National Lottery
The National Lottery
From 2021 to now, The National Lottery has given at least £5.7 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 | £3,950,146 | 70% | 32 |
| Economic and community development, and employment | £3,253,422 | 58% | 20 |
| Disability | £2,511,327 | 44% | 21 |
| General charitable purposes | £2,399,691 | 42% | 21 |
| Preventing or relieving poverty | £2,106,857 | 37% | 20 |
| Health and saving lives | £1,385,532 | 25% | 20 |
| Arts, culture, heritage and science | £1,274,968 | 23% | 13 |
| Environment, conservation and heritage | £1,072,979 | 19% | 11 |
| Recreation | £936,780 | 17% | 6 |
| Accommodation and housing | £906,878 | 16% | 5 |
| Human rights, equality and diversity | £883,847 | 16% | 5 |
| Animals | £594,431 | 11% | 5 |
| Other charitable purposes | £455,766 | 8% | 6 |
| Amateur sport | £406,191 | 7% | 8 |
| Overseas aid and famine relief | £301,217 | 5% | 2 |
| Religious activities | £19,627 | 0% | 1 |
Given each year
By the year of each grant, or of the charity's accounts that record it.
| Year | Given |
|---|---|
| 2026 | £20,000 |
| 2025 | £2,614,562 |
| 2024 | £1,964,718 |
| 2023 | £1,037,698 |
| 2022 | £4,573 |
| 2021 | £9,627 |
How it gives
- Charities in Wales funded
- 56
- Charities funded in more than one year
- 21 of 56
Where
The council area of each funded charity's contact address. Many charities work well beyond the area where their address is.
- Cardiff14
- Swansea8
- Rhondda Cynon Taf7
- Powys6
- Pembrokeshire5
- Gwynedd3
- Flintshire2
- Neath Port Talbot2
- Carmarthenshire2
- Bridgend1
- Torfaen1
- Merthyr Tydfil1
- Newport1
- Wrexham1
- Monmouthshire1
- Conwy1
Size of the charities it funds
By each charity's income in its latest year.
- £1 million to £5 million20
- £100,000 to £500,00014
- £500,000 to £1 million12
- £10,000 to £100,0008
- Over £5 million2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enfys Foundation | £135,320 | Charity's accounts | 2024, 2025, 2026 |
| Circus Eruption | £20,000 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| The John Burns Foundation | £218,576 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Stump Up for Trees | £20,000 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Canolfan Cynghori Bro Ddyfi Advice Centre | £52,259 | Charity's accounts | 2024, 2025 |
| The Forget-me-not Chorus Cardiff | £19,360 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Menter Caerdydd | £11,646 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Wallich-clifford Community | £453,537 | Charity's accounts | 2024, 2025 |
| Theatr Brycheiniog Cyf | £10,000 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Innovate Trust Ltd | £155,493 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| The City Hospice Trust Limited | £16,044 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Knighton and District Community Support | £99,950 | Charity's accounts | 2024, 2025 |
| Valleys Kids | £19,773 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Ategi Limited | £19,500 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Promo - Cymru | £900,755 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Ty Elis Counselling Services | £37,441 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Welsh Refugee Council | £19,997 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| New Pathways Family Friendly Therapeutic Centre of Excellence | £232,279 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| North Wales Rivers Trust Ltd | £67,054 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2025 |
| Hope Rescue | £136,607 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Age Cymru West Glamorgan Limited | £74,849 | Charity's accounts | 2024, 2025 |
| Age Cymru Gwynedd a Mon | £110,000 | Charity's accounts | 2024, 2025 |
| Ethnic Youth Support Team | £481,364 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Swansea YMCA | £156,608 | Charity's accounts | 2024, 2025 |
| Sub-sahara Advisory Panel | £165,897 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Hands Up for Downs | £63,082 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2025 |
| Eye to Eye Counselling Service | £304,948 | Charity's accounts | 2024, 2025 |
| Ponthafren | £71,071 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| The Cambrian Village Trust Limited | £105,726 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Crest Co-operative Ltd | £241,564 | Charity's accounts | 2024, 2025 |
| Daring to Dream | £9,979 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Swansea Women's Aid | £20,000 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| O Ddrws i Ddrws | £65,834 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2025 |
| Latch Welsh Children's Cancer Charity | £20,000 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Many Tears Animal Rescue | £2,600 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Cardiff City FC Community Foundation | £10,000 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Gresford Governors' Clubs and Playgroup | £20,001 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Penybont and District Community Centre | £19,627 | Charity's accounts | 2021, 2024 |
| Children in Wales-plant yng Nghymru | £9,950 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Flintshire Citizens Advice Bureaux | £350,194 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024 |
| Pembrokeshire Frame Limited | £9,700 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Home-start Flintshire | £26,379 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Torfaen Citizens Advice Bureau | £9,920 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Age Concern Morgannwg Limited | £40,265 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Brecon and District Mind | £48,673 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Women's Equality Network Wales | £142,528 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| The Mentor Ring | £19,750 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Maindee Unlimited | £60,380 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| RSPCA Llys Nini Carmarthenshire to Cardiff – Sir Gâr i Gaerdydd | £217,021 | Charity's accounts | 2023 |
| Melin Community Trust | £8,518 | Charity's accounts | 2023 |
| Pembrokeshire Baby Bank | £9,900 | Charity's accounts | 2023 |
| Paul Sartori Foundation Limited | £5,604 | Charity's accounts | 2023 |
| Bryncynon Community Revival Strategy Ltd | £73,755 | Charity's accounts | 2022, 2023 |
| Pembrokeshire People First | £19,700 | Charity's accounts | 2023 |
| West Wales Rivers Trust | £9,700 | Charity's accounts | 2023 |
| Volcano Theatre Company Ltd | £500 | 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.