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Cwmni Urdd Gobaith Cymru (Corfforedig) / the Welsh League of Youth (Incorporated)
- 12 trustees
- Income £18m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Nia BennettChair · since 2021
- Arwel GruffyddTrustee · since 2024
- Deio Sion Llewellyn OwenTrustee · since 2023
- Delyth EvansTrustee · since 2023
- Emily Louise Shanice PembertonTrustee · since 2023
- Gemma Elizabeth CutterTrustee · since 2023
- Gwennan Sian OakesTrustee · since 2025
- Iolo Aled WaltersTrustee · since 2008
- Mari EmlynTrustee · since 2022
- Nia Eleri MorganTrustee · since 2024
- Robert James O'RourkeTrustee · since 2022
- Tomos Llywelyn ab Eurfyl ap GwilymTrustee · since 2024
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, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout Wales
- Website
- www.urdd.cymru (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Cwmni Urdd Gobaith Cymru
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£18m£18m
- 2024£18m£18m
- 2023£20m£15m
Earlier years
- 2022£11m£8.6m
- 2021£9.6m£6.9m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 26%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST THE YOUTH OF WALES TO BECOME GOOD CITIZENS ON THE BASIS OF THE CULTIVATION OF THE WELSH LANGUAGE, TRADITIONS, CULTURE, ASPIRATIONS AND IDEALS.
Grants received
8 grants · £617,034 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
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £318,560
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £150,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £114,824 (5 grants)
- Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust · £33,650
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Nia Bennett Chair since 2021
- Arwel Gruffydd since 2024
- Deio Sion Llewellyn Owen since 2023
- Delyth Evans since 2023
- Emily Louise Shanice Pemberton since 2023
- Gemma Elizabeth Cutter since 2023
- Gwennan Sian Oakes since 2025
- Iolo Aled Walters since 2008
- Mari Emlyn since 2022
- Nia Eleri Morgan since 2024
- Robert James O'Rourke since 2022
- Tomos Llywelyn ab Eurfyl ap Gwilym since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Iolo Aled Walters since 2008
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Nia Bennett Chair since 2021
- Arwel Gruffydd since 2024
- Deio Sion Llewellyn Owen since 2023
- Delyth Evans since 2023
- Emily Louise Shanice Pemberton since 2023
- Gemma Elizabeth Cutter since 2023
- Gwennan Sian Oakes since 2025
- Iolo Aled Walters since 2008
- Mari Emlyn since 2022
- Nia Eleri Morgan since 2024
- Robert James O'Rourke since 2022
- Tomos Llywelyn ab Eurfyl ap Gwilym since 2024
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
3.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 11.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 524481
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 MAR 1932AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 MAR 1950AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 JUL 1976AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 14 JUL 1998NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 21 JAN 2006
- Companies House
- Company number 00263310 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01678541010 · urdd@urdd.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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