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Welsh Centre for International Affairs / Canolfan Materion Rhyngwladol Cymru

Registered charity 1156822 CIO Registered since 2014

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.

12 trustees on the board

3.1y median 2.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

1
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 12Education/training 12General Charitable Purposes 12

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

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£1.2m 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.

6.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.9 in 2021

28 from 24 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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.wcia.org.uk
Emailcentre@wcia.org.uk
Phone02920228549
AddressWELSH CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL, AFFAIRS, TEMPLE OF PEACE, KING EDWARD VII AVENUE, CARDIFF, CF10 3AP

Finances

£1,156,524 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£946,550£874,601
2022£993,593£974,940
2023£1,319,108£1,230,502
2024£1,517,671£1,564,784
2025£1,156,524£1,080,411

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO FURTHER SUCH GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES (CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE, AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: (A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, BY EDUCATING THE PEOPLE OF WALES ABOUT ISSUES OF GLOBAL IMPORTANCE, RELATING IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) TO INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION;(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES FOR UNDERSTANDING AND ADDRESSING SUCH ISSUES OF GLOBAL IMPORTANCE; (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BY IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS TO UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS SUCH ISSUES OF GLOBAL IMPORTANCE, WHERE IN FURTHERANCE OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES; AND (D) THE SUPPORT GENERALLY OF THE WORK OF THE UNITED NATIONS, AND PARTICIPATION IN ITS CAMPAIGNS AND PROGRAMMES, INSOFAR AS SUCH WORK FURTHERS CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 28 Apr 2014

Trustees (12)

12trustees
67median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

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