Common questions about Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru a good charity? +
Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru scores 60 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 81% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru as a registered charity (charity number 1034245). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1034245&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru's charity number? +
Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru's charity number is 1034245. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru's charity rating? +
Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru scores 60 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 81% of Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 0% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 0% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru. Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 13 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £200,001–£250,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru receive? +
Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru reported £58m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: declining.
Are Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-19). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru based? +
Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru's registered contact address is in Cardiff (CF10 5AL). It tells the regulator it operates in Wales, with a focus on arts & culture.
How much is Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 13 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £200,001–£250,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru's money come from? +
Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru reported £58m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £38m (66%), other income £18m (32%), investments £1m (2%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru? +
The register records Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru's trustees paid? +
Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for acting as a trustee). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru registered as a charity? +
Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru was entered on the register on 2 March 1994.
How does CharityCompare score Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.