NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES

Registered charity 525775 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£22.3m
Latest spending
£17.6m
Registered
1967

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

Total income
£22.3m
Total spending
£17.6m
Cost of raising funds
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£588k
Employees
202

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£22.3m£17.6m
31/03/2024£21.0m£20.0m
31/03/2023£17.4m£19.4m
31/03/2022£18.8m£14.8m
31/03/2021£17.3m£14.1m

Common questions

Who funds NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES as a grant recipient include Friends of the Nations' Libraries.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
Friends of the Nations' LibrariesFY2025£4k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/04/2017£10k"Unlocking the Hidden History of the Great War / Datgloi Hanes Cudd y Rhyfel Mawr"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/03/2017£5.2m"A National Broadcast Archive for Wales: Access for all to the BBC Wales Archive"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/03/2014£85k"Wales at War / Cymru yn y Rhyfel"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/09/2012£699k"Purchase of 'The Laws of Hywel Dda' ('The Boston Manuscript')"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/06/2002£366k"Archives Network Wales"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/11/2000£2.4m"National Library of Wales Visitor Experience"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/07/1998£172k"Turner, Dolbadern Castle - Acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/07/1997£125k"Turner, "Aberdulais Mill, Glamorganshire""