Institute of Welsh Affairs

Analysis

Institute of Welsh Affairs is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in December 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02151006). It says it sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Institute of Welsh Affairs reported income of £203k and spending of £216k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £450k to £203k (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Institute of Welsh Affairs sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Art Monthly Foundation (£202k), Vulcan Restoration Trust (£203k) and Countess of Munster Musical Trust (£202k).