Y Bont
What it does
Services to children who are unable to live at home or who are at risk of being unable to live at home and their parents, carers and families.
Its charitable purposes
“TO RELIEVE CHILDREN WHO BY REASON OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE EITHER AT RISK OF BEING UNABLE OR WHOM ARE UNABLE TO LIVE AT HOME BY PROVIDING SPECIALLY DESIGNED SERVICES TO RELIEVE THEIR NEEDS"
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Education and training
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- How it works
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides buildings, facilities or open space
- Provides services
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
Where it works
- In Wales
- Throughout Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: Caernarfon and Surrounding Areas
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £712,869 and spent £636,682.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £712,869 | £636,682 | 13 | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £687,618 | £628,745 | 13 | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £576,305 | £584,113 | 13 | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £604,978 | £479,484 | 12 | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £489,117 | £447,743 | 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 46%, from £489,117 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £712,869 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 89% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.
- Money from government
- 70% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025 came from government grants and contracts (£500,000).
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £240,000 from 4 grants. Government contracts: £260,000 from 4 contracts.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £240,000 from 4 grants | £260,000 from 4 contracts |
| 31 March 2024 | £240,000 from 4 grants | £260,000 from 4 contracts |
| 31 March 2023 | Not reported | £491,700 from 6 contracts |
| 31 March 2022 | Not reported | £531,920 from 8 contracts |
| 31 March 2021 | Not reported | £420,563 from 8 contracts |
Where its income came from in the year ending 31 March 2025
- Charitable activities, including grants and contracts for its work£574,344
- Trading and fundraising£9,100
- Investments£129,425
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
11 trustees run the charity.
- Gwyn Hefin JonesChair
- Anwen Harman
- Cynthia Owen BSC Econ
- Dr MERERID OWEN
- Gwawr Maelor
- Ioan Pollard
- John Morris Pritchard BSC FCA
- John Patrick Pollard
- Nia Llwyd
- Sandra Elisabeth Roberts
- Valerie Williams
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 5 December 2025, 57 days early | Received 5 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 14 January 2025, 17 days early | Received 16 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 25 October 2023, 98 days early | Received 25 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 8 December 2022, 54 days early | Received 8 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 28 October 2021, 95 days early | Received 28 October 2021 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 517629
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 28 May 1986
- Governing document
- SCHEME DATED 07/07/1995AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 17/07/2008AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 16/06/2011AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 07/01/2016
- Website
- www.bont.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Gwynedd
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.