COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST — grant history

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Latest income

£1.3m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£927k

Accounts grants total

£925k

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

How to apply: Organisations interested in making an application to the Trust should download and complete an expression of interest form and send to the Trust by email; [email protected] . Eligible applicants will then be invited to submit a formal application in either March or September.
Deadlines: Grant applications should be received no later than 30th September , for consideration at the November meeting, or 31st March for consideration at the May meeting of trustees.
What they don’t fund: It will not consider funding for conferences and seminars, or general appeals. The Trust will not fund activity that takes place outside the UK, even if the organisation is UK registered. Social and community welfare organisations, where the dominant purpose is not arts, will not normally be supported .

Summarised from www.colwinston.org.uk · colwinston.org.uk/previous-grants/ · colwinston.org.uk/how-to-apply/ on 15/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

Credited as a funder by

Charities that name this funder on their own websites (website claims, separate from the accounts-extracted grants below).

RAMBERT TRUST LIMITED “Founding Supporters of FUTURE100 The Rothschild Foundation The Colwinston Charitable Trust”
LLANTARNAM GRANGE ARTS CENTRE “Colwinston Charitable Trust – 60: A Year Long Celebration, Celebrating Art in Cwmbran, 2026”
THE TELLING “The Wales performances are supported by Colwinston Charitable Trust and the Gwendoline and Margaret Davies Charity.”
PENARTH CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL “Supported By: Colwinston Charitable Trust”
BALLET RAMBERT LIMITED “The Colwinston Charitable Trust We’re so grateful to the Founding Supporters of FUTURE100.”
INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FOUNDATION & FESTIVALS “Colwinston Charitable Trust”

