Y Bont
Registered charity 517629 Registered since 1986
Operates: Throughout Wales
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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 BSC FCA
- John Patrick Pollard
- NIA Llwyd
- Sandra Elisabeth Roberts since 2021
- Valerie Williams since 2021
5y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Gwyn Hefin Jones Chair since 2016
5.7y
average years in governance
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)
3
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
General Charitable Purposes 11Education/training 10Accommodation/housing 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Education 2Dormant 1Health and social care 1
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 5 years.
incomespending£713k 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.
88.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 109.9 in 2021
13 from 12 in 2022
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.
70%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias CYF 1 shared trustee
- Cyngor ar Bopeth Conwy Gwynedd Citizens Advice 1 shared trustee
- COR Meibion Caernarfon 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- OVE Arup Partnership Charitable Trust Similar size; both General purposes
- The Annandale Charitable Trust Similar size; both General purposes
- The J Isaacs Charitable Trust Similar size; both General purposes
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.bont.org.uk |
| post@bont.org.uk | |
| Phone | 01286881620 |
| Address | 28 Water Street, Penygroes, CAERNARFON, LL54 6LR |
Finances
£712,869 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £489,117 | £447,743 |
| 2022 | £604,978 | £479,484 |
| 2023 | £576,305 | £584,113 |
| 2024 | £687,618 | £628,745 |
| 2025 | £712,869 | £636,682 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingWho
Children/young PeopleHow
Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationCharitable 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"
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
Trustees (11)
11trustees
70median age
1aged 70+
- Gwyn Hefin Jones Chair since 2016
- Anwen Harman since 2026
- Cynthia Owen BSC Econ
- Dr Mererid Owen
- Gwawr Maelor
- Ioan Pollard
- John Morris Pritchard BSC FCAage band 75-79
- John Patrick Pollardage band 65-69
- NIA Llwyd
- Sandra Elisabeth Roberts since 2021
- Valerie Williams since 2021
Connected charities (3)
- Cyngor ar Bopeth Conwy Gwynedd Citizens Advice 1 shared trustee
- Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias CYF 1 shared trustee
- COR Meibion Caernarfon 1 shared trustee
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