MOSTYN GALLERY LIMITED

Registered charity 507842 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ORIEL MOSTYN, THE MOSTYN GALLERY LIMITED

to educate the public in visual arts, and to assist in public appreciation of such arts by the establishment of the Mostyn Gallery in Llandudno, North Wales. Mostyn exists to open dialogue on contemporary art exhibitions, learning and engagement for people of all ages and backgrounds.

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Latest income
£666k
Latest spending
£942k
Registered
1978
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £276,018 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted net assets from £2,783,467 to £2,617,501. The trustees confirm that the charity is able to continue as a going concern for at least the next 12 months, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Government grants (67% of income)
“Government grants 405,609 42,661 448,270” — page 26
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £2.6m; policy: three months' operational expenditure plus the redundancy costs of all staff members)
“The Gallery continues toward establishing this level of funds which is not yet met.” — page 4
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£666k
Total spending
£942k
Cost of raising funds
£83k
Reserves (reported)
£140k
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 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 (71% 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: 12.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Conwy

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£666k£942k
31/03/2025£1.1m£910k
31/03/2024£854k£886k
31/03/2023£735k£1000k
31/03/2022£837k£1.1m

Common questions

Is MOSTYN GALLERY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £276,018 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted net assets from £2,783,467 to £2,617,501. The trustees confirm that the charity is able to continue as a going concern for at least the next 12 months, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue operations. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MOSTYN GALLERY LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MOSTYN GALLERY LIMITED as a grant recipient include COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST, The Ashley Family Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£20kAnother Thing to Do project, with commissions for emerging or mid-career artists
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£12kA grant of £12,000 was offered to support a new solo site-specific exhibition by Cerith Wyn Evans.
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2025£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/03/2015£10k"A shared exploration of the uses of our building over the past 110 years"

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CWMNI PLAS GLYN'Y-WEDDW LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MOSTYN GALLERY LIMITED£666k—0below—no doubt
CWMNI PLAS GLYN'Y-WEDDW LIMITED FY2025£1.3m—0below—no doubt
THE SHOWROOM GALLERY LTD. FY2025£409k—0above—no doubt
ORIEL MYRDDIN FY2025£200k—0unclear—no doubt
Gwasanaeth Cerdd Ysgolion Gwynedd a Môn FY2025£1.0m—0above—no doubt
NML FOUNDATION FY2025£221k—0above—no doubt

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