Radio Glangwili
What it does
Provide a hospital radio service. Raising funds for the radio station. Train and encourage young students on using and helping to maintain the service. Close links with local secondary schools and university. Interlink with other external organisations to do recordings of concerts, interviews, etc.
Its charitable purposes
TO RELIEVE SICKNESS INFIRMITY DISTRESS AND OLD AGE AMONGST THE PATIENTS AT THE HOSPITAL OF THE CARMARTHEN DIINEFWR DISTRICT OF THE DYFED HEALTH AUTHORITY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A HOSPITAL BROADCASTING SERVICE.
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Disability
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- People of a particular ethnic or racial origin
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides services
Where it works
- In Wales
- Throughout Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: Carmarthen. Dinefwr
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £1,080 and spent £1,354.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £1,080 | £1,354 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2024 | £2,185 | £4,284 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2023 | £651 | £790 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2022 | £1,305 | £2,699 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2021 | £0 | £2,167 | 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
- Down 17%, from £1,305 in the year to 31 December 2022 to £1,080 in the year to 31 December 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 125% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 4 of the 4 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 2 grants to this charity since 2007, worth at least £9,452.
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug 2016 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £4,452 |
| 17 Sept 2007 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £5,000 |
In the Senedd and Welsh Government
Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.
10 December 2025
Named by Llyr Gruffydd in the Senedd
…course, during the heavy snows of 1982, when the programme was a lifeline for many, I know. But Sulwyn was also one of those who established Radio Glangwili, and the Papur Llafar y Deillion talking newspaper service. He and Glenys ran the aelwyd yr Urdd in Carmarthen for years, and he was one of th…
7 December 2022
Named by Cefin Campbell in the Senedd
On Christmas Day this year, as we feast on turkey and mince pies, there will be a notable milestone marked in Carmarthen as Radio Glangwili celebrates 50 years of broadcasting. The service was inspired by a meeting of members of the Urdd who came together and, in no time at all, led by Sulwyn Thomas…
Trustees
4 trustees run the charity.
- Arwel FowlerChair
- Gwion Ramage
- Ian Williams
- Mr Sulwyn Thomas
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | 31 October 2026 | Received 8 October 2026, 23 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2024 | 31 October 2025 | Received 30 October 2025, 1 day early | Not required |
| 31 December 2023 | 31 October 2024 | Received 3 September 2024, 58 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2022 | 31 October 2023 | Received 2 November 2023, 2 days late | Not required |
| 31 December 2021 | 31 October 2022 | Received 21 October 2022, 10 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 504576
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 14 January 1976
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 5 JUNE 1975
- Website
- www.radioglangwili.co.uk
- 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.
- In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.