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

Arts/culture/heritage/science (80 grantees)
Education/training (55 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (11 grantees)
Environment/conservation/heritage (6 grantees)
Disability (4 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (4 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (3 grantees)
Other Charitable Purposes (2 grantees)
Recreation (2 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (33 grantees)
Throughout Wales (12 grantees)
Scotland (11 grantees)
Northern Ireland (8 grantees)
Ceredigion (6 grantees)
Throughout England (6 grantees)
Carmarthenshire (5 grantees)
Powys (5 grantees)
Cardiff (4 grantees)
Conwy (4 grantees)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2024	FY2025
new	Amugeddfa Cymru (National Museum of Wales)	—	£175k
new	MID WALES OPERA LIMITED	—	£50k
new	SINFONIA CYMRU	—	£35k
new	THEATR NA N'OG-THEATRE OF ETERNAL YOUTH	—	£30k
new	VALLEYS KIDS	—	£20k
new	MUSIC THEATRE WALES	—	£20k
new	MOSTYN GALLERY LIMITED	—	£20k
new	Benedetti Foundation	—	£20k
up	ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA	£25k	£40k
up	ABERYSTWYTH MUSICFEST LIMITED	£10k	£40k
down	GARSINGTON OPERA LIMITED	£100k	£40k
up	PENARTH CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL	£5k	£8k
down	HAY CASTLE TRUST	£12k	£6k
up	THE FORGET-ME-NOT CHORUS CARDIFF	£3k	£5k
not listed	THE PAIGNTON PICTURE HOUSE TRUST	£150k	—
not listed	NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES	£115k	—
not listed	THEATR CLWYD TRUST LTD	£100k	—
not listed	GRANGE PARK OPERA	£100k	—
not listed	NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES	£50k	—
not listed	Go Live Theatre Projects	£50k	—
not listed	ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND DRAMA	£30k	—
not listed	THE NATIONAL YOUTH BRASS BAND OF GREAT BRITAIN	£16k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Amugeddfa Cymru (National Museum of Wales)	FY2025	£175k	Support costs of major retrospective exhibition of works by Gwen John
Buxton International Festival	FY2025	£50k	Core costs for the 2025 opera season
Agatha Christie Trust for Children	FY2025	£50k	Support of Vivo Biobank at Blood Cancer UK, supporting research into childhood cancer
Mid Wales Opera	FY2025	£50k	Support Small Stages touring production
Longborough Festival Opera	FY2025	£40k	Production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, featuring the Emerging Artists
English National Opera	FY2025	£40k	Revival production of The Marriage of Figaro
MusicFest Aberystwyth	FY2025	£40k	Core support to ambitions of new Artistic Director
Garsington Opera	FY2025	£40k	Emerging Artists program
Sinfonia Cymru	FY2025	£35k	Powys Schools project
Theatr na nOg	FY2025	£30k	New production for schools, entitled The Fight
Valleys Kids	FY2025	£20k	Visual Arts programme in Rhondda Cynon Taff, Keep Loving Art — Keep Living Strong
North Wales International Music Festival	FY2025	£20k	Core activities
Music Theatre Wales	FY2025	£20k	Residency in the Rhondda Valley, The Echoes Return Slow
Mostyn Gallery	FY2025	£20k	Another Thing to Do project, with commissions for emerging or mid-career artists
Benedetti Foundation	FY2025	£20k	Workshops in Wales
Oriel Myrddin Trust	FY2025	£18k	Immersive exhibition (Witch) of work by Clive Hicks Jenkins
Royal Opera House Covent Garden	FY2025	£15k	National Schools Program — Music, Dance, Design
Swansea City Opera	FY2025	£15k	Performances in Wales of the production Shoulder to Shoulder
The Aloud Charity	FY2025	£15k	Core support of the charity
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain	FY2025	£12k	Seven seats for young musicians from Wales, and NYO Unite day
Green Man Trust	FY2025	£12k	Visual Arts Programme in 2024
Presteigne Festival of Music and Art Limited	FY2025	£10k	Commission fee, music preparation and rehearsal costs for Julian Philip’s Melodys of Earth and Sky, and commissions for harp pieces
The Nova Music Trust	FY2025	£10k	Production and presentation of Scenes from Under Milkwood in Wales
Adverse Camber Productions	FY2025	£10k	Story telling Project — Stars and their Constellations
Welsh Chamber Orchestra	FY2025	£10k	Project, Peter & the Wolf, and commission from Paul Mealor
National Theatre	FY2025	£10k	Costs of the two Connections festivals held in Aberystwyth and Cardiff
Agatha Christie Festival	FY2025	£10k	Costs of staging and production of three Spotlight events
Cowbridge Music Festival	FY2025	£10k	Core costs of the festival
Ballet Cymru	FY2025	£10k	Commission composer Frank Moon to write and record a score for Daydreams and Jellybeans
Opra Cymru Cyf	FY2025	£9k	Tour of a new Welsh language opera for children and families
Brecon Baroque Festival	FY2025	£8k	Core costs of the festival
Penarth Chamber Music Festival	FY2025	£8k	Core costs of the festival
The Telling	FY2025	£8k	Work in Wales developing an audience for early music
