The Ashley Family Foundation
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 | £262,327 | 100% | 6 |
| Education and training | £252,327 | 96% | 5 |
| General charitable purposes | £235,997 | 90% | 3 |
| Preventing or relieving poverty | £220,247 | 84% | 1 |
| Environment, conservation and heritage | £220,247 | 84% | 1 |
| Recreation | £220,247 | 84% | 1 |
| Economic and community development, and employment | £9,200 | 4% | 1 |
Given each year
By the year of each grant, or of the charity's accounts that record it.
| Year | Given |
|---|---|
| 2026 | £9,200 |
| 2025 | £16,550 |
| 2024 | £220,247 |
| 2023 | £16,330 |
How it gives
- Charities in Wales funded
- 6
- Charities funded in more than one year
- 1 of 6
Where
The council area of each funded charity's contact address. Many charities work well beyond the area where their address is.
- Powys2
- Cardiff2
- Neath Port Talbot1
- Rhondda Cynon Taf1
Size of the charities it funds
By each charity's income in its latest year.
- £500,000 to £1 million2
- £100,000 to £500,0002
- £1 million to £5 million2
What it says it does
From its entry on the register of charities.
The objects of the charity are very wide, but the board have, in recent years, focused their attention in the following areas:1. Advancement of education and learning in all matters, but particularly appertaining to the fine and applied arts.2. Projects particularly associated with enhancing and supporting projects for the benefit of communities in Wales- and in particular in Mid Wales.
- Status
- Registered on 2 November 1983
- Income in its latest year
- £416,114, year ending 30 September 2025
- Publishes its grants to 360Giving
- No
The charities it funds
Newest first. For each charity, given comes from its accounts or from 360Giving, whichever shows more.
| Charity | Given | From | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyeside Arts Centre Limited | £9,200 | Charity's accounts | 2026 |
| Ffotogallery Wales Limited | £6,550 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Theatr Na N'og-theatre of Eternal Youth | £5,000 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Oriel Davies Gallery | £10,000 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2025 |
| The Community Foundation in Wales | £220,247 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Citrus Arts | £11,330 | Charity's accounts | 2023 |
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.