WELSH NATIONAL THEATRE

Registered charity 1211635 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS AND WELSH CULTURE BY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROMOTION OF THEATRE, PLAYS, STORIES, ARTISTIC PERFORMANCES AND PROGRAMS IN WALES AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD PRIMARILY THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Swansea, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £275,279 for the period, with total income of £849,073 against expenditure of £573,794. Unrestricted free reserves stood at £25,125, which the trustees note is lower than their stated policy target of three to six months of operating expenditure, though they anticipate building reserves in the coming year. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

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 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (67% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr John Mark Frost PhD, CPsychol
• Dr Rachel Elizabeth O Riordan
• Dyfed Elwy Fleetwood Alsop
• Helen Protheroe · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Sheen
• Rakie Ayola

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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