Nesta
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts, culture, heritage and science | £260,390 | 78% | 22 |
| Education and training | £237,765 | 71% | 30 |
| Health and saving lives | £154,000 | 46% | 10 |
| Economic and community development, and employment | £115,000 | 34% | 9 |
| Disability | £104,000 | 31% | 9 |
| Accommodation and housing | £80,000 | 24% | 4 |
| Amateur sport | £80,000 | 24% | 2 |
| General charitable purposes | £69,000 | 21% | 12 |
| Recreation | £48,765 | 15% | 4 |
| Other charitable purposes | £35,000 | 10% | 4 |
| Environment, conservation and heritage | 7 | ||
| Preventing or relieving poverty | 6 | ||
| Human rights, equality and diversity | 2 | ||
| Religious activities | 1 | ||
| Animals | 1 | ||
| Armed forces and emergency services | 1 |
Given each year
By the year of each grant, or of the charity's accounts that record it.
| Year | Given |
|---|---|
| 2023 | £80,000 |
| 2021 | £254,390 |
How it gives
- Charities in Wales funded
- 38
- Grants on 360Giving
- 55
- Typical grant on 360Giving
- £15,000
- Largest grant on 360Giving
- £343,972
- Charities funded in more than one year
- 11 of 38
Where
The council area of each funded charity's contact address. Many charities work well beyond the area where their address is.
- Cardiff18
- Powys4
- Pembrokeshire3
- Rhondda Cynon Taf2
- Carmarthenshire2
- Vale of Glamorgan2
- Caerphilly1
- Denbighshire1
- Gwynedd1
- Torfaen1
- Swansea1
- Wrexham1
- Neath Port Talbot1
What it says it does
From its entry on the register of charities.
The UK's innovation agency for social good. We design, test and scale new solutions to society's biggest problems, changing millions of lives for the better. We will focus our energy and resources on three innovation missions: a fairer start for every child; a healthy life for all, and a sustainable future where the economy works better for people and the planet.
- Status
- Registered on 30 September 2011
- Income in its latest year
- £55,306,000, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff Metropolitan University | £80,000 | 360Giving | 2016, 2023 |
| Arts Care Gofal Celf | £31,500 | 360Giving | 2021, 2023 |
| Aneurin Bevan University Local Health Board Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities | £5,000 | 360Giving | 2021 |
| Cwm Taf Morgannwg NHS General Charitable Fund | £34,000 | 360Giving | 2021 |
| Impelo | £14,000 | 360Giving | 2020, 2021 |
| Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board General Purpose Charity | £35,000 | 360Giving | 2021 |
| The Forget-me-not Chorus Cardiff | £21,500 | 360Giving | 2021 |
| Span Arts | £35,000 | 360Giving | 2021 |
| Re-live | £43,625 | 360Giving | 2021 |
| Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru | £34,765 | 360Giving |
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.