Creu Cymru

Analysis

Creu Cymru is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newport. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05125340). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Creu Cymru reported income of £206k and spending of £192k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £186k to £206k (+11%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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, Creu Cymru sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% 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 Welsh Highland Railway Limited (£206k), New Writing South (£206k) and South Central Community Transport Limited (£205k).