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National Library of Wales

A Registered Charity based in Wales

This organisation's identifier is GB-CHC-525775 .
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Description

Founded by Royal Charter in 1907, NLW is one of the legal deposit libraries of the UK and has benefited from this status since 1911. Through this privilege, by purchase, donation or legacy it has built up a significant collection specialising in Wales, the Welsh and the other Celtic peoples that includes a wide range of media: books, records, maps, pictures, films & for the benefit of the public.

Also known as

  • Culturenet Cymru Limited
  • Dr Thomas Alwyn Jones Lloyd Bequest
  • Griffith Joh Morris Bequest
  • J B Willans Bequest
  • Margaret Eilian Owen Fellowship
  • National Library of Wales
  • National Library of Wales
  • The Tithe and Capitular Estates Account

CCEW Charity number

525775

Registered

Postcode

SY23 3BU

Website

llgc.org.uk

Domain

llgc.org.uk

Latest income

£17,430,000 (on )

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

National Library of Wales

GB-CHC-525775

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.

Areas of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

National Library of Wales

GB-CHC-525775

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.

  • Museums, zoos, parks, historical sites and similar institutions A12

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 » Media and publishing AR200 » Film AR201
  • Arts AR » Media and publishing AR200 » Literature AR202

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science 109
  • Environment/conservation/heritage 112
  • Economic/community Development/employment 113

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Human Resources 304
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space 305
  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body 309

Scale of operation

  • National

National Library of Wales

GB-CHC-525775

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1967-08-21 Registered as a charity
2004-03-31 12,194,102 12,488,242
2005-03-31 12,298,007 11,616,646
2006-03-31 12,754,000 12,229,000
2007-03-31 13,325,000 14,128,000
2008-03-31 14,174,000 13,952,000
2009-03-31 11,826,000 11,601,000
2010-03-31 13,927,000 13,410,000
2011-03-31 14,858,000 9,861,000
2012-03-31 15,034,000 12,289,000
2013-03-31 14,729,000 12,414,000
2014-03-31 16,704,000 13,630,000
2015-03-31 18,506,527 15,521,234
2016-03-31 13,450,776 13,419,000
2017-03-31 12,255,000 12,768,000
2018-03-31 14,334,000 13,635,000
2019-03-31 15,324,000 13,731,000
2020-03-31 14,537,000 13,713,000
2021-03-31 17,305,000 14,097,000
2022-03-31 18,776,000 14,834,000
2023-03-31 17,430,000 19,393,000
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 Library of Wales

GB-CHC-525775

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 226 219
Employees paid more than £60,000 4 8
Volunteers 5 50
Trustees 15
Employees
Volunteers

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

National Library of Wales

GB-CHC-525775

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 - 0.2
Legacies 0.5 -
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 0.5 0.2
Income from charitable activities 16.2 -
Income from other trading activities 0.5 0.4
Income from investments 0.3 0.2
Other income - -
Total 17.4 0.8
Expenditure
Investment management - 0.1
Other spending on raising funds 1.2 0.6
Spending on raising funds 1.2 0.6
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 17.7 14.2
Charitable activities 17.7 14.2
Other spending 0.5 -
Total 19.4 14.8
Net income / (expenditure) (2.0) (14.0)

National Library of Wales

GB-CHC-525775

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 103.1 96.4
Investment assets 13.6 14.3
116.6 110.7
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 2.0 2.8
Other current assets 2.9 2.9
4.9 5.7
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (0.6) (0.6)
Net current assets 4.3 5.1
Total assets less current liabilities 120.9 115.8
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (0.5) -
Net assets (excluding pension scheme) 120.4 115.8
Defined benefit pension scheme (18.1) (32.8)
Net assets (including pension scheme) 102.3 83.0
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 104.2 98.6
Unrestricted funds (1.8) (15.6)
102.3 83.0

National Library of Wales

GB-CHC-525775

Income from government

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2023
£
2022
£
Contracts with government
None recorded
Government grants
Income from government grants 15,486,000 17,974,000
Government grants as % of total income 88.8% 95.7%
Number of government grants 1 9

National Library of Wales

GB-CHC-525775

Grants received

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View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.

Date Funder Amount awarded Description
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
First World War: Then and Now
£10,000 Grant to National Library of Wales
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Heritage Grants
£5,156,204 Grant to National Library of Wales
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Our Heritage
£85,000 Grant to National Library of Wales
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Heritage Grants
£698,700 Grant to National Library of Wales
The National Lottery Community Fund
People and Places
£105,699
3 years
Ein Helpu i Gyflawni
Jun 2012 to Jun 2015
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Heritage Grants
£365,500 Grant to National Library of Wales
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Heritage Grants
£2,400,000 Grant to National Library of Wales
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Heritage Grants
£172,000 Grant to National Library of Wales
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Heritage Grants
£124,875 Grant to National Library of Wales

Data source

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

National Library of Wales

GB-CHC-525775

Data sources

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

Registered charities in England and Wales

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Last fetched from source: 2024-05-03

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