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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES

Registered charity 525774 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NATIONAL MUSEUM WALES

Latest income
£49.2m
Latest spending
£44.8m
Registered
1963

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

Total income
£49.2m
Total spending
£44.8m
Cost of raising funds
£4.1m
Reserves (reported)
£8.7m
Employees
611

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£49.2m£44.8m
31/03/2024£49.6m£46.9m
31/03/2023£41.0m£44.0m
31/03/2022£38.3m£38.8m
31/03/2021£34.4m£37.2m

Common questions

Who funds NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES as a grant recipient include NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND, THE ANTHONY AND ELIZABETH MELLOWS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE OAKDALE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUNDFY2023£60k
NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUNDFY2024£40k
NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUNDFY2023£18k
THE ANTHONY AND ELIZABETH MELLOWS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2023£4k
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2025£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/06/2025£250k"Caerllion Rufeinig – Porth i Partneriaeth I Caerllion Rufeinig - Roman Caerleon Gateway 'Partnership' Project"
Postcode Lottery12/02/2025£900kRegular Grant 2025
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/10/2024£184k"#Grow: Amgueddfa Cymru"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/03/2024£12.4m"The Redevelopment of Amgueddfa Lechi Cymru, Llanberis"
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£800kRegular Grant 2024
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/09/2023£74k"#Innovate NM-22-00466 Explore: Amgueddfa Cymru"
Postcode Lottery29/03/2023£700kRegular Grant 2023
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/12/2022£19k"Explore: Amgueddfa Cymru"
Postcode Lottery16/03/2022£600kRegular Grant 2022
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/05/2019£68k"Preserving the industrial heritage at Big Pit National Coal Museum"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/02/2019£52k"Discovering Ancient Heritage: The first Celtic Iron Age Chariot Burial in Wales"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/07/2018£65k"Brought to the Surface: A new beginning for freshwater snail identification"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/06/2017£875k"Hands on heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/09/2014£349k"Saving Treasures, Telling Stories"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/12/2013£473k"John Piper and the Mountains of Wales"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/03/2012£142k"Margam Paintings"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/05/2010£996k"Heritage Horticulture Skills Scheme"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/02/2010£13.0m"Creu Hanes - Making History"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/05/2007£44k"Everywhere in Chains - Wales and Slavery"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/11/2006£105k"Big Pit - Learning Annex"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund31/08/2005£35k"Acquisition of the Newly discovered Bronze Age Gold Hoard from Burton"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/07/2005£1k"The National Museums And Galleries Of Wales Will Use An Award To Undertake A People'S History Programme That Will Include A Number Of Differ"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/10/2004£50k"On Common Ground"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/10/2001£70k"Tir Cyffredin / On Common Ground"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/02/2001£11.1m"National Waterfront Museum Swansea"