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The Contemporary ART Society for Wales (Cymdeithas Gelfyddyd Gyfoes Cymru)

The Contemporary ART Society for Wales (Cymdeithas Gelfyddyd Gyfoes Cymru) is a registered charity (number 247947) based in Cardiff, governed by 17 trustees and chaired by Glynne Rowland Davies since 2020. Latest income £49k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as C A S W (Charity Commission)

To foster and promote engagement with, and appreciation of, the visual arts among the people of Wales.

  • 17 trustees
  • Income £49k (2025)

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout Wales
Website
www.casw.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1967

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£49k£36k
  • 2024£30k£29k
  • 2023£141k£28k
Earlier years
  • 2022£25k£23k
  • 2021£16k£11k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

To foster and promote engagement with, and appreciation of, the visual arts among the people of Wales.

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.

3.9y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

Portfolio (3)

5
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 17Education/training 3Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Arts and leisure 7Education 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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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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£30k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
247947
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION AND RULES ADOPTED 8TH JUNE 1967 AS AMENDED 6 JUNE 1987 AND 25 JULY 1998 AS AMENDED ON 5TH JUNE 1999AS AMENDED ON 23 JUL 2005AS AMENDED ON 22 JUL 2006AS AMENDED ON 19 JUL 2014AS AMENDED ON 09 JUL 2016 as amended on 10 Dec 2022
Contact on the register
+44 7813040615 · christopherchilds@btinternet.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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