EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU

Registered charity 1155539 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD OF WALES

(1) hyrwyddo addysg y cyhoedd yn nhreftadaeth a diwylliant Cymru, y gwyddorau a'r iaith Gymraeg; a(2) hyrwyddo, cadw a diogelu treftadaeth a diwylliant Cymru a'r iaith Gymraeg, drwy unrhyw ddull a modd a wel yr ymddiriedolwyr yn dda yn cynnwys trwy gynnal gwyl genedlaethol yn flynyddol, sef Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru.

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Latest income
£6.7m
Latest spending
£6.5m
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £6.695m, with total expenditure at £6.503m, resulting in a net surplus of £0.150m. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £5.018m, which the trustees note is below their stated policy target of approximately £6.5m. The charity maintains a going concern status with sufficient resources to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £5.0m)
“Nid yw’r cronfeydd rhydd, llai yr Eiddo Parhaol, o £4.573m (2024: £1.887m) yn cyrraedd y nod ar hyn o bryd.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Ashmole & Co.. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£6.7m
Total spending
£6.5m
Cost of raising funds
£21k
Reserves (reported)
£4.6m
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~8.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% 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 Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£6.7m£6.5m
31/03/2024£8.5m£7.7m
31/12/2022£7.0m£6.4m
31/12/2021£2.5m£1.7m
31/12/2020£2.8m£1.5m

Common questions

Is EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £6.695m, with total expenditure at £6.503m, resulting in a net surplus of £0.150m. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £5.018m, which the trustees note is below their stated policy target of approximately £6.5m. The charity maintains a going concern status with sufficient resources to continue operating. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Ashmole & Co..

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/12/2025£238k"Prosiect 1176: Dathlu 850 o flynyddoedd ers yr Eisteddfod cyntaf yng Nghastell l Aberteifi"
The National Lottery Community Fund09/05/2023£10kPentref Plant Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Llyn ac Eifionydd 2023
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/03/2021£77k"NL20: Reinterpreting the Welsh National Eisteddfod community project / NL20: Ail-ddehongli prosiect cymunedol Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/11/2020£2k"#15 Prosiect Eliffant Tregaron (Tregaron Elephant Project) / #15 Prosiect Eliffant Tregaron"
The National Lottery Community Fund18/03/2020£10kPentref Plant Eisteddfod Ceredigion 2020
The National Lottery Heritage Fund31/05/2018£43k"Te yn y Grug - celebrating sixty years of an iconic Welsh book / Te yn y Grug - dathlu trigain mlynedd o gyfrol eiconig Gymraeg"
The National Lottery Community Fund29/03/2016£5kEisteddfod Genedlaethol Sir Fynwy 2016
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/04/2014£10k"40 years of Welsh Rock Scene record covers / 40 mlynedd o gloriau recordiau y Sin Roc Gymraeg"

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU£6.7m——below—no doubt
Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOL FY2025£11.0m——unclear—no doubt
YMDDIRIEDOLAETH NANT GWRTHEYRN FY2024£1.9m——unclear—no doubt
THEATR GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU FY2025£1.5m£60,001 - £70,0002unclear—no doubt
CWMNI URDD GOBAITH CYMRU (CORFFOREDIG) / THE WELSH LEAGUE OF YOUTH (INCORPORATED) FY2025£18.3m£110,001 - £120,000—unclear—no doubt
THE LLANGOLLEN INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL EISTEDDFOD LIMITED FY2025£1.5mUnder £60,0000below—no doubt

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