Registered charity · Caernarfon
Y Bont
Y Bont is a registered charity (number 517629) based in Caernarfon, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Gwyn Hefin Jones since 2016. Latest income £713k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Cartref Bontnewydd Family Support Unit (Charity Commission)
- 11 trustees
- Income £713k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Gwyn Hefin JonesChair · since 2016
- Anwen HarmanTrustee · since 2026
- Cynthia Owen BSC EconTrustee
- Dr Mererid OwenTrustee
- Gwawr MaelorTrustee
- Ioan PollardTrustee
- John Morris PritchardTrustee
- John Patrick PollardTrustee
- NIA LlwydTrustee
- Sandra Elisabeth RobertsTrustee · since 2021
- Valerie WilliamsTrustee · since 2021
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
- Where
- Throughout Wales
- Website
- www.bont.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£713k£637k
- 2024£688k£629k
- 2023£576k£584k
Earlier years
- 2022£605k£479k
- 2021£489k£448k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 36% · Government grants 34%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
“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"
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Gwyn Hefin Jones Chair since 2016
- Anwen Harman since 2026
- Cynthia Owen BSC Econ
- Dr Mererid Owen
- Gwawr Maelor
- Ioan Pollard
- John Morris Pritchard
- John Patrick Pollard
- NIA Llwyd
- Sandra Elisabeth Roberts since 2021
- Valerie Williams since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Gwyn Hefin Jones Chair since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Gwyn Hefin Jones Chair since 2016
- Anwen Harman since 2026
- Cynthia Owen BSC Econ
- Dr Mererid Owen
- Gwawr Maelor
- Ioan Pollard
- NIA Llwyd
- Sandra Elisabeth Roberts since 2021
- Valerie Williams since 2021
Portfolio (2)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
88.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 109.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 517629
- Status
- Registered
- 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
- Contact on the register
- 01286881620 · post@bont.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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