lord Mayor's Announcements
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25 January 2024, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Council
Lord Mayor's Announcements
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30 November 2023, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Council
Lord Mayor's Announcements
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26 October 2023, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Council
Lord Mayor's Announcements
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21 September 2023, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Council
Lord Mayor's Announcements
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25 May 2023, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Council
Lord Mayor's Announcements
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Trustees

10 trustees run the charity.

Professor Alyson Mary ReesChairAppointed 12 December 2010
Dorian James BruntAppointed 16 August 2005
Dr Bablin MolikAppointed 1 April 2025
Dr Joy Margaret WoodhouseAppointed 10 November 2014
Jayne WorseyAppointed 1 March 2008
Jennnifer BlackmoreAppointed 28 October 2019
John SandersAppointed 11 May 2009
Lloyd ColemanAppointed 15 March 2024
Owen James WilliamsAppointed 26 August 2016
Sara McKayAppointed 30 September 2024

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

Of the last 3 annual returns that were due, 3 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 13 October 2025, 110 days early	Received 13 October 2025
31 March 2024	31 January 2025	Received 1 October 2024, 122 days early	Received 1 October 2024
31 March 2023	31 January 2024	Received 20 January 2024, 11 days early	Received 20 January 2024

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: 1201369
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 16 December 2022
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16 AUG 2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 JAN 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 APR 2021AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26 APR 2021AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09 DEC 2022
Company number: 05537893This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
Website: www.ucanproductions.orgAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Cardiff

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.
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.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2025

£160,297

£144,099

Not reported

31 March 2024

£166,872

£137,074

Not reported

31 March 2023

£230,538

£155,605

Not reported

Year ending

Government grants

Government contracts

31 March 2025

Not reported

£4,000 from 1 contract

31 March 2024

Not reported

£3,387 from 1 contract

31 March 2023

Not reported

Awarded

Grant

Amount

30 Jan 2024

The National Lottery Community FundUCAN Arts Award

£19,980

6 Jun 2023

The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Public body

Paid

Payments

Financial years

Vale of Glamorgan Councilits spending data

£3,200

2026/27

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 13 October 2025, 110 days early

Received 13 October 2025

31 March 2024

31 January 2025

Received 1 October 2024, 122 days early

Received 1 October 2024

31 March 2023

31 January 2024

Received 20 January 2024, 11 days early

Received 20 January 2024

Awarded	Grant	Amount
27 Jul 2018	The National Lottery Community FundUCAN Bristol	£9,890
27 Jun 2018	BBC Children in NeedGrant to UCAN Productions	£111,710
7 Sept 2017	People's Health TrustUCAN Socialeyes	£37,434
23 Feb 2016	NestaACE0357	£10,000
29 Nov 2013	NestaACE0296	£62,487
28 Jan 2010	The National Lottery Community FundRadio UCAN	£140,092
20 Mar 2009	The National Lottery Community FundWelcome to my World	£4,935
17 Jul 2007	The National Lottery Heritage Fund"The project is to enable young people to celebrate the anniversary of the abolition of slavery. The money is for venue hire, staff costs, eq"	£4,850