WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE

Registered charity 1060458 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

WMC aims to create a special place which will provide a focal point for the unique culture, identity and talents of Wales though the creation of a world class showcase for musicals, opera, dance, exhibitions, entertainment and education in a millennium landmark, with long lasting benefits for the whole community.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £2.4m before depreciation and amortisation, with total income of £28.2m against expenditure of £27.8m. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £3.5m, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months' running costs (£1.5m). The trustees confirm the organisation is prepared on a going concern basis with secured funding from Arts Council Wales until March 2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03221924

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wales Millennium Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Graeme Farrow — Chief Creative Officer (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• JONES, Geraint Allan — director, appointed 13/12/2023on trustee list
• MURINDE, Vivian — director, appointed 21/09/2023on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Nan — director, appointed 19/07/2023on trustee list
• HAINES, Julie-Ann — director, appointed 05/04/2022on trustee list
• TALFAN DAVIES, Rhodri William — director, appointed 09/03/2022not on trustee list
• KACHAWAHA, Amit — director, appointed 13/01/2020on trustee list
• GOULDER, Nicky — director, appointed 18/12/2018on trustee list
• REES, Joanna — director, appointed 24/09/2018on trustee list
• SWINBURN, Peter — director, appointed 18/11/2015on trustee list
• TILSLEY, Geraint Rhys — secretary, appointed 24/05/2013

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (79% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 63.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter Swinburnchair
• Amit Kachawaha
• Geraint Allan Jones
• Joanna Rees
• Julie-Ann Haines
• Nan Williams
• Nicky Goulder
• Rhodri William Talfan Davies
• Vivian Murinde

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MILLENNIUM STADIUM CHARITABLE TRUST.

• MILLENNIUM STADIUM CHARITABLE TRUST income £591k
• CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU income £57.7m
• WELSH DANCE THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £598k
• NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES income £49.2m
• WELSH CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS / CANOLFAN MATERION RHYNGWLADOL CYMRU income £1.2m
• NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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