CYNGOR LLYFRAU CYMRU-THE BOOKS COUNCIL OF WALES — grant history

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Latest income

£7.5m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£1.2m

Accounts grants total

£500k

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts

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

Education/training (7 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (7 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (3 grantees)
Environment/conservation/heritage (2 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (2 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (2 grantees)
Recreation (2 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (1 grantee)
Disability (1 grantee)
Other Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Throughout Wales (4 grantees)
Northern Ireland (2 grantees)
Scotland (2 grantees)
Throughout England And Wales (2 grantees)
Neath Port Talbot (1 grantee)
Senegal (1 grantee)

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	Cyhoeddi Cymru / Publishing Wales	—	£150k
new	Welsh Government’s Education Department	—	£140k
new	Books Council of Wales	—	£95k
new	Folding Rock	—	£80k
new	Culture Division	—	£47k
new	Adnodd Cyf	—	£38k
new	ARFOR – Cyngor Sir Ceredigion	—	£30k
new	Seren	—	£29k
up	Rily	£19k	£34k
up	Y LOLFA GCG	£7k	£29k
up	Parthian	£5k	£29k
up	Poetry Wales	£6k	£25k
up	Gwasg Carreg Gwalch	£10k	£16k
down	Romani Cultural and Arts Company	£30k	£10k
down	Cwlwm	£33k	£10k
down	Buzz Culture	£15k	£6k
not listed	Xcellence	£20k	—
not listed	New Welsh Review	£16k	—
not listed	CFFI-Cymru	£10k	—
not listed	Afterlight Comics	£10k	—
not listed	Damian Kerlin	£10k	—
not listed	Biosphere Gardens	£9k	—
not listed	Womens Publishing Wales	£7k	—
not listed	Lez Reads	£5k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Cyhoeddi Cymru / Publishing Wales	FY2025	£150k	Book Fairs
Welsh Government’s Education Department	FY2025	£140k	Reading Promotion Schemes
Books Council of Wales	FY2025	£95k	Frankfurt Book Fair
Folding Rock	FY2025	£80k	English-language Cultural Periodicals funding franchise
Culture Division	FY2025	£47k	Reading Well Scheme
Folding Rock	FY2025	£45k	English-language Cultural Periodicals funding franchise
Adnodd Cyf	FY2025	£38k	Reading Well / Teachers Love Reading
Rily	FY2025	£34k	New Audiences Fund
Firefly	FY2025	£32k	New Audiences Fund
Nation.Cymru	FY2025	£32k	New Audiences Fund
ARFOR – Cyngor Sir Ceredigion	FY2025	£30k	UNESCO City of Literature
Y Lolfa	FY2025	£29k	New Audiences Fund
Seren	FY2025	£29k	New Audiences Fund
Parthian	FY2025	£29k	New Audiences Fund
Graffeg	FY2025	£26k	New Audiences Fund
The Welsh Agenda & Click on Wales	FY2025	£25k	English-language Cultural Periodicals funding franchise
Poetry Wales	FY2025	£25k	English-language Cultural Periodicals funding franchise
Nation.Cymru	FY2025	£25k	English-language Cultural Periodicals funding franchise
Atebol	FY2025	£22k	New Audiences Fund
Lucent Dreaming	FY2025	£21k	New Audiences Fund
Barn	FY2025	£20k	New Audiences Fund
Gwasg y Bwthyn	FY2025	£20k	New Audiences Fund
Sôn am Lyfra	FY2025	£16k	New Audiences Fund
Gwasg Carreg Gwalch	FY2025	£16k	New Audiences Fund
Culture Division	FY2025	£16k	Reading Promotion Schemes
Institute of Welsh Affairs	FY2025	£12k	New Audiences Fund
Golwg	FY2025	£11k	New Audiences Fund
Hanes Byw	FY2025	£10k	New Audiences Fund
Just Another Poet	FY2025	£10k	New Audiences Fund
Romani Cultural and Arts Company	FY2025	£10k	New Audiences Fund
The Paper	FY2025	£10k	English-language Cultural Periodicals funding franchise
Urdd Gobaith Cymru	FY2025	£10k	New Audiences Fund
Cwlwm	FY2025	£10k	New Audiences Fund
Golwg 360	FY2025	£8k	New Audiences Fund
Material Queer	FY2025	£8k	New Audiences Fund
Al Naaem	FY2025	£7k	New Audiences Fund
