01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 6 August 1963
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £49,162,000
- Latest expenditure
- £44,780,000
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: National Museum Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP
Website recorded by the regulator: www.museumwales.ac.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
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.
03 Official extract
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
- 9 January 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 9 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £49,162,000
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £44,780,000
- 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
- 28 January 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £49,569,000
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £46,930,000
- 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
- 29 January 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £40,993,000
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £44,017,000
- 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
- 13 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 13 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £38,300,000
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £38,830,000
- 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
- 29 January 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £34,364,000
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £37,189,000
04 Official extract
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
- 9 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £49,162,000
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £44,780,000
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 1
- Count Govt Grants
- £18
- Income From Government Contracts
- 515107
- Income From Government Grants
- £38,944,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 6
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 19
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 4
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 3
- Count Salary Band 110001 120000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 754
- 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
- 28 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £49,569,000
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £46,930,000
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 1
- Count Govt Grants
- £18
- Income From Government Contracts
- 564906
- Income From Government Grants
- £41,352,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 15
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 4
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 150001 200000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 821
- 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
- 29 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £40,993,000
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £44,017,000
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 1
- Count Govt Grants
- £17
- Income From Government Contracts
- 523895
- Income From Government Grants
- £34,342,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 17
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 5
- Count Salary Band 120001 130000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 604
- 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
- 13 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £38,300,000
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £38,830,000
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 1
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £7
- Income From Government Contracts
- 508000
- Income From Government Grants
- £33,280,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 17
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 3
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 110001 120000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 300001 350000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 579
- 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
- 29 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £34,364,000
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £37,189,000
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 1
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £16
- Income From Government Contracts
- 491000
- Income From Government Grants
- £31,420,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 14
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 120001 130000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 498
05 Official extract
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
- 9 January 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1770000
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 4228000
- Income Charitable Activities
- 39769000
- Income Investments
- 113000
- Income Other
- 3282000
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 49162000
- Income Legacies
- 519000
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £4,115,000
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £40,665,000
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 44780000
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 8890
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 710000
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 3690000
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3517000
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- -3836000
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 2109000
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £8,691,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 156220000
- Assets Own Use
- 152233000
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 3987000
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 8486000
- Assets Other Assets
- £17,956,000
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £5,035,000
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £177,627,000
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 4876000
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 159000
- Assets Cash
- £12,067,000
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 25538000
- Funds Restricted
- 152089000
- Funds Total
- 177627000
- Count Employees
- 611
- Consolidated 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
- 28 January 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 2097000
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 3833000
- Income Charitable Activities
- 41352000
- Income Investments
- 104000
- Income Other
- 2183000
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 49569000
- Income Legacies
- 6000
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £6,201,000
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £40,726,000
- Expenditure Other
- 3000
- Expenditure Total
- 46930000
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 6141
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 1019000
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 4705000
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3373000
- Gain Loss Investment
- 223000
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 12543000
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- -7338000
- Gain Loss Other
- -171000
- Reserves
- £7,544,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 154625000
- Assets Own Use
- 151018000
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 3607000
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 11380000
- Assets Other Assets
- £18,875,000
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £9,426,000
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £175,454,000
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 8435000
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 991000
- Assets Cash
- £9,905,000
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 25803000
- Funds Restricted
- 149651000
- Funds Total
- 175454000
- Count Employees
- 733
- Consolidated 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
- 29 January 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1563000
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 3465000
- Income Charitable Activities
- 34342000
- Income Investments
- 98000
- Income Other
- 1525000
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 40993000
- Income Legacies
- 23000
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £4,213,000
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £38,953,000
- Expenditure Other
- 851000
- Expenditure Total
- 44017000
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 1063000
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 3740000
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 2561000
- Gain Loss Investment
- -251000
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 59333000
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 8673000
- Gain Loss Other
- -174000
- Reserves
- £8,822,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 157972000
- Assets Own Use
- 154673000
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 3299000
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -2432000
- Assets Other Assets
- £15,416,000
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £3,398,000
- Assets Current Investment
- 5811000
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £167,558,000
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 2794000
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 604000
- Assets Cash
- £5,879,000
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 13325000
- Funds Restricted
- 154233000
- Funds Total
- 167558000
- Count Employees
- 710
- Consolidated 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
- 13 October 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1342000
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 1907000
- Income Charitable Activities
- 33280000
- Income Investments
- 86000
- Income Other
- 1685000
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 38300000
- Income Legacies
- 64000
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £3,035,000
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £35,085,000
- Expenditure Other
- 710000
- Expenditure Total
- 38830000
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 1150000
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 2973000
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 2328000
- Gain Loss Investment
- 186000
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 3965000
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 3013000
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £5,800,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 148669000
- Assets Own Use
- 145205000
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 3464000
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -57315000
- Assets Other Assets
- £15,019,000
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £3,372,000
- Assets Current Investment
- 801000
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £103,001,000
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 2455000
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 917000
- Assets Cash
- £10,514,000
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- -41922000
- Funds Restricted
- 144923000
- Funds Total
- 103001000
- Count Employees
- 812
- Consolidated 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
- 29 January 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1334000
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 422000
- Income Charitable Activities
- 31420000
- Income Investments
- 84000
- Income Other
- 1104000
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 34364000
- Income Legacies
- 100000
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £2,203,000
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £33,776,000
- Expenditure Other
- 1210000
- Expenditure Total
- 37189000
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 8
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 853000
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 2501000
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 2263000
- Gain Loss Investment
- 580000
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 12399
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- -11752000
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £6,400,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 143570000
- Assets Own Use
- 140365000
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 3205000
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -58885000
- Assets Other Assets
- £15,501,000
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £3,648,000
- Assets Current Investment
- 800000
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £96,538,000
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 2689000
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 959000
- Assets Cash
- £9,783,000
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- -44874000
- Funds Restricted
- 141412000
- Funds Total
- 96538000
- Count Employees
- 817
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout Wales
- Welsh Ind
- Yes
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Classification Code
- 305
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 112
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1963-08-06T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- ROYAL CHARTER 19 MARCH 1907, SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTERS OF 6 NOVEMBER 1911, 10 OCTOBER 1991 AND 19 SEPTEMBER 2006.
- Charitable Objects
- 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.
- Area Of Benefit
- WALES
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 8831
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- NATIONAL MUSEUM WALES
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures