DISABILITY ARTS CYMRU

Registered charity 1176578 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

DAC works throughout Wales to promote equal opportunities in the arts for disabled people. Our services include:- arts-specific disability equality training; consultations around disability policy and implementation, relating to the arts; information/advice; development work to increase opportunities in the arts for disabled people; large scale strategic projects; publications; membership scheme

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AMONGST DISABLED PEOPLE IN WALES BY INCREASING PARTICIPATION IN DISABILITY ARTS AND OTHER ARTS ACTIVITIES ON EQUAL TERMS WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY; ANDTO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN DISABILITY ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AMONGST INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS IN WALES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£274k

Latest spending

£310k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £35,744 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by resources expended of £309,762 against incoming resources of £274,018. Despite the deficit, the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £88,722, which the trustees consider to be nearly five months of unrestricted costs, exceeding their policy target of three months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Arts Council of Wales (78% of income)

“This included Arts Council of Wales funding of £195,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £89k)

“The Trustees of Disability Arts Cymru (DAC) aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

In the news

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

Disability Arts Cymru Artist of the Month: Bridie Doyle-Roberts arts.wales · 08/06/2026

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (26/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Natasha Hirstchair
Alun Llwyd Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
Damian Joseph Bridgeman
David Turner
Dominic Gerrard Williams
Ioana Ames
Kenneth Jonathan Rex Luxton
Macsen McKay
Marva Charmaine Lord

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	£274k	£310k
31/03/2024	£244k	£364k
31/03/2023	£420k	£333k
31/03/2022	£331k	£290k
31/03/2021	£300k	£239k

Common questions

Is DISABILITY ARTS CYMRU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £35,744 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by resources expended of £309,762 against incoming resources of £274,018. Despite the deficit, the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £88,722, which the trustees consider to be nearly five months of unrestricted costs, exceeding their policy target of three months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DISABILITY ARTS CYMRU?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DISABILITY ARTS CYMRU as a grant recipient include CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU	FY2023	£170k	Core funding
CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU	FY2023	£5k	Cost-of-living support

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Disability Action	01/11/2020	£25k	NET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/02/2016	£7k	"Changing The Focus? The portrayal of learning disabled people on film"

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION	2	£285k
TRUST FOR LONDON	2	£280k
THE JANE HODGE FOUNDATION	1	£140k
JOHN LYON'S CHARITY	1	£95k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	1	£55k
Fight for Sight	1	£44k
THE HAMPSTEAD WELLS AND CAMPDEN TRUST	1	£25k
THE TUIXEN FOUNDATION	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DISABILITY ARTS IN SHROPSHIRE.

DISABILITY ARTS IN SHROPSHIRE income £316k
DISABILITY ARTS ONLINE income £490k
CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU income £57.7m
WAC ARTS income £2.0m
ARTS & BUSINESS CYMRU income £437k
LEARNING DISABILITY WALES - ANABLEDD DYSGU CYMRU income £942k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DISABILITY ARTS CYMRU	£274k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
DISABILITY ARTS IN SHROPSHIRE FY2025	£316k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DISABILITY ARTS ONLINE FY2025	£490k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU FY2025	£57.7m	—	—	unclear	7.0%	no doubt
WAC ARTS FY2025	£2.0m	—	1	unclear	—	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.