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Registered charity (CIO) · Cardiff

Welsh Centre for International Affairs / Canolfan Materion Rhyngwladol Cymru

Welsh Centre for International Affairs / Canolfan Materion Rhyngwladol Cymru is a registered charity (number 1156822) based in Cardiff, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Nick Christoforou since 2022. Latest income £1.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Wcia, Cymru Global (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £1.2m (2025)
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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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 2 more
Where
Throughout Wales
Website
www.wcia.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.2m£1.1m
  • 2024£1.5m£1.6m
  • 2023£1.3m£1.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£994k£975k
  • 2021£947k£875k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 16%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

11 grants · £2,115,130 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,209,762 (3 grants)
  • Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust · £522,846 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £382,522 (4 grants)

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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.

12 trustees on the board

3.1y median 2.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.4y
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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1156822
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 28 Apr 2014
Contact on the register
02920228549 · centre@wcia.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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