LLENYDDIAETH CYMRU - LITERATURE WALES — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 23 March 2012
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 07779153
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £1,270,458
Latest expenditure: £1,310,761
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Llenyddiaeth Cymru / Literature Wales, Canolfan Ysgrifennu Ty Newydd, Llanystumdwy, CRICIETH, Gwynedd, LL52 0LW

Website recorded by the regulator: www.literaturewales.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

LITERATURE WALES SUPPORTS WELSH WRITERS THROUGHOUT THEIR JOURNEY. WE DO THIS BY OFFERING CREATIVE WRITING COURSES, BURSARIES, MENTORING, AND TRAINING. WE GET WRITERS INTO SCHOOLS, ONTO FESTIVAL STAGES, AND INTO WELSH COMMUNITIES. WE ALSO PARTNER WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS OR FUND OTHERS TO BRING IDEAS TO LIFE, AND STRIVE TO MAKE SURE WALES' LITERARY SCENE REFLECTS THE RICH DIVERSITY OF THE NATION.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 20 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 20 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,270,458
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,310,761

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 31 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 31 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,140,542
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,242,232

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 30 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 30 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,168,145
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,136,797

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 31 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 31 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,038,151
Total Gross Expenditure: £964,191

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 6 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 6 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £926,924
Total Gross Expenditure: £848,098

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 20 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,270,458
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,310,761
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Grants: £766,387
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 2

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 31 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,140,542
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,242,232
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £25,333
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 30 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,168,145
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,136,797
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Grants: £64,070
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 2

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 31 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,038,151
Total Gross Expenditure: £964,191
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £5
Income From Government Grants: £907,385
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 6 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £926,924
Total Gross Expenditure: £848,098
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £6,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 20 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 21516
Income Other Trading Activities: 32725
Income Charitable Activities: 1213984
Income Investments: 2023
Income Other: 210
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1270458
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £35,394
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,275,367
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1310761
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 67307
Expenditure Governance: 18206
Expenditure Support Costs: 93951
Expenditure Depreciation: 4557
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 305000
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £231,196
Assets Total Fixed: 1193751
Assets Own Use: 1193751
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £756,212
Assets Total Liabilities: £376,671
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,573,292
Creditors One Year Total Current: 376671
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £635,177
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 384778
Funds Restricted: 1188514
Funds Total: 1573292
Count Employees: 18
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 31 January 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 2618
Income Other Trading Activities: 36432
Income Charitable Activities: 1099001
Income Investments: 2156
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1140207
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £30,926
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,211,306
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1242232
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 80777
Expenditure Governance: 16414
Expenditure Support Costs: 21846
Expenditure Depreciation: 5432
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 305000
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £231,295
Assets Total Fixed: 1191708
Assets Own Use: 1191708
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £778,281
Assets Total Liabilities: £356,394
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,613,595
Creditors One Year Total Current: 356394
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £615,480
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 384578
Funds Restricted: 1229017
Funds Total: 1613595
Count Employees: 18
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 30 January 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 3570
Income Other Trading Activities: 34736
Income Charitable Activities: 1127879
Income Investments: 1668
Income Other: 292
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1168145
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £54,190
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,082,607
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1136797
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 26398
Expenditure Governance: 9834
Expenditure Support Costs: 24172
Expenditure Depreciation: 4944
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £243,074
Assets Total Fixed: 887602
Assets Own Use: 887602
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £892,124
Assets Total Liabilities: £369,441
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,410,285
Creditors One Year Total Current: 369441
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £754,197
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 465872
Funds Restricted: 944413
Funds Total: 1410285
Count Employees: 18
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 31 January 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 4281
Income Other Trading Activities: 69838
Income Charitable Activities: 956765
Income Investments: 666
Income Other: 6601
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1038151
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £93,950
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £870,241
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 964191
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 58388
Expenditure Governance: 19377
Expenditure Support Costs: 19377
Expenditure Depreciation: 4884
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £205,680
Assets Total Fixed: 888925
Assets Own Use: 888925
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £830,531
Assets Total Liabilities: £340,519
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,378,937
Creditors One Year Total Current: 340519
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £722,401
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 416099
Funds Restricted: 962838
Funds Total: 1378937
Count Employees: 18
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 6 January 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 3829
Income Other Trading Activities: 21291
Income Charitable Activities: 885284
Income Investments: 1197
Income Other: 15323
Income Total Income And Endowments: 926924
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £32,741
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £815,357
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 848098
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 34275
Expenditure Governance: 23169
Expenditure Support Costs: 3521
Expenditure Depreciation: 5046
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £195,634
Assets Total Fixed: 893004
Assets Own Use: 893004
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £605,658
Assets Total Liabilities: £193,685
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,304,977
Creditors One Year Total Current: 193685
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £537,691
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 354788
Funds Restricted: 950189
Funds Total: 1304977
Count Employees: 18
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout Wales
Welsh Ind: Yes

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: LLENYDDIAETH CYMRU - LITERATURE WALES
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2012-03-23T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19/09/2011 as amended on 28 Feb 2019 as amended on 23 Jul 2019 as amended on 05 Jul 2019 as amended on 27 Aug 2025 as amended on 27 Aug 2025
Charitable Objects: 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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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures