Trust or foundation, registered charity 1102927
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
From 2021 to now, Paul Hamlyn Foundation has given at least £3.5 million to charities in Wales.
Themes it funds
Money given to charities working on each theme, as each charity describes itself on the register. Many charities list several themes, so these overlap.
| Theme | Given | Share of all money given | Charities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education and training | £2,778,767 | 78% | 31 |
| Arts, culture, heritage and science | £2,557,167 | 72% | 25 |
| Environment, conservation and heritage | £2,146,900 | 61% | 9 |
| Preventing or relieving poverty | £1,024,000 | 29% | 11 |
| General charitable purposes | £911,400 | 26% | 11 |
| Other charitable purposes | £742,200 | 21% | 4 |
| Health and saving lives | £654,900 | 18% | 7 |
| Economic and community development, and employment | £632,400 | 18% | 11 |
| Human rights, equality and diversity | £628,400 | 18% | 4 |
| Disability | £356,500 | 10% | 10 |
| Religious activities | £344,700 | 10% | 1 |
| Amateur sport | £344,700 | 10% | 1 |
| Accommodation and housing | £288,200 | 8% | 3 |
| Overseas aid and famine relief | £268,700 | 8% | 1 |
| Recreation | £15,000 | 0% | 2 |
Given each year
By the year of each grant, or of the charity's accounts that record it.
| Year | Given |
|---|---|
| 2025 | £911,000 |
| 2024 | £562,000 |
| 2023 | £941,267 |
| 2022 | £521,000 |
| 2021 | £612,000 |
How it gives
- Charities in Wales funded
- 42
- Grants on 360Giving
- 88
- Typical grant on 360Giving
- £60,000
- Largest grant on 360Giving
- £3,000,000
- Charities funded in more than one year
- 22 of 42
Where
The council area of each funded charity's contact address. Many charities work well beyond the area where their address is.
- Cardiff21
- Newport4
- Swansea3
- Gwynedd3
- Powys2
- Conwy2
- Rhondda Cynon Taf2
- Caerphilly1
- Wrexham1
- Merthyr Tydfil1
- Bridgend1
- Neath Port Talbot1
Size of the charities it funds
By each charity's income in its latest year.
- £100,000 to £500,00018
- £500,000 to £1 million8
- £1 million to £5 million8
- Over £5 million7
- £10,000 to £100,0001
What it says it does
From its entry on the register of charities.
The foundation supports work in the UK and India. Its focus is on helping people to overcome disadvantage and lack of opportunity so that they can realise their potential and enjoy fulfilling and creative lives. It has a particular interest in supporting young people and a strong belief in the importance of the arts. It operates through grant making and related charitable activities.
- Status
- Registered on 29 March 2004
- Income in its latest year
- £50,690,127, year ending 31 March 2025
- Publishes its grants to 360Giving
- Yes
The charities it funds
Newest first. For each charity, given comes from its accounts or from 360Giving, whichever shows more.
| Charity | Given | From | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asylum Justice | £393,500 | 360Giving | 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| The Centre for African Entrepreneurship | £268,700 | 360Giving | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Women Connect First | £344,700 | 360Giving | 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025 |
| Youth Shedz | £150,000 | 360Giving | 2025 |
| National Museum of Wales | £1,088,000 | Charity's accounts | 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Citrus Arts | £198,000 | 360Giving | 2024, 2025 |
| Peak - Art in the Black Mountains | £179,000 | 360Giving | 2023 |
| Public Interest Research Centre Limited | £160,000 | 360Giving | 2022, 2023 |
| Nofit State Community Circus Ltd | £177,000 | 360Giving | 2021, 2023 |
| TCC (Trefnu Cymunedol Cymru/Together Creating Communities) | £91,500 | 360Giving | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 |
| The Adolescent and Children's Trust | £22,000 | 360Giving | 2022, 2023 |
| South Riverside Community Development Centre Ltd | £149,600 | 360Giving | 2022, 2023 |
| National Youth Arts Wales | £12,767 | 360Giving | 2023 |
| Settled | £4,000 | 360Giving | 2020, 2023 |
| Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru | £65,000 | 360Giving | 2022 |
| Welsh Dance Theatre Trust Limited | £150,000 | 360Giving | 2022 |
| Gwent Ballet Theatre Limited | £59,000 | 360Giving | 2012, 2017, 2019, 2021 |
| The Anne Matthews Trust | £15,000 | 360Giving | 2021 |
| Mind in Gwent | £19,500 | 360Giving | 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Tempo Time Credits Limited | Not recorded | 2019, 2020 | |
| Wales Millennium Centre | Not recorded | 2017, 2020 | |
| Tros Gynnal Plant | Not recorded | 2009, 2017, 2020 | |
| Voices From Care Cymru | Not recorded | 2017, 2019, 2020 | |
| Wallich-clifford Community | Not recorded | 2020 | |
| The Bevan Foundation | Not recorded | 2017, 2020 | |
| Promo - Cymru | Not recorded | 2018, 2019 | |
| Mayday Trust | Not recorded | 2019 | |
| Sherman Cymru | Not recorded | 2006, 2007, 2013, 2018 | |
| Bulldogs Boxing & Community Activities | Not recorded | 2018 | |
| Arts Active Trust | Not recorded | 2018 | |
| Credu Charity Ltd | Not recorded | 2018 | |
| Hijinx Theatre | Not recorded | 2017 | |
| Welsh National Opera Limited | Not recorded | 2007, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017 | |
| Community Music Wales/Cerddoriaeth Gymunedol Cymru | Not recorded | 2017 | |
| Sylfaen Cymunedol Cyf | Not recorded | 2016 | |
| Volcano Theatre Company Ltd | Not recorded | 2016 | |
| Sistema Cymru - Codi'r to | Not recorded | 2016 | |
| Tanio Ltd. | Not recorded | 2015 | |
| Operasonic Cyf | Not recorded | 2015 | |
| Bombastic Ltd | Not recorded | 2011 | |
| Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama | Not recorded | 2010 | |
| Creu Cymru | Not recorded | 2006, 2008 |
Where these figures come from
- Given comes from two places. For each charity, we use whichever shows more: what the charity's own accounts say the funder gave it, or what the funder published to 360Giving. We never add the two, because they often record the same grant. Every figure counts money from 2021 to now and is an at-least figure: a funder appears only when a charity's accounts name it or it publishes its grants, and OpenEconomy has not yet read every charity's accounts.
- Charities' accounts: read from the accounts they filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader, up to 2 November 2026. AI can misread a table, so check a charity's accounts before relying on a figure.
- 360Giving: grants funders published to 360Giving, loaded by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026. Only some funders publish there.