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Arts Council of Wales
From 2021 to now, Arts Council of Wales has given at least £33.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts, culture, heritage and science | £33,179,708 | 99% | 42 |
| Education and training | £15,725,209 | 47% | 33 |
| General charitable purposes | £9,114,168 | 27% | 11 |
| Recreation | £3,070,465 | 9% | 9 |
| Amateur sport | £2,683,469 | 8% | 2 |
| Health and saving lives | £2,248,359 | 7% | 5 |
| Economic and community development, and employment | £2,107,687 | 6% | 9 |
| Disability | £1,390,713 | 4% | 5 |
| Environment, conservation and heritage | £519,985 | 2% | 5 |
| Human rights, equality and diversity | £383,671 | 1% | 2 |
| Other charitable purposes | £155,136 | 0% | 1 |
| Preventing or relieving poverty | £146,224 | 0% | 3 |
| Overseas aid and famine relief | £105,192 | 0% | 1 |
| Accommodation and housing | £40,926 | 0% | 1 |
Given each year
By the year of each grant, or of the charity's accounts that record it.
| Year | Given |
|---|---|
| 2026 | £195,000 |
| 2025 | £9,611,905 |
| 2024 | £8,385,439 |
| 2023 | £13,183,453 |
| 2022 | £1,058,214 |
| 2021 | £1,060,114 |
How it gives
- Charities in Wales funded
- 50
- Charities funded in more than one year
- 32 of 50
Where
The council area of each funded charity's contact address. Many charities work well beyond the area where their address is.
- Cardiff18
- Powys6
- Gwynedd4
- Rhondda Cynon Taf4
- Swansea3
- Ceredigion2
- Newport2
- Flintshire2
- Denbighshire1
- Pembrokeshire1
- Neath Port Talbot1
- Torfaen1
- Carmarthenshire1
- Caerphilly1
- Bridgend1
- Merthyr Tydfil1
- Vale of Glamorgan1
Size of the charities it funds
By each charity's income in its latest year.
- £1 million to £5 million19
- £500,000 to £1 million15
- £100,000 to £500,00010
- Over £5 million5
- £10,000 to £100,0001
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Inspire | £15,000 | Charity's accounts | 2026 |
| Welsh National Theatre | £180,000 | Charity's accounts | 2026 |
| Green Man Trust Ltd | £19,972 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod Limited | £306,269 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| The Forget-me-not Chorus Cardiff | £22,275 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Artis Community/Cymuned Ltd | £499,960 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2025 |
| National Dance Company Wales | £1,371,135 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| The Torch Theatre Company Limited | £1,547,318 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Ffotogallery Wales Limited | £440,170 | Charity's accounts | 2024, 2025 |
| Theatr Na N'og-theatre of Eternal Youth | £1,266,503 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| National Library of Wales | £299,000 | Charity's accounts | 2024, 2025 |
| Gwent Ballet Theatre Limited | £401,516 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2025 |
| Wallich-clifford Community | £40,926 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre | £390,672 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Theatr Mwldan | £1,034,524 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Oriel Davies Gallery | £624,439 | Charity's accounts | 2024, 2025 |
| Arts Care Gofal Celf | £464,531 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Cwmni'r Fran Wen Cyf | £341,250 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Theatr Bara Caws | £302,740 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Theatr Iolo Ltd | £305,784 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Valleys Kids | £588,424 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Hijinx Theatre | £925,916 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias Cyf | £161,760 | Charity's accounts | 2024, 2025 |
| Sherman Cymru | £2,701,092 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Canolfan a Mentor Gymraeg Merthyr Tudful | £155,136 | Charity's accounts | 2024, 2025 |
| Llenyddiaeth Cymru - Literature Wales | £2,582,045 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Ace (Action in Caerau and Ely) | £21,060 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Ty Cerdd - Music Centre Wales | £741,752 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Swansea YMCA | £77,402 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Memorial Hall and Theatre | £40,166 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Sub-sahara Advisory Panel | £105,192 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2025 |
| Volcano Theatre Company Ltd | £473,077 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2025 |
| National Youth Arts Wales | £38,050 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Citrus Arts | £247,280 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Theatr Clwyd Trust Ltd | £5,738,252 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Clwb Ifor Bach | £18,832 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Menter Caerdydd | £100,000 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024 |
| Welsh Dance Theatre Trust Limited | £239,884 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024 |
| Theatr Brycheiniog Cyf | £588,064 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024 |
| The Ystradgynlais Miners Welfare and Community Hall Trust Limited | £198,772 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024 |
| Nofit State Community Circus Ltd | £615,151 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024 |
| Menter Iaith Sir Caerffili | £20,000 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024 |
| Tanio Ltd. | £186,630 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Daring to Dream | £9,839 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Welsh National Opera Limited | £4,729,000 | Charity's accounts | 2023 |
| The Machynlleth Tabernacle Trust | £1,676 | Charity's accounts | 2023 |
| The Welsh Water Elan Trust | £2,400 | Charity's accounts | 2023 |
| Newport Live | £194,961 | Charity's accounts | 2023 |
| Pontypridd Young Men's Christian Association | £2,095,045 | Charity's accounts | 2021, 2022 |
| Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Trust Limited | £23,283 | Charity's accounts | 2022 |
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.