Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru

National Welsh Language Theatre Company, producing and touring plays in the Welsh language

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Elsewhere

• Throughout England and Wales

Area of benefit in its governing document: In Wales and Elsewhere.

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £1,545,063 and spent £1,458,441.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Up 40%, from £1,103,316 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £1,545,063 in the year to 31 March 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 94% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £1,171,827 from 7 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 3 grants to this charity since 2013, worth at least £96,304.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Public bodies' published spending shows 1 payment to this charity worth £41,222, on 15 March 2024.

Councils and Welsh Government publish what they pay suppliers and grant holders above a threshold, usually £500 for councils and £25,000 for Welsh Government, so smaller payments are missing. A payment is shown only when OpenEconomy matched it to this charity with certainty. These figures come from the payer's records. They are a separate measure from the charity's own accounts, 360Giving grants and its annual return, and are never added to them.

Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

• 2 October 2025

  Named by Dafydd Rhys in the Senedd

  …and it includes things that have been originally created for the whole market. I know that Osian Meilir is taking his Dawns y Ceirw with Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru to Japan, for example. I know there are Welsh bands going out to Japan. So, there's a lot in there. They've been easy, in one sense, for…

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• 15 January 2025

  Named by Jack Sargeant in the Senedd

  …Sheen, rwy'n credu bod hynny'n hollol wych; mae'n llysgennad gwych i Gymru. Buaswn wrth fy modd yn cael sgwrs am ei gynlluniau ar gyfer theatr genedlaethol Cymru a’r cyhoeddiad ar hynny. Ar National Theatre Wales a’r trafodaethau ynghylch beth oedd y dyfodol iddynt, cawsant y rheini’n uniongyrchol…

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• 13 October 2022

  Named by Efa Gruffudd Jones in the Senedd

  …, we need to look holistically at what we provide as a society so that people can enjoy and use the Welsh language. I have been chair of Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, and if you think of the work that the theatre does, for example, then going to Welsh language theatre is one of the few occasions where…

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• 13 July 2021

  Named by Heledd Fychan in the Senedd

  …e areas, as freelance workers or as staff members. It's not overstatement to say that, despite the cultural recovery fund, the future of Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, National Theatre Wales, the National Library of Wales, National Museum Wales, Literature Wales, National Dance Company Wales, the Books…

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14 trustees run the charity.

• Thomas Gerald HunterChairAppointed 8 July 2023
• Ann Pari WilliamsAppointed 28 June 2025
• Eldeg Wyn RosserAppointed 4 July 2026
• Elin Parisa FouladiAppointed 8 July 2023
• Ffion WilliamsAppointed 28 June 2025
• Fiona Ann PhillipsAppointed 23 February 2021
• Haf Angharad Jones LeefeAppointed 25 June 2022
• Lois Llywelyn WilliamsAppointed 2 October 2024
• Meurig JonesAppointed 4 July 2026
• Nia Naseem Edwards-BehiAppointed 27 April 2021
• Rhys Miles ThomasAppointed 23 February 2021
• Sion Wyn FonAppointed 23 February 2021
• Steffan DonnellyAppointed 4 October 2022

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1106032

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

24 September 2004

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 2 JUNE 2003. AS AMENDED ON 07 DEC 2019 AS AMENDED ON 25 JUN 2022AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 OCT 2022

Company number

04784488This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

www.theatr.cymruAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Carmarthenshire

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.
• In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenSenedd: Senedd records that name this charity
• OpenCouncil: Carmarthenshire Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Carmarthenshire's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Sir Gaerfyrddin