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Registered charity (CIO) · Ceredigion

Area 43

To promote the benefit of the young inhabitants of Wales, predominantly aged 11-25 years without distinction of gender, sexual orientation, race or political, religious or other opinions by the provision of facilities to advance education and...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £1.8m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 4 more
Where
Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire
Website
www.area43.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.8m£1.7m
  • 2024£1.2m£1.2m
  • 2023£963k£868k
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.0m£650k
  • 2021£703k£548k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 64% · Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

To promote the benefit of the young inhabitants of Wales, predominantly aged 11-25 years without distinction of gender, sexual orientation, race or political, religious or other opinions by the provision of facilities to advance education and provide facilities in the interests of mental health and social welfare, counselling and advice, recreation and leisure time activities.

Grants received

4 grants · £604,995 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 8Education/training 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.8m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

11.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.6 in 2021

60 from 25 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
69%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1181959
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 11 Feb 2019 as amended on 14 Nov 2023 as amended on 19 Nov 2024
Contact on the register
01239614566 · dropin@area43.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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