Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 11
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES

We operate 7 free-entry museums across Wales, plus the National Collections Centre, to further our core objective of 'the advancement of the education of the public' in the fields of science, art, industry, history and culture.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • There is a pension deficit of £2,432,000
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£40,993£44,017£-3,024£4,213£167,558£13,3253.6710604
31/03/22*£38,300£38,830£-530£3,035£103,001£-41,922-13812579
31/03/21£34,364£37,189£-2,825£2,203£96,538£-44,874-14.5817498
31/03/20£38,342£32,529£5,813£3,945£98,136£-57,373-21.2570961
31/03/19£31,929£31,959£-30£3,824£132,023£-14,284-5.46361,135
31/03/18£36,623£30,072£6,551£3,257£116,753£-28,158-11.28040
31/03/17£33,580£31,155£2,425£2,954£105,267£-26,873-10.45310
31/03/16£37,212£20,421£16,791£2,788£113,892£-11,361-6.76090
31/03/15£35,291£34,859£432£3,459£97,011£-23,240-85520
31/03/14£35,356£30,325£5,031£3,329£90,965£-24,927-9.95670
31/03/13£29,441£29,736£-295£3,185£87,274£-17,257-75760
31/03/12£30,426£28,590£1,836£3,050£97,388£-9,197-3.95710
31/03/11£32,997£26,153£6,844£3,036£96,996£-8,483-3.95850
31/03/10£32,673£29,938£2,735£3,202£79,865£-23,599-9.55910
31/03/09£29,864£28,607£1,257£3,378£85,288£-20,793-8.76130
31/03/08£30,633£26,802£3,831£3,408£103,806£-9,597-4.36090
31/03/07£29,685£26,696£2,989£3,430£92,671£-12,182-5.56210
31/03/06£27,711£25,067£2,644n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£23,434£22,945£489n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£23,759£23,196£563n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 8%
Reserves/Spending: 3.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 61 years

www.museumwales.ac.uk

post@museumwales.ac.uk

02920 397951

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UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout Wales,
Who it helps
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£3,000,900
Postcode Culture Trust£1,300,000
National Lottery Community Fund£378,600
Garfield Weston Foundation£100,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to National Museum Of Wales
£74,250 27/09/2023
#Innovate NM-22-00466 Explore: Amgueddfa Cymru
Postcode Culture Trust - Regular Grant 2023
£700,000 29/03/2023
Regular unrestricted award
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to National Museum Of Wales
£18,793 20/12/2022
Explore: Amgueddfa Cymru
Postcode Culture Trust - Regular Grant 2022
£600,000 16/03/2022
Regular unrestricted award
National Lottery Community Fund - Amgueddfeydd ein Cof / Museums of Memory
£378,600 25/11/2021
36
The National Museum of Wales in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Society will use £378600 over three years to deliver the Dementia Friendly Heritage/Treftadaeth Dementia Gyfeillgar project across its seven museums. The project will develop and ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Core support to underpin community agency and participation
£900 14/01/2021
Amgueddfa Cymru is a family of seven museums located throughout Wales. Their purpose is to inspire people through their museums and collections to find a sense of well-being and identity, to discover, enjoy and learn bilingually, and to understand ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£100,000 03/04/2020
24
Learning and Engagement Programme - Core Costs
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Core support to underpin community agency and participation
£3,000,000 03/12/2019
120
To underpin work to embed a rights-based approach and commitment to community agency, inclusivity and cultural democracy with a ten-year grant, index-linked to mitigate the impact of inflation.
John Ellerman Foundation - continuation funding
£49,790 23/05/2019
36
Towards the costs of expanding the online Mollusca types database to 12 additional partners in the UK and Eire
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Amgueddfa-Cymru – National Museum Wales
£51,600 22/02/2019
Discovering Ancient Heritage: The first Celtic Iron Age Chariot Burial in Wales
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Amgueddfa-Cymru – National Museum Wales
£64,500 26/07/2018
Brought to the Surface: A new beginning for freshwater snail identification
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
£12,000 24/05/2018
48
Researching the stability limits of mineral species for the conservation of geological collections for future generations
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Amgueddfa-Cymru – National Museum Wales
£874,500 28/06/2017
Hands on Heritage
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£300,000 23/05/2017
St Fagans National Museum of History - Making History
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Tackling Poverty through Culture
£199,775 24/10/2016
24
To change the delivery of exhibitions to break down barriers experienced by those facing disadvantage.
John Ellerman Foundation - Cardiff
£92,950 23/03/2016
24
in partnership with the Natural History Museum, towards the costs of training and assisting curatorial staff at six museums across the UK to research, categorise and interpret the molluscs in their natural history collections.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Our Museum transition grant
£19,925 03/09/2015
6
Transition funding to support the extension of the Our Museum coordinator post from October 2015 - March 2016
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Amgueddfa-Cymru – National Museum Wales
£349,000 30/09/2014
Saving Treasures, Telling Stories
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Our Museum
£148,600 07/11/2011
A grant to National Museum Wales for Our Museum
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ABIGAIL LAWRENCE Appointed: 2020
  • AMEERAH MAI Appointed: 2023
  • CAI WILSHAW Appointed: 2021
  • DANIEL RICHARDS Appointed: 2024
  • DAVID ALED JONES Appointed: 2024
  • EMMA YHNELL Appointed: 2024
  • FREYA STANNARD Appointed: 2021
  • HYWEL JOHN Appointed: 2017
  • JANICE VICTORIA WILLIAMS Appointed: 2024
  • KATE EDEN (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • OWEN HATHWAY Appointed: 2023
  • PROF JOHN HUNT Appointed: 2023
  • RHYS EVANS Appointed: 2023
  • RICHARD THOMAS Appointed: 2020
  • LLION IWAN Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/08/1963, number: 525774
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • Investment
  • 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
20 returns made; AR22: 255 days late,
Main office

National Museum Wales
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NP

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC:(I) PRIMARILY, BY THE COMPREHENSIVE REPRESENTATION OF SCIENCE, ART, INDUSTRY, HISTORY AND CULTURE OF, OR RELEVANT TO, WALES, AND(II) GENERALLY, BY THE COLLECTION, RECORDING, PRESERVATION, ELUCIDATION AND PRESENTATION OF OBJECTS AND THINGS AND ASSOCIATED KNOWLEDGE, WHETHER CONNECTED OR NOT WITH WALES, WHICH ARE CALCULATED TO FURTHER THE ENHANCEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING AND THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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