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Registered charity (CIO) · Swansea

Lgbt+ Cymru Helpline

Lgbt+ Cymru Helpline is a registered charity (number 1198081) based in Swansea, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Tony Humphries since 2025. Latest income £72k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Progress Cymru Counselling (Charity Commission)

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £72k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 1 more
Where
Throughout Wales
Website
www.progress.cymru (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2022

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£72k£48k
  • 2024£76k£71k
  • 2023£0£0

Income trend, 2023 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN WALES TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF, SUPPORT AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF, PEOPLE WHO ARE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER (AND THOSE WHO ARE PART OF OTHER AREAS OF THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY) AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE QUESTIONING THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND/OR GENDER IDENTITY AS WELL AS THOSE WHO MAY BE AFFECTED OR MAY BE CONNECTED TO THEM SUCH AS FAMILY MEMBERS AND JUST AS IMPORTANTLY OUR HETEROSEXUAL ALLIES, BY THE PROVISION OF A CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE HELPLINE OFFERING ADVICE, INFORMATION AND COUNSELLING SERVICES FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED AND TRAINED TO PROVIDE SUCH HELP AND SUPPORT.2) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN WALES BY:A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION AND/OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION;B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND THE NEEDS OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER PEOPLE AND THE ISSUES AFFECTING THEIR LIVES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES;C) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.

Grants received

4 grants · £79,985 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

  • Postcode Community Trust · £50,000 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £29,985 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,9852025-02-24
  • Postcode Community Trust £25,0002024-06-28
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002023-11-13
  • Postcode Community Trust £25,0002023-04-03
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.

3 trustees on the board

3.7y median 5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 3 years.
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£72k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1198081
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 28 Feb 2022
Contact on the register
01792650777 · info@progress.cymru
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.

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