Registered charity · Cardiff
National Youth Arts Wales
- 11 trustees
- Income £1.2m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Karen PimbleyChair · since 2017
- Anthony John MatsenaTrustee · since 2020
- Christina Louise TimmsTrustee · since 2026
- Geraint Owen PughTrustee · since 2026
- Isaac Oliver Edward LewisTrustee · since 2023
- Mared Heledd BrowningTrustee · since 2023
- Matthew James Tyndall SmithTrustee · since 2026
- Peter Thomas CurranTrustee · since 2021
- Rhys WatkinsTrustee · since 2023
- Richard NewtonTrustee · since 2020
- Sanea Jitendra SinghTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout Wales
- Website
- www.nyaw.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- National Youth Arts Wales
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.2m£1.2m
- 2024£1.1m£1.3m
- 2023£1.5m£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£744k£591k
- 2021£561k£402k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 51%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
ADVANCING EDUCATION, THE ARTS AND CULTURE, PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELDS OF MUSIC, THEATRE AND DANCE, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF TRAINING INITIATIVES AND PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN WALES.
Grants received
6 grants · £118,577 total360Giving 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £55,000 (2 grants)
- Youth Music · £29,000
- Backstage Trust · £15,000
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £12,767
- Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust · £6,810
Most recent
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
- Karen Pimbley Chair since 2017
- Anthony John Matsena since 2020
- Christina Louise Timms since 2026
- Geraint Owen Pugh since 2026
- Isaac Oliver Edward Lewis since 2023
- Mared Heledd Browning since 2023
- Matthew James Tyndall Smith since 2026
- Peter Thomas Curran since 2021
- Rhys Watkins since 2023
- Richard Newton since 2020
- Sanea Jitendra Singh since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Karen Pimbley Chair since 2017
- Anthony John Matsena since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Karen Pimbley Chair since 2017
- Anthony John Matsena since 2020
- Christina Louise Timms since 2026
- Isaac Oliver Edward Lewis since 2023
- Mared Heledd Browning since 2023
- Matthew James Tyndall Smith since 2026
- Rhys Watkins since 2023
- Richard Newton since 2020
- Sanea Jitendra Singh since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Geraint Owen Pugh since 2026
- Peter Thomas Curran since 2021
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
3.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1170643
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27 OCT 2016 as amended on 21 May 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 10449512 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 029 2280 7420 · NYAW@NYAW.ORG.UK
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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