Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru

(1) hyrwyddo addysg y cyhoedd yn nhreftadaeth a diwylliant Cymru, y gwyddorau a'r iaith Gymraeg; a(2) hyrwyddo, cadw a diogelu treftadaeth a diwylliant Cymru a'r iaith Gymraeg, drwy unrhyw ddull a modd a wel yr ymddiriedolwyr yn dda yn cynnwys trwy gynnal gwyl genedlaethol yn flynyddol, sef Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru.

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

In Wales

• Throughout Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £6,695,000 and spent £6,503,000.

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 142%, from £2,763,000 in the year to 31 December 2020 to £6,695,000 in the year to 31 March 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 97% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent less than its income in each 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: £1,000,000 from 1 grant. 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 10 grants to this charity since 2014, worth at least £421,162.

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 32 payments to this charity worth £10,510,267 between 10 March 2021 and 14 May 2026.

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.

• 8 August 2025

  Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: Cabsec SJTCW

  Purpose: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru - Hwb y Sector Gwirfoddol / National Eisteddfod of Wales - Voluntary Sector Hub.

  Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru - Hwb y Sector Gwirfoddol / National Eisteddfod of Wales - Voluntary Sector Hub

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• 5 June 2025

  Named by Carl Morris in the Senedd

  …syniad yna o ofod neu drochi yn y Gymraeg yn thema eithaf cyson, dwi'n meddwl, o'r Mudiad Meithrin, y cylchoedd meithrin, i ofodau fel Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru, Eisteddfod yr Urdd, digwyddiadau. Mae'r ddelwedd yna yr un mor wir ar y we o ran trio creu mwy o ofodau lle mae'r Gymraeg yn hegemonai…

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• 6 August 2024

  Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: Cabsec CSJ,Trefnydd, Chief Whip

  Purpose: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru, Sefydliad Bevan, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, Amgueddfa Cymru, Cyngor Celfyddadau Cymru, CGGC, National Conversation on the Arts / National Esiteddfod of Wales, Bevan Foundation, National Library of Wales, National Museum Wales, Arts Council of Wales, WCVA, National Conversation on the Arts.

  Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru, Sefydliad Bevan, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, Amgueddfa Cymru, Cyngor Celfyddadau Cymru, CGGC, National Conversation on the Arts / National Esiteddfod of Wales, Bevan Foundation, National Library of Wales, National Museum Wales, Arts Council of Wales, WCVA, National C…

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• 21 February 2024

  Named by Heledd Fychan in the Senedd

11 trustees run the charity.

• Aled WaltersAppointed 9 August 2020
• Darran Wyn PhillipsAppointed 30 January 2025
• Deian Wyn RhysAppointed 8 August 2019
• Gwenno Mair WilliamsAppointed 9 October 2020
• John DaviesAppointed 17 May 2025
• Llinos RobertsAppointed 17 May 2025
• Nic ParryAppointed 7 August 2025
• Sian Eirian LewisAppointed 22 February 2026
• Trystan LewisAppointed 9 August 2020
• William Michael StrainAppointed 9 August 2020
• Yr Athro Christine JamesAppointed 23 October 2017

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

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

1155539

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

29 January 2014

Governing document

CIO - Association Registered 29 Jan 2014

Website

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

Council area of its contact address

Cardiff

• 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: Cardiff Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Cardiff's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Caerdydd Penarth