ORA Singers	FY2025	£8k	Second year of the Graduate Composers Scheme
International Guitar Foundation	FY2025	£7k	Programmes in Cardiff and Swansea to improve access to music making
Bangor Music Festival	FY2025	£7k	Core costs of the festival
University of Wales: Trinity St. David	FY2025	£7k	Cataloguing and photography of stained-glass panels at Swansea College of Art
English National Ballet	FY2025	£7k	Dance for Parkinson’s programme in Wales
Hay Castle Trust	FY2025	£6k	Exhibition celebrating 20th Century Welsh artists
Cantorion Menai	FY2025	£6k	Artistic costs of the choir presenting Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius
Forget-me-not Chorus	FY2025	£5k	With Joy my Soul Sings project
National Children’s Orchestra	FY2025	£5k	Subsidise places of four young musicians from Wales
Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias	FY2025	£5k	Wales International Piano Festival elements
Young Music Makers of Dyfed	FY2025	£5k	Core costs of three strands of music making for young people in West Wales
Llandeilo Fawr Festival of Music	FY2025	£5k	Artistic costs of the festival
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra	FY2025	£2k	One masterclass held during the Oxford Piano Festival
Hay Music Trust	FY2025	£2k	Outreach activities associated with the festival
The Church of St Brynach, Nevern	FY2025	£2k	Restoration of the William Sweetland organ
The Paignton Picture House Trust	FY2024	£150k	Support the completion of the capital build and the reopening as an independent cinema and community arts venue.
Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum Wales)	FY2024	£115k	Help cover the costs of restoring the historic Garden Glasshouses at St Fagan’s Castle.
Theatr Clwyd	FY2024	£100k	Development of the theatre.
Grange Park Opera	FY2024	£100k	Support the development of the dressing rooms and the Tree Top Studio at the Opera House in West Horsley.
Paignton Picture House Trust	FY2024	£100k	Support the completion of the capital build and the reopening as an independent cinema and community arts venue.
Garsington Opera	FY2024	£100k	Support of the Development of Garsington Studios.
Buxton International Festival	FY2024	£50k	Support of core costs for the 2024 opera season.
National Dance Co Wales	FY2024	£50k	Support of the artistic programme.
Go Live Theatre	FY2024	£50k	Support of the Theatre Openers programme for mainstream secondary schools and special schools.
Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum Wales)	FY2024	£45k	Help cover the costs of restoring the historic Garden Glasshouses at St Fagan’s Castle.
Agatha Christie Trust for Children	FY2024	£40k	Support their research into childhood Leukaemia.
Garsington Opera	FY2024	£30k	Support of the Development of Garsington Studios.
Longborough Festival Opera	FY2024	£30k	Support the new production of La Bohéme.
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama	FY2024	£30k	Support the String Quartet in residence.
English National Opera	FY2024	£25k	Revival of The Handmaid’s Tale and the concert performance of Bartok’s Bluebeard.
Go Live Theatre	FY2024	£25k	Support of the Theatre Openers programme for mainstream secondary schools and special schools.
National Youth Brass Band	FY2024	£16k	Cover the costs associated with commissioning the work (Karl Jenkins Commission).
North Wales International Music festival	FY2024	£16k	Support the festival's core activities.
National Youth Orchestra of GB	FY2024	£15k	Support efforts to widen opportunities for young musicians from Wales.
Horatio’s Garden	FY2024	£15k	Support the costs of maintaining the garden at the spinal unit in Llandough.
The Telling	FY2024	£15k	Vision, which explores Hildegard’s painful visionary experiences through music and drama.
ORA Singers	FY2024	£15k	Support the Graduate Composer’s Showcase in Cardiff.
Horatio’s Garden	FY2024	£15k	Support the costs of maintaining the garden at the spinal unit in Llandough.
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama	FY2024	£15k	Support the String Quartet in residence.
Hay Castle Trust	FY2024	£12k	Cover 50% of the costs for Hidden Gifts — Refugee Artists in Wales.
Three Choirs Festival	FY2024	£10k	Support commissions by Welsh composers and contribute to core costs for the Festival in 2024.
Art UK	FY2024	£10k	Support the costs of work in Wales as part of a three-year project to document and provide public access to public murals across the UK.
MusicFest Aberystwyth	FY2024	£10k	Support the core costs of Musicfest 2024.
Chapter	FY2024	£10k	Support the live art festival, Experimentica.
Fishguard and West Wales International Music Festival	FY2024	£10k	Support of the artistic programme for the 2024 festival.
Agatha Christie Festival	FY2024	£9k	Towards Zero, a rehearsed reading of Agatha Christie’s ‘lost play’.
