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National Museum of Wales

A Registered Charity based in Wales

This organisation's identifier is GB-CHC-525774 .
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Description

We operate 7 free-entry museums across Wales, plus the National Collections Centre, to further our core objective of 'the advancement of the education of the public' in the fields of science, art, industry, history and culture.

Also known as

  • Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
  • Amgueddfa Cymru National Museum Wales
  • Amgueddfa-Cymru – National Museum Wales
  • National Museum of Wales
  • National Museum Wales
  • National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff
  • National Museum Of Wales
  • National Museum Wales
  • National Museum of Wales
  • National Museums & Galleries of Wales
  • ...and 2 other names
  • National Museums & Galleries of Wales/Big Pit (Blaenafon) Trust
  • National Museums and Galleries of Wales

CCEW Charity number

525774

Registered

Postcode

CF10 3NP

Website

museumwales.ac.uk

Domain

museumwales.ac.uk

Latest income

£40,993,000 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

National Museum of Wales

GB-CHC-525774

Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Area of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

National Museum of Wales

GB-CHC-525774

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Performing and visual arts A11

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

Visit charityclassification.org.uk for more information on the project. If you have any feedback on the classification system or how it has been applied there is a form on the project homepage.

  • Arts AR
  • Charitable activities CA » Policy campaigning and advocacy CA103
  • Education ED
  • Heritage HR » History HR103
  • Heritage HR » Museum HR105
  • Research RS » Science RS103

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science 109
  • Environment/conservation/heritage 112

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space 305
  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308

Scale of operation

  • National

National Museum of Wales

GB-CHC-525774

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1963-08-06 Registered as a charity
2004-03-31 23,759,000 23,196,000
2005-03-31 23,434,000 22,945,000
2006-03-31 27,711,000 25,067,000
2007-03-31 29,685,000 26,696,000
2008-03-31 30,633,000 26,802,000
2009-03-31 29,864,000 28,607,000
2010-03-31 32,673,000 29,938,000
2011-03-31 32,997,000 26,153,000
2012-03-31 30,426,000 28,590,000
2013-03-31 29,441,000 29,736,000
2014-03-31 35,356,000 30,325,000
2015-03-31 35,291,000 34,859,000
2016-03-31 37,212,000 20,421,000
2017-03-31 33,580,000 31,155,000
2018-03-31 36,623,000 30,072,000
2019-03-31 31,929,000 31,959,000
2020-03-31 38,342,000 32,529,000
2021-03-31 34,364,000 37,189,000
2022-03-31 38,300,000 38,830,000
2023-03-31 40,993,000 44,017,000
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

National Museum of Wales

GB-CHC-525774

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 710 812
Employees paid more than £60,000 24 25
Volunteers 604 579
Trustees 11
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

National Museum of Wales

GB-CHC-525774

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m
2022
£m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 1.5 1.3
Legacies 0.0 0.1
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 1.6 1.3
Income from charitable activities 34.3 33.3
Income from other trading activities 3.5 1.9
Income from investments 0.1 0.1
Other income 1.5 1.7
Total 41.0 38.3
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds 4.2 3.0
Spending on raising funds 4.2 3.0
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 39.0 35.1
Charitable activities 39.0 35.1
Other spending 0.9 0.7
Total 44.0 38.8
Net income / (expenditure) (3.0) (0.5)

National Museum of Wales

GB-CHC-525774

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m
2022
£m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 154.7 145.2
Investment assets 3.3 3.5
158.0 148.7
Current assets
Current investment assets 5.8 0.8
Cash 5.9 10.5
Other current assets 3.7 3.7
15.4 15.0
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (2.8) (2.5)
Net current assets 12.6 12.6
Total assets less current liabilities 170.6 161.2
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (0.6) (0.9)
Net assets (excluding pension scheme) 170.0 160.3
Defined benefit pension scheme (2.4) (57.3)
Net assets (including pension scheme) 167.6 103.0
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 154.2 144.9
Unrestricted funds 13.3 (41.9)
167.6 103.0

National Museum of Wales

GB-CHC-525774

Income from government

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2023
£
2022
£
Contracts with government
Income from government contracts 523,895 508,000
Government contracts as % of total income 1.3% 1.3%
Number of government contracts 1 1
Government grants
Income from government grants 34,342,000 33,280,000
Government grants as % of total income 83.8% 86.9%
Number of government grants 17 7

National Museum of Wales

GB-CHC-525774

Grants received

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Received 43 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.

Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Wolfson Foundation
Arts and Humanities
£0
1 year
Grant to National Museum Wales
The National Lottery Heritage Fund £74,250 Grant to National Museum Of Wales
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Heritage Innovation Fund
£18,793 Grant to National Museum of Wales
Wolfson Foundation
Arts and Humanities
£0
2 years
Grant to National Museum Wales
The National Lottery Community Fund
People and Places 3
£378,600
2 years
Amgueddfeydd ein Cof / Museums of Memory
Mar 2022 to Mar 2025
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Other grants and programmes - Major Awards Fund
£900
3 months
Core support to underpin community agency and participation
Feb 2021 to May 2021
Wolfson Foundation
Arts and Humanities
£0 Grant to National Museum Wales
Garfield Weston Foundation
Museums & Heritage
£100,000 Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
Wolfson Foundation
Arts and Humanities
£0 Grant to National Museum Wales
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Other grants and programmes - Major Awards Fund
£3,000,000
10 years
Core support to underpin community agency and participation
Jan 2020 to Jan 2030

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

National Lottery grants data comes from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport who publish the National Lottery grants database.

This data is used under the Open Government Licence. Grants that are also published under 360Giving have been removed to ensure there is not duplication.

  • The National Lottery (1 grant) | Licence

National Museum of Wales

GB-CHC-525774

Data sources

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

Registered charities in England and Wales

Data download service provided by the Charity Commission

Last fetched from source: 2024-04-28

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