Poetry Wales	FY2025	£7k	New Audiences Fund
Modron	FY2025	£6k	New Audiences Fund
Literature Wales	FY2025	£6k	New Audiences Fund
Calon Books	FY2025	£6k	New Audiences Fund
Buzz Culture	FY2025	£6k	New Audiences Fund
Merched y Wawr	FY2025	£6k	New Audiences Fund
Paned o Gê	FY2025	£5k	New Audiences Fund
These Pages Sing	FY2025	£5k	New Audiences Fund
Y Selar	FY2025	£5k	New Audiences Fund
Y Cymro	FY2025	£5k	New Audiences Fund
PYST	FY2025	£4k	New Audiences Fund
Grants for small magazines	FY2025	£3k	English-language Cultural Periodicals funding franchise
Barddas	FY2025	£3k	New Audiences Fund
Promotion of Scheme & Books	FY2025	£3k	New Audiences Fund
Mary Vaughan Jones Award	FY2025	£2k	Mary Vaughan Jones Award
Cheltenham Literary Festival	FY2025	£2k	Reading Teachers = Reading Pupils programme
Other magazine evaluation costs	FY2025	£500	English-language Cultural Periodicals funding franchise
The Reading Agency	FY2025	£100	Reading Well
Nation.Cymru	FY2024	£40k	New Audiences Fund
Cwlwm	FY2024	£33k	New Audiences Fund
Romani Cultural and Arts Company	FY2024	£30k	New Audiences Fund
Firefly	FY2024	£24k	New Audiences Fund
Xcellence	FY2024	£20k	New Audiences Fund
Rily	FY2024	£19k	New Audiences Fund
Gwasg y Bwthyn	FY2024	£19k	New Audiences Fund
Golwg	FY2024	£18k	New Audiences Fund
Institute of Welsh Affairs	FY2024	£17k	New Audiences Fund
New Welsh Review	FY2024	£16k	New Audiences Fund
Lucent Dreaming	FY2024	£15k	New Audiences Fund
Just Another Poet	FY2024	£15k	New Audiences Fund
Buzz Culture	FY2024	£15k	New Audiences Fund
CFFI-Cymru	FY2024	£10k	New Audiences Fund
Gwasg Carreg Gwalch	FY2024	£10k	New Audiences Fund
Afterlight Comics	FY2024	£10k	New Audiences Fund
Y Cymro	FY2024	£10k	New Audiences Fund
The Paper	FY2024	£10k	New Audiences Fund
Damian Kerlin	FY2024	£10k	New Audiences Fund
Biosphere Gardens	FY2024	£9k	New Audiences Fund
Y Lolfa	FY2024	£7k	New Audiences Fund
Womens Publishing Wales	FY2024	£7k	New Audiences Fund
Poetry Wales	FY2024	£6k	New Audiences Fund
Lez Reads	FY2024	£5k	New Audiences Fund
Proud Little Muslims	FY2024	£5k	New Audiences Fund
Parthian	FY2024	£5k	New Audiences Fund
Modron	FY2024	£5k	New Audiences Fund
Panel Evaluation	FY2024	£3k	New Audiences Fund
Nature Writing	FY2024	£3k	New Audiences Fund
Klust Music	FY2024	£1k	New Audiences Fund
Tom Goddard	FY2024	£1k	New Audiences Fund
Translation of application	FY2024	£1k	New Audiences Fund
Honno	FY2024	£1k	New Audiences Fund
Training for Publishers	FY2024	£680	New Audiences Fund
BAME Swansea	FY2024	£250	New Audiences Fund
Firefly	FY2023	£66k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Lucent Dreaming	FY2023	£51k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Atebol	FY2023	£48k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Nation	FY2023	£42k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Lumin Press	FY2023	£40k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
BAME Swansea	FY2023	£39k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Sefydliad Materion Cymreig/Institute of Welsh Affairs	FY2023	£29k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Y Lolfa	FY2023	£26k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Gwasg y Bwthyn	FY2023	£20k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Gwasg Carreg Gwalch	FY2023	£18k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Graffeg	FY2023	£15k	Grant Argyfwng
Barn	FY2023	£15k	Grant Argyfwng
Honno	FY2023	£15k	Grant Argyfwng
Golwg cyf	FY2023	£15k	Grant Argyfwng
Lolfa	FY2023	£15k	Grant Argyfwng
Crown House	FY2023	£15k	Grant Argyfwng
Gwasg Carreg Gwalch	FY2023	£15k	Grant Argyfwng
Rily	FY2023	£15k	Grant Argyfwng
Candy Jar	FY2023	£15k	Grant Argyfwng
Firefly	FY2023	£15k	Grant Argyfwng
Atebol	FY2023	£15k	Grant Argyfwng
Seren	FY2023	£15k	Grant Argyfwng