Wales Millenium Centre	FY2024	£8k	Support the development costs of a project, which will be featured in the 2024 Festival of Voice.
Opra Cymru	FY2024	£7k	New children’s and family opera commission by Gareth Glyn.
National Manuscripts Conservation	FY2024	£7k	Support the restoration of the William Burges collection.
National Youth Arts Wales	FY2024	£7k	Support a pilot project aimed at developing string playing for 11-18-year-olds across Wales.
National Children’s Orchestra of GB	FY2024	£6k	Support 5 young musicians from Wales.
ORA Singers	FY2024	£6k	Support the Graduate Composer’s Showcase in Cardiff.
The Telling	FY2024	£6k	Vision, which explores Hildegard’s painful visionary experiences through music and drama.
Beaumaris Festival	FY2024	£5k	Support the artistic costs of the festival to be held in May 2024.
Taking Flight	FY2024	£5k	Support the “You've Got Dragons” music theatre project.
Bangor Festival of New Music	FY2024	£5k	Support the artistic costs of the two-day festival in February 2024.
Awards for Young Musicians	FY2024	£5k	Support young Welsh musicians from low-income families.
Llandeilo Fawr Festival	FY2024	£5k	Provide core support for its activities.
Young Music Makers of Dyfed	FY2024	£5k	Enable three strands of music making in West Wales to continue through mentoring, masterclasses, and performance.
Vale of Glamorgan Festival	FY2024	£5k	Provide core support for its activities.
Span Arts	FY2024	£5k	Support their Welsh and bilingual arts programming.
Hijinx Theatre	FY2024	£5k	Support the Hijinx Unity Festival.
Penarth Chamber Music Festival	FY2024	£5k	Awarded, with £2,500 allocated for the costs of a professional administrator.
Forget-me-not Chorus	FY2024	£3k	Assist with the musical costs associated with the Demenstoria Revival project.
Aberystwyth University	FY2024	£3k	Recording of two works by Aberystwyth composers Sarah Lianne Lewis and Claire Victoria Roberts.
Pendyrus Male Choir	FY2024	£2k	Support costs associated with the Centenary Music Festival.
Artes Mundi Prize Ltd	FY2023	£100k	A grant of £100,000, spread equally over two years, was offered to towards the pan-Wales presentations of Artes Mundi 10.
Agatha Christie Trust for Children	FY2023	£50k	A grant of £50,000, spread equally over two years, was offered to support their research into childhood Leukaemia.
Opera Rara	FY2023	£45k	A grant of £45,000, spread equally over three years, was offered to support the Donizetti Song Project.
National Dance Co Wales	FY2023	£40k	A grant of £40,000 was offered towards their 40th anniversary year performance.
Mid Wales Opera	FY2023	£30k	A grant of £30,000, spread equally over 3 years, was offered to support the "Small Wonders" touring programme to be matched funded from other sources.
Sinfonia Cymru	FY2023	£25k	A grant of £25,000 was offered to support the Mainly Village Halls tour for 2023 and 2024 over 2 years.
Presteigne Festival of Music and Art Limited	FY2023	£15k	A grant of £15,000 was offered to assist with commission fee and music preparation costs for Adrian William's new work, The Hours, with words by Gillian Clarke. A further grant of £10,000 was given for a commission by Edward Gregson.
The Aloud Charity	FY2023	£15k	A grant of £15,000 was offered to support the core activities of the charity in 2022.
North Wales International Music Festival	FY2023	£15k	A grant of £15,000 was offered for core support of their 50th anniversary festival.
Artichoke Trust	FY2023	£15k	A grant of £15,000 was offered to support the Welsh arm of the UK wide public Arts programme, The Gallery, between July 2022 to March 2023.
Aesop Arts & Society Limited	FY2023	£15k	A grant of £15,000 was offered towards their Dance to Health programme in Wales.
Opera Ventures	FY2023	£13k	A grant of £12,500 was offered to support the creation and development of the contemporary opera, "Ainadamar" by Osvaldo Golijov.
Mostyn Gallery	FY2023	£12k	A grant of £12,000 was offered to support a new solo site-specific exhibition by Cerith Wyn Evans.
Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias (Wales International Harp Festival)	FY2023	£10k	A grant of £10,475 was offered to support outreach new music commissions and educational activity/masterclasses for the Wales International Harp Festival.
National Manuscripts Conservation Trust	FY2023	£10k	A grant of £10,000 was offered to support the Cambrian Pottery Archive at Swansea Museum.
Peak —Art in the Black Mountains Ltd	FY2023	£10k	A grant of £10,000 was offered towards work at Platform 2 at Abergavenny Station.
National Opera Studio	FY2023	£10k	A grant of £10,000 was offered to support their core work for young artist development.
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain	FY2023	£10k	A grant of £10,000 was offered to support the widening of access for young musicians in Wales, and to assist with the cost of 4 young musicians from Wales playing in the orchestra in 2022.
