ORIEL MYRDDIN

Registered charity 1031498 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the education of the public in arts and crafts by the provision and maintenance of an arts and crafts gallery and museum in Carmarthen, for the exhibition to the public of collections and items of fine art and crafts.Provision and support of facilities for the education and research in arts and crafts and the dissemination of such research.

Objects

(1) THE PROVISION OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ARTS AND CRAFTS BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ARTS AND CRAFTS GALLERY AND MUSEUM IN CARMARTHEN FOR THE EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC OF COLLECTIONS AND ITEMS OF FINE ARTS AND CRAFTS (2) THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN ARTS AND CRAFTS AND THE DISSEMINATION OF SUCH RESEARCH

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£200k
Latest spending
£193k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £7,189 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £163,877. The trustees confirm there is no material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue operating as a going concern. The organization relies heavily on revenue support from Carmarthenshire County Council and grants from the Arts Council of Wales to fund its operations and capital redevelopment.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Carmarthenshire County Council is the custodial trustee.
“The Gallery operates as an educational charitable trust under the custodial trusteeship of Carmarthenshire County Council.” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£200k£193k
31/03/2024£211k£201k
31/03/2023£217k£224k
31/03/2022£220k£210k
31/03/2021£201k£184k

Common questions

Is ORIEL MYRDDIN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £7,189 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £163,877. The trustees confirm there is no material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue operating as a going concern. The organization relies heavily on revenue support from Carmarthenshire County Council and grants from the Arts Council of Wales to fund its operations and capital redevelopment. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ORIEL MYRDDIN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ORIEL MYRDDIN as a grant recipient include COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£18kImmersive exhibition (Witch) of work by Clive Hicks Jenkins

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/11/2020£2k"#15 Hoelion Wyth Cymdeithas // Pillars of Society"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/03/2016£8k"The Sea Empress Oil Spill; environment, industrial disaster and popular memory in Pembrokeshire"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
The Ashley Family Foundation2£32k
CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU1£237k

Charities like this

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ORIEL MYRDDIN£200k—0unclear—no doubt
ORIEL MYRDDIN FY2025£128k—0unclear—no doubt
CWMNI PLAS GLYN'Y-WEDDW LIMITED FY2025£1.3m—0below—no doubt
ORIEL DAVIES GALLERY FY2025£1.2m—0above—no doubt
MOSTYN GALLERY LIMITED FY2026£666k—0below—no doubt
COUNTY HALL ARTS FY2024£8.8m—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.