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THEATR GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU

Registered charity 1106032 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Theatr Cymru

National Welsh Language Theatre Company, producing and touring plays in the Welsh language

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £915,484, with unrestricted reserves at £861,256. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £422,496 (excluding fixed assets) are below their stated policy target of three to six months of general expenditure. The auditor confirms the accounts give a true and fair view and note no material uncertainty regarding the going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“Yn ystod y flwyddyn fe wnaeth 2 aelod o staff ennill rhwng £60,000 a £70,000” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“Yn ystod y flwyddyn fe wnaeth 2 aelod o staff ennill rhwng £60,000 a £70,000” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months of general expenditure (held: £422k)
“Mae’r ymddiriedolwyr yn anelu cynnal cronfeydd rhydd gwerth oddeutu 3 - 6 mis o wariant cyffredinol.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Theatr Cymru
“THEATR GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU yn masnachu fel THEATR CYMRU (Cwmni Cyfyngedig trwy Warant)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Ashmole & Co. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

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

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£6k
Reserves (reported)
£861k
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~7.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (66% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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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£1.5m£1.5m
31/03/2024£1.3m£1.4m
31/03/2023£1.3m£1.5m
31/03/2022£1.2m£1.4m
31/03/2021£1.1m£879k

Common questions

Is THEATR GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £915,484, with unrestricted reserves at £861,256. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £422,496 (excluding fixed assets) are below their stated policy target of three to six months of general expenditure. The auditor confirms the accounts give a true and fair view and note no material uncertainty regarding the going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Ashmole & Co.

What does the highest-paid employee of THEATR GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THEATR GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THEATR GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU as a grant recipient include CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRUFY2023£1.1mCore funding
CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRUFY2023£11kCost-of-living support

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
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST4£159k
THE OAKDALE TRUST2£2k
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION1£10k
THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATION1£10k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND1£8k
THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND1£5k
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST1£5k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THEATR GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU£1.5m£60,001 - £70,0002unclear—no doubt
EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU FY2025£6.7m——below—no doubt
TEAM COLLECTIVE CYMRU CHARITY FY2025£446k——unclear—material uncertainty
CWMNI'R FRAN WEN CYF FY2024£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
THEATR BRYCHEINIOG CYF FY2025£1.4m—0below—no doubt
CREU CYMRU FY2025£206k—0unclear—no doubt

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