Arts Factory Ltd

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE

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

In Wales

• Rhondda Cynon Taf

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £737,820 and spent £473,959.

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.

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Income over time

Up 52%, from £486,121 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £737,820 in the year to 31 March 2026.

Spending against income

It spent 64% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.

Money from government

14% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026 came from government grants and contracts (£100,726).

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 2026: £50,797 from 2 grants. Government contracts: £49,929 from 1 contract.

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.

In its accounts for the year ending 15 September 2026, the charity named 12 funders who gave £229,823 between them. £102,634 of that came from public bodies.

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Funders that publish to 360Giving list 7 grants to this charity since 2016, worth at least £188,800.

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Public bodies' published spending shows 3 payments to this charity worth £259,119 between 5 April 2023 and 28 July 2023.

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.

Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.

• 24 April 2024, Rhondda Cynon Taf

  Named in an agenda item or minute of Council

  CWM TAF MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD

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

• 24 September 2025

  Named by Buffy Williams in the Senedd

  …ave received up to £300 through the Welsh Government's winter fuel support scheme, and have accessed help from local community centres like the Arts Factory, Cafe Croeso, the Little Shed and Valleys Veterans, thanks to Government funding. As the colder months approach, will these vital schemes conti…

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• 28 June 2022

  Named by Buffy Williams in the Senedd

  …by the local authority, and others in the third and voluntary sector, like Tylorstown Minis and Juniors, Rhondda Netball, Valleys Kids, and the Arts Factory in my constituency. Knowing the difference the Summer of Fun made to the lives of children and young people in Rhondda last year, I couldn't be…

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• 4 May 2022

  Named by Buffy Williams in the Senedd

  …a diverse range of services and support provided by the third sector. In Rhondda alone we have Rhondda veterans, Valleys Kids, Men's Sheds, the Arts Factory and RCT Women's Aid, amongst hundreds of others. Since becoming the Senedd Member, I've had the opportunity to visit Barnardo's Better Futures,…

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6 trustees run the charity.

• Steve CranstonChairAppointed 22 April 2024
• Allison EvansAppointed 25 November 2010
• Barry TriggsAppointed 25 November 2010
• Leon Frampton MossAppointed 1 July 2018
• Michael Hadyn BryanAppointed 20 June 2017
• Michaela EvansAppointed 3 May 2024

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.

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Charity number

1178430

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

18 May 2018

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11 APR 1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 15 MAY 2018

Company number

02491685This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

www.artsfactory.co.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Rhondda Cynon Taf

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 1 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 council meetings: councils' published meeting records, gathered by OpenCouncil and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 4 November 2026.
• 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
• Its accounts and annual returns on the register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: council records that name this charity
• OpenSenedd: Senedd records that name this charity
• OpenCouncil: Rhondda Cynon Taf Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Rhondda Cynon Taf's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Afan Ogwr Rhondda