Welsh Centre for International Affairs / Canolfan Materion Rhyngwladol Cymru

Analysis

Welsh Centre for International Affairs / Canolfan Materion Rhyngwladol Cymru is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in April 2014, 12 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Welsh Centre for International Affairs / Canolfan Materion Rhyngwladol Cymru reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.1m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £947k to £1.2m (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 33%. 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, Welsh Centre for International Affairs / Canolfan Materion Rhyngwladol Cymru sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swindon Music Service (£1.2m), Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust Limited (£1.2m) and West Horsley Place Trust (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £591k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 people.