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NATIONAL YOUTH ARTS WALES

Registered charity 1170643 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Performing arts

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Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £59,519, resulting in a decrease in total funds carried forward to £1,085,914. Per the trustees' report, available unrestricted reserves were £334,991, which the Board monitors against a reserves policy to mitigate against uncertain earned income targets.

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)
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 1 £60,001 - £70,000” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 1” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: mitigation against uncertain earned income targets and the continued impact of the cost of living crisis (held: £335k)
“This is in line with the NYAW Reserves Policy, against which the Board monitor reserves on a regular basis, ensuring reserves provide mitigation against uncertain earned income targets and the continued impact of the cost of living crisis.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BPU Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — National Youth Arts Wales / Celfyddydau Cenedlaethol Ieuenctid Cymru (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

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

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

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£335k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (69% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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£1.2m£1.2m
31/03/2024£1.1m£1.3m
31/03/2023£1.5m£1.1m
31/03/2022£744k£591k
31/03/2021£561k£402k

Common questions

Is NATIONAL YOUTH ARTS WALES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £59,519, resulting in a decrease in total funds carried forward to £1,085,914. Per the trustees' report, available unrestricted reserves were £334,991, which the Board monitors against a reserves policy to mitigate against uncertain earned income targets. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BPU Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of NATIONAL YOUTH ARTS WALES earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds NATIONAL YOUTH ARTS WALES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NATIONAL YOUTH ARTS WALES as a grant recipient include CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU, COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE OAKDALE TRUST, THE ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRUFY2023£200kStrategic awards
CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRUFY2023£11kCost-of-living support
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£7kSupport a pilot project aimed at developing string playing for 11-18-year-olds across Wales.
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£7k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2025£3kMusic
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSICFY2025£10Music Education / Sponsorship

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
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION2£18k
BLUESPARK FOUNDATION1—
THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST1£543k
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION1£400k
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION1£161k
THE KARLSSON JATIVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£150k
DAVID PEARLMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£134k
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION1£111k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CWMNI'R FRAN WEN CYF.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NATIONAL YOUTH ARTS WALES£1.2m£60,001 - £70,0001within—no doubt
CWMNI'R FRAN WEN CYF FY2024£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS OF WALES FY2025£748k—0unclear—noted
ARTSWORK LIMITED FY2025£1.9m——unclear—no doubt
WELSH DANCE THEATRE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£598k—0unclear—no doubt

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