ARCHIF MENYWOD CYMRU / WOMEN'S ARCHIVE OF WALES

Registered charity 1158204 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AMC / WAW

Raising awareness of the history of women in Wales; identifying and ensurig the safeguarding, conservation, publicising and making publicly accessible all relevant source materials; carrying out relevant projects and holding public events such as conferences, exhibitions and talks, and by carrying out and/or assisting relevant research.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£41k

Latest spending

£38k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £21,425.24, supported by a healthy bank balance and income from membership subscriptions. The charity received a significant grant of £29,150.00 for its Women in Sport project, which is nearing completion. The filing indicates no material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue its activities.

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Welsh Government — “Equal Pay, Equal Rights? is an exciting new project marking the 50th anniversary of the ground-breaking equality legislation of the 1970s. F…” (source page)

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/01/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Mary Kathleen Thorleychair · trustee of 1 other charity
CATRIN TUDFIL BEYNON STEVENS
Dr Christine Chapman · trustee of 1 other charity
Gail Margaret Allen · trustee of 1 other charity
JENNY SABINE
Mari Phyllis Ann James
SHAN ALISON ROBINSON
SUE THOMAS
Wendy Jeanette Evans

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£41k	£38k
31/03/2024	£44k	£13k
31/03/2023	£6k	£6k
31/03/2022	£15k	£26k
31/03/2021	£33k	£37k

Common questions

Is ARCHIF MENYWOD CYMRU / WOMEN'S ARCHIVE OF WALES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £21,425.24, supported by a healthy bank balance and income from membership subscriptions. The charity received a significant grant of £29,150.00 for its Women in Sport project, which is nearing completion. The filing indicates no material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue its activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/07/2023	£73k	"Menywod a Chwaraeon: Cymru Women and Sport: Wales"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/06/2019	£47k	"Setting the Record Straight Female records and voices in Welsh Politics Gwir Gofnod o Gyfnod"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/12/2017	£40k	"Century of Hope: Celebrating a Centenary of Women's Heritage in Wales - Canrif Gobaith"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/01/2015	£8k	"Women in World War I: The Welsh Experience"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/06/2013	£65k	"The experiences of women workers in the manufacturing industries in Wales 1945-1975"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/03/2007	£187k	"Wales Women's Heritage Roadshows"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/10/1999	£5k	"The project is to promote archiving of documentation and objects reflecting women's lives in Wales. The money is for researcher's fees, trav"