Planet	FY2023	£15k	Grant Argyfwng
Inclusive Journalism	FY2023	£15k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Broken Sleep	FY2023	£15k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Taz Rahman	FY2023	£15k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Hanin Abou Salem	FY2023	£15k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Parthian	FY2023	£15k	Grant Argyfwng
Cymro	FY2023	£15k	Grant Argyfwng
Pontio	FY2023	£15k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Lucent Dreaming	FY2023	£14k	Grant Argyfwng
Cyhoeddi Cymru Publishing Wales	FY2023	£13k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
New Welsh Review	FY2023	£12k	Grant Argyfwng
Aderyn	FY2023	£12k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Golwg	FY2023	£12k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Henson Editorial	FY2023	£11k	Grant Argyfwng
Y Cymro	FY2023	£10k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Gwasg y Bwthyn	FY2023	£10k	Grant Argyfwng
Modron	FY2023	£10k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Graffeg	FY2023	£10k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Nation.cymru	FY2023	£9k	Grant Argyfwng
Cyhoeddiadau’r Gair	FY2023	£7k	Grant Argyfwng
Seren	FY2023	£7k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Gwasg y Dref Wen	FY2023	£7k	Grant Argyfwng
Honno	FY2023	£6k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Merched y Wawr	FY2023	£6k	Grant Argyfwng
O'r Pedwar Gwynt	FY2023	£5k	Grant Argyfwng
Xcellence	FY2023	£5k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Atebol/Graffeg (prosiect ar y cyd)	FY2023	£5k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Cylchgrawn Cara	FY2023	£5k	Grant Argyfwng
Poetry Wales	FY2023	£4k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Barn	FY2023	£3k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Mymuna Soleman	FY2023	£3k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
WCW	FY2023	£2k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Green Wellies	FY2023	£2k	Grant Argyfwng
Lysh	FY2023	£2k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Lingo Newydd	FY2023	£1k	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Cyhoeddiadau Curiad	FY2023	£970	Grant Argyfwng
Y Wawr	FY2023	£900	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Cara	FY2023	£900	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Barddas	FY2023	£900	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Ashley Drake Publications	FY2023	£750	Grant Argyfwng
Cip	FY2023	£675	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Y Selar	FY2023	£600	Grant Cynulleidfaoedd Newydd
Golwg	FY2022	£200k	Cylchgronau a gefnogwyd (Costau panel a chytundebau cyfreithiol)
Corgi Cymru	FY2022	£200k	Gwasanaeth Newyddion Digidol Cymraeg
Golwg360	FY2022	£200k	Gwasanaeth Newyddion Digidol Cymraeg
Y Lolfa	FY2022	£126k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Cymraeg)
Gwasg Carreg Gwalch	FY2022	£106k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Cymraeg)
Barn	FY2022	£100k	Cylchgronau (Cymraeg)
Y Lolfa	FY2022	£80k	Cynllun Penodiadau (Cymraeg)
Golwg	FY2022	£77k	Cylchgronau (Cymraeg)
Seren	FY2022	£71k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Saesneg)
Parthian	FY2022	£50k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Saesneg)
Rily	FY2022	£49k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Cymraeg)
The Reading Agency	FY2022	£48k	Grantiau Eraill
New Welsh Review	FY2022	£45k	Cylchgronau a gefnogwyd (Saesneg)
Gwasg y Dref Wen	FY2022	£44k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Cymraeg)
Gwasg Carreg Gwalch	FY2022	£42k	Cynllun Penodiadau (Cymraeg)
Firefly	FY2022	£38k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Saesneg)
Honno	FY2022	£36k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Saesneg)