Fishguard and West Wales International Music Festival	FY2023	£10k	A grant of £10,000 was offered to support the core costs of their 2022 Festival.
Llandeilo Fawr Festival of Music	FY2023	£8k	A grant of £7,500 was offered as core support for their 2022 festival.
Agatha Christie Festival	FY2023	£8k	A grant of £7,500 was offered to support two live staged performances during their 2022 festival.
Cowbridge Music Festival	FY2023	£8k	A grant of £7,500 was offered to support the costs of their 2022 festival.
Longborough Festival Opera	FY2023	£5k	A grant of £5,000 was offered to support the 'Emerging Artists' programme in 2023.
Botanic Garden of Wales	FY2023	£5k	A grant of £5,000 was offered towards their sculpture Park project.
The National Theatr Brycheiniog Cyf	FY2023	£5k	A grant of £5,000 was offered towards a visual arts project, Brecon's Past to Present performance.
Cosmic Music	FY2023	£5k	A grant of £5,000 was offered towards their 'Macbeth Retold' project.
Young Music Makers of Dyfed	FY2023	£5k	A grant of £5,000 was offered to enable three strands of music making in West Wales to continue through mentoring, masterclasses, and performance.
Carmathen & District Youth Opera	FY2023	£5k	Grant listed in Note 3.
Art UK (Public Catalogue Foundation)	FY2023	£5k	Grant listed in Note 3.
UPROAR	FY2023	£5k	Grant listed in Note 3.
Afan Arts	FY2023	£5k	Grant listed in Note 3.
Theatr na nOg	FY2023	£5k	Grant listed in Note 3.
MusicFest Aberystwyth	FY2023	£5k	Grant listed in Note 3.
Hijinx Theatre	FY2023	£5k	Grant listed in Note 3.
Benedetti Foundation	FY2023	£5k	Grant listed in Note 3.
Buxton International Festival	FY2023	£5k	Grant listed in Note 3.
Valleys Kids	FY2023	£5k	Grant listed in Note 3.
NMC Recordings	FY2023	£5k	Grant listed in Note 3 (2022 balance brought forward).
Bangor New Music Festival	FY2023	£5k	Grant listed in Note 3 (2022 balance brought forward).
Aberystwyth University	FY2023	£5k	Grant listed in Note 3 (2022 balance brought forward).
Vale of Glamorgan Festival	FY2023	£5k	Grant listed in Note 3.
Changing Tunes	FY2023	£5k	Grant listed in Note 3.
Three Choirs Festival	FY2023	£4k	A grant of £4,000 was offered to support a performance by the National Youth Orchestra of Wales as part of their 2022 festival to be held in Hereford.
Royal Philharmonic Society	FY2023	£3k	A grant of £3,000 was offered to support their women conductors course in Wales.
Go Live Theatre Projects (formerly Mousetrap Theatre Projects)	FY2023	£3k	Grant listed in Note 3.
Mousetrap Foundation for the Arts (Mousetrap Theatre Projects)	FY2022	£40k	Theatre Openers programme
Valley Kids	FY2022	£30k	'Love Art — Live Strong' programme
National Dance Company Wales	FY2022	£20k
Festival	FY2022	£19k	Costs of the commission and workshop for 'The Land of Might-Have-Been'
National Museum of Wales	FY2022	£13k
Benedetti	FY2022	£10k	Development of the Meta 2.0 project for disabled actors
MusicFest Aberystwyth	FY2022	£10k	Range of activities during the period July —August 2022
National Opera Studio	FY2022	£10k	Core work of the studio
Buxton International Foundation	FY2022	£10k	Launch of the 'Benedetti Sessions' at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff
Hijinx	FY2022	£10k	Development of the Meta 2.0 project for disabled actors
National Eisteddfod Wales	FY2022	£10k
Theatr na nOg	FY2022	£10k	New production of 'The Arandora Star' for young people in South Wales
National Youth Arts Wales	FY2022	£7k
Afan Arts	FY2022	£7k	Launch of the Youth Theatre project in the Port Talbot area
OP RA Cymru	FY2022	£7k
UPROAR	FY2022	£6k	Costs of their Welsh composer commissioning project with performances taking place in 2022
Mid Wales Music Trust	FY2022	£5k
Ffotogallery	FY2022	£5k
Changing Tunes	FY2022	£5k	Launch the first year of the 'Young Voices' music learning programme at Hillside Secure Children's Home in Neath
Carmathen & District Youth Opera	FY2022	£5k	Costs of the production of 'Grease' performed in February 2022
Art UK (Public Catalogue Foundation)	FY2022	£5k	Assist in the completion of the digitisation of public sculptures in Wales
Vale of Glamorgan Festival	FY2022	£5k	Presentation of 'INUKSUIT', a mass percussion project
Aberystwyth University	FY2022	£5k	Support a new musical commission from Claire Victoria Roberts, in celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the University in 2023
Longborough Festival Opera	FY2022	£5k	Support the 'Emerging Artists' programme in 2022
NMC Recordings	FY2022	£4k	Support their work in Wales, and with young Welsh composer Derri Joseph Lewis
Bangor New Music Festival	FY2022	£4k	Artistic costs for the festival to be held over the weekend of 11 —12 February 2022
Forget-me-not-Chorus	FY2022	£3k

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 927184 vs reference 924684 (0.3% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.