The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru

Registered charity 1034245 Registered since 1994

Operates: Throughout Wales

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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.

2.2y median 1y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (3)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 15Education/training 3Economic/community Development/employment 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.

Professional services 11Arts and leisure 6Dormant 3

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£57.7m latest income
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.

1.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 2.4 in 2021

81 from 75 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.

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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.arts.wales
Emailcomms@arts.wales
Phone03301242733
AddressThe Arts Council of Wales, Bute Place, Cardiff, CF10 5AL

Finances

£57,739,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£72,366,000£68,358,000
2022£65,466,000£71,678,000
2023£78,547,000£79,163,000
2024£61,311,000£62,100,000
2025£57,739,000£56,399,000

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

A. TO DEVELOP AND IMPROVE THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS. B. TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE ARTS TO THE PUBLIC.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 8 FEBRUARY 1994 AS AMENDED BY PRIVY COUNCIL ON 24 NOVEMBER 1999 AND 13TH OCTOBER 2004

Trustees (15)

15trustees
53median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (4)

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