Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival

The object of the CIO is, for the public benefit, to advance education in and promote the art of literature, in particular the genre of crime fiction, including (but not exclusively) by the provision of an annual literature festival and other associated events

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 October 2025, it had income of £43,425 and spent £32,198.

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 483%, from £7,452 in the year to 31 October 2022 to £43,425 in the year to 31 October 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 74% of its income in the year to 31 October 2025. It spent less than its income in each of the 4 years shown.

Largest funder

Welsh Government gave £15,000 in the year to 31 October 2023, 42% of that year's income.Read by AI from the charity's accounts.

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 October 2025: £30,000 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.

In its accounts for the year ending 31 October 2023, the charity named 4 funders who gave £24,654 between them. £24,654 of that came from public bodies.

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No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

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5 trustees run the charity.

• Alison Elizabeth HawkinsChairAppointed 31 July 2021
• Dr Rosie ClavertonAppointed 30 October 2021
• Louise MumfordAppointed 30 October 2021
• Philip Gwynne JonesAppointed 29 January 2024
• Sarah Rhiannon WardAppointed 29 January 2024

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

Of the last 4 annual returns that were due, 4 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

1196078

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

8 October 2021

Governing document

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 08 Oct 2021

Website

gwylcrimecymrufestival.co.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Pembrokeshire

• 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 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• Its accounts and annual returns on the register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: Pembrokeshire Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Pembrokeshire's economy in figures
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