Registered charity 1206816

Cylch Meithrin Trelai

What it does

Welsh all day care setting for 0-12 year olds

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

Its charitable purposes

HYRWYDDO ADDYSG GYFRWNG CYMRAEG I BLANT OED CYN YSGOL A PHLANT YSGOL GYNRADD (GAN GANOLBWYNTIO’N BENODOL AR BLANT OED CYN YSGOL) YN TRELAI, CAERDYDD.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PRE-SCHOOL AND PRIMARY AGED CHILDREN (WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON PRE-SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN) THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF WELSH LANGUAGE WITHIN THE AREA OF ELY, CARDIFF.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Education and training
Who it helps: Children and young people
How it works: Provides services

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

Where it works

In Wales

Cardiff

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £596,953 and spent £451,033.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2025	£596,953	£451,033	15	2

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.

Spending against income: It spent 76% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025.

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: £22,690 from 2 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.

Where its income came from in the year ending 31 March 2025

Donations and legacies£197,968
Charitable activities, including grants and contracts for its work£398,985

From the charity's annual return. Only charities with income over £500,000 give this breakdown.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £10,000, awarded in 2025.

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
15 Jan 2025	The National Lottery Community FundYstafell Lili wen fach	£10,000

Trustees

2 trustees run the charity.

Katy ThomasChairAppointed 1 September 2023
Gary FarleighAppointed 31 January 2024

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

Filing record

The last annual return that was due arrived after 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 18 February 2026, 18 days late	Received 18 February 2026

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: 1206816
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 31 January 2024
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 31 Jan 2024
Website: www.cylchmeithrintrelaicaerau.co.ukAs 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.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2025

£596,953

£451,033

Awarded

Grant

Amount

15 Jan 2025

The National Lottery Community FundYstafell Lili wen fach

£10,000

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 18 February 2026, 18 days late

Received 18 February 2026