Cip	FY2022	£34k	Cylchgronau (Cymraeg)
O’r Pedwar Gwynt	FY2022	£34k	Cylchgronau (Cymraeg)
Planet	FY2022	£34k	Cylchgronau a gefnogwyd (Saesneg)
Gwasg y Bwthyn	FY2022	£31k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Cymraeg)
Wcw	FY2022	£30k	Cylchgronau (Cymraeg)
Atebol	FY2022	£30k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Cymraeg)
Wales Arts Review	FY2022	£28k	Cylchgronau a gefnogwyd (Saesneg)
Cyhoeddiadau Barddas	FY2022	£27k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Cymraeg)
Rily	FY2022	£27k	Cynllun Penodiadau (Cymraeg)
Y Lolfa	FY2022	£26k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Saesneg)
Gwasg y Bwthyn	FY2022	£24k	Cynllun Penodiadau (Cymraeg)
Y Cymro	FY2022	£24k	Cylchgronau (Cymraeg)
Poetry Wales	FY2022	£20k	Cylchgronau a gefnogwyd (Saesneg)
Barddas	FY2022	£20k	Cylchgronau (Cymraeg)
Nation.Cymru	FY2022	£20k	Cylchgronau a gefnogwyd (Saesneg)
Lysh	FY2022	£19k	Cylchgronau (Cymraeg)
Lingo Newydd	FY2022	£18k	Cylchgronau (Cymraeg)
The Welsh Agenda & Click on Wales	FY2022	£18k	Cylchgronau a gefnogwyd (Saesneg)
Parthian	FY2022	£17k	Cynllun Penodiadau (Saesneg)
Honno	FY2022	£16k	Cynllun Penodiadau (Saesneg)
Cyhoeddiadau Barddas	FY2022	£15k	Cynllun Penodiadau (Cymraeg)
Atebol	FY2022	£15k	Cynllun Penodiadau (Cymraeg)
Llyfrau Broga	FY2022	£13k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Cymraeg)
Gwasg Carreg Gwalch	FY2022	£12k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Saesneg)
Y Lolfa	FY2022	£11k	Cynllun Penodiadau (Saesneg)
Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru	FY2022	£11k	Cynllun Penodiadau (Saesneg)
Firefly	FY2022	£11k	Cynllun Penodiadau (Saesneg)
Y Selar	FY2022	£11k	Cylchgronau (Cymraeg)
Cara	FY2022	£10k	Cylchgronau (Cymraeg)
Grantiau cylchgronau bach	FY2022	£9k	Cylchgronau a gefnogwyd (Saesneg)
Dalen Llyfrau	FY2022	£9k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Cymraeg)
Llafar Gwlad	FY2022	£9k	Cylchgronau (Cymraeg)
Y Wawr	FY2022	£8k	Cylchgronau (Cymraeg)
Cyhoeddiadau’r Gair	FY2022	£8k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Cymraeg)
Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru	FY2022	£7k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Saesneg)
Cyhoeddiadau’r Gair	FY2022	£7k	Cynllun Penodiadau (Cymraeg)
Graffeg	FY2022	£6k	Cynllun Penodiadau (Saesneg)
Seren	FY2022	£6k	Cynllun Penodiadau (Saesneg)
Graffeg	FY2022	£6k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Cymraeg)
CILIP Cymru Wales	FY2022	£5k	Grantiau Eraill
Hyfforddiant	FY2022	£4k	Cynllun Penodiadau (Cymraeg)
Y Traethodydd	FY2022	£3k	Cylchgronau (Cymraeg)
New Welsh Review	FY2022	£3k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Saesneg)
Costau eraill gwerthuso cylchgronau	FY2022	£3k	Cylchgronau a gefnogwyd (Saesneg)
Gwasg Arachne	FY2022	£3k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Cymraeg)
Gwasg Carreg Gwalch	FY2022	£3k	Cynllun Penodiadau (Saesneg)
Cyngor Sir Ceredigion	FY2022	£3k	Grantiau Eraill
Broken Sleep	FY2022	£2k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Saesneg)
Cristion	FY2022	£2k	Cylchgronau (Cymraeg)
Cyhoeddiadau Modern	FY2022	£2k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Cymraeg)
Aderyn Press	FY2022	£2k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Saesneg)
Fferm a Thyddyn	FY2022	£2k	Cylchgronau (Cymraeg)
Gŵyl Ddarllen Cheltenham	FY2022	£2k	Grantiau Eraill
The Ghastling	FY2022	£2k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Saesneg)
Dalen Newydd	FY2022	£1k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Cymraeg)
Honno	FY2022	£1k	Grantiau tuag at lyfrau (Cymraeg)

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 1221299 vs reference 500000 (144.3% 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.