CREU CYMRU

Registered charity 1135304 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Creu Cymru is the development agency for theatres and arts centres in Wales. Our mission is to develop a vibrant and progressive sector of theatres and arts centres and to increase access to high quality performing arts presentations for the people of Wales We deliver a programme of performances through a network of creative collaborations, and promote best practice through action-based research.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£206k
Latest spending
£192k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £136,631 (2024: £123,077), driven by a net income of £13,554 against total expenditure of £192,219. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £126,894 and reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£206k£192k
31/03/2024£198k£199k
31/03/2023£219k£182k
31/03/2022£169k£140k
31/03/2021£186k£178k

Common questions

Is CREU CYMRU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £136,631 (2024: £123,077), driven by a net income of £13,554 against total expenditure of £192,219. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £126,894 and reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/01/2016£239kSurvivors
The National Lottery Community Fund22/02/2015£5kHynt

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CREU CYMRU£206k—0unclear—no doubt
CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU FY2025£57.7m——unclear7.0%no doubt
TEAM COLLECTIVE CYMRU CHARITY FY2025£446k——unclear—material uncertainty
SCOUTSCYMRU FY2025£882k£60,001 - £70,000—below—no doubt
THEATR GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU FY2025£1.5m£60,001 - £70,0002unclear—no doubt
ARTS & BUSINESS CYMRU FY2025£437k——unclear—no doubt

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