Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 6

Spending falling: -1
Fundraising costs low: +3

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 16

LLENYDDIAETH CYMRU - LITERATURE WALES

LITERATURE WALES IS THE NATIONAL COMPANY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERATURE IN WALES. LITERATURE WALES' MANY PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDE WALES BOOK OF THE YEAR, THE NATIONAL POET OF WALES, WRITERS ON TOUR FUNDING SCHEME, WRITING COURSES AT TY NEWYDD, BARDD PLANT CYMRU, CHILDREN'S LAUREATE WALES, PLATFORMING UNDER-REPRESENTED WRITERS, WRITERS' BURSARIES, MENTORING AND LIT REACH.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£1,168	£1,137	£31	£54	£1,410	£466	4.9	18	2
31/03/22		£1,038	£964	£74	£94	£1,379	£416	5.2	18	0
31/03/21		£927	£848	£79	£33	£1,305	£355	5	18	0
31/03/20		£1,184	£1,160	£24	£50	£1,226	£308	3.2	20	0
31/03/19		£1,198	£2,551	£-1,353	£30	£1,202	£271	1.3	22	1
31/03/18		£1,239	£1,186	£54	£31	£2,555	£256	2.6	22	0
31/03/17		£1,204	£1,209	£-5	£30	£2,501	£222	2.2	22	0
31/03/16	*	£1,430	£1,415	£14	£97	£2,506	£248	2.1	23	0
31/03/15		£1,430	£1,415	£14	£103	£2,550	£222	1.9	26	0
31/03/14	*	£1,496	£1,421	£75	£90	£2,535	£146	1.2	30	0
31/03/13	*	£1,451	£1,459	£-8	£138	£2,461	£174	1.4	23	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 33%
Reserves/Spending: 4.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 2

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 13 years

www.literaturewales.org

post@literaturewales.org

01766 522 811

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes grants to individuals
Makes grants to organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£25,000	01/03/2024	towards the Strategic Programme 2024/25 for Emerging and Under-Represented Writers
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£15,000	22/04/2022 24	Literature Wales: Community Building
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Llenyddiaeth Cymru - Literature Wales
£10,000	24/05/2018 7	Conservation of the Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 12/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-70

CASI DYLAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Events And Engagement Manager

CHRISTINA THATCHER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Author

DR ASMA SHAHIN KHAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Research Associate

DR CATHRYN CHARNELL-WHITE (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Lecturer

MARGIAD ECKSTEIN Appointed: 2024

MOHAMED HASSAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Photographer

NASIR ADAM Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Curator

OWEN LLOYD HATHWAY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Assistant Director

PROFESSOR CHARLOTTE WILLIAMS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Academic

PROFESSOR MARTIN WILLIS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Professor Of English

RACHEL HARRIES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Auditor

RICHARD JAMES HYWEL KING Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Writer

STEPHEN DIMMICK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Commercial Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/03/2012, number: 1146560
Registered at Companies House on 19/09/2011, number: 07779153

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR16: 23 days late, AR14: 110 days late, AR13: 406 days late,

Main office

Llenyddiaeth Cymru / Literature Wales
Canolfan Ysgrifennu Ty Newydd
Llanystumdwy
CRICIETH
Gwynedd
LL52 0LW

Objectives

The Objects of the charity are, for the public benefit, in Wales and world-wide, the promotion of arts, heritage and culture in particular the literature of Wales in all its forms and languages, and the advancement of education on the subject of literature in Wales in all its forms and languages including but not exclusively by: (a) supporting writers and writing of all forms of literature in the languages of Wales; (b) developing the creative, artistic and literary skills of children and young people; (c) facilitating the use of literature as a form of self-expression amongst the general public, including but not limited to vulnerable people and under-represented communities. Nothing in the articles shall authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with Section 7 of the Charity and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

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