Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2023 Charity number 1034245
Cover: _Housemates_ , Hijinx co-production with Sherman Theatre (Image: Mark Douet)
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## Contents
What we do… ......................................................................................................................................2 Chair’s foreword ..................................................................................................................................4
## Trustees’ Report and Management Commentary
Chief Executive’s Statement ....................................................................................................9 Our strategy 2017-2023 ‘For the benefit of all’ ..................................................................12 Public benefit ..............................................................................................................................16 Creative learning through the arts .........................................................................................18 Our performance .......................................................................................................................22 Corporate Governance Our Trustees ..........................................................................................................................38 Governance Statement .......................................................................................................43 Council and Committee Reports .............................................................................................52 Equalities .....................................................................................................................................64 Welsh language .........................................................................................................................68 Future generations ....................................................................................................................70 Environmental performance ...................................................................................................74 Principal risks and uncertainties .............................................................................................78 Financial and business review ................................................................................................86 Remuneration and Staff Report ..............................................................................................94 Parliamentary Accountability and Audit Report .................................................................103 The year ahead: 2023-24 ........................................................................................................104 Financial Statements General Activities .......................................................................................................................109 Lottery Distribution ....................................................................................................................147 Annexes (not forming part of the financial statements) Grants awarded – General Activities ......................................................................................174 National Lottery policy directions ...........................................................................................190 Grants awarded – Lottery distribution ...................................................................................192
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## What we do…
The Arts Council of Wales is the country’s official public body for funding and developing the arts.
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Established by Royal Charter on 30 March 1994, we exist to support and develop the arts in Wales for the benefit of people throughout Wales, and to support Welsh arts internationally.
We are also a Welsh Government Sponsored Body (W G S B), a National Lottery Distributor, and a registered charity (number 1034245).
Our Royal Charter sets out our objectives.
They are to:
- develop and improve the knowledge, understanding and practice of the arts;
- increase the accessibility of the arts to the public;
- work through the Welsh and English languages; and,
- work with other public bodies in Wales, and with the other Arts Councils in the U K, to achieve these aims.
A copy of our Royal Charter can be found on our website.
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## Chair’s foreword
I am delighted to provide this Foreword to the 2022/23 Report and Financial Statements.
Appointed as Chair of the Arts Council of Wales from 1 April 2023, I give my utmost thanks to my predecessor, Phil George, for his sterling leadership, vision and wise counsel. As evidenced in this Report, he leaves a lasting legacy of development, support and advocacy for the arts in Wales. I would also like to record my thanks to Kate Eden who has led as Interim Chair with diligence, compassion and great skill and I am personally grateful to have her ongoing support as Vice Chair. I would also like thank Rebecca Nelson and her finance team for their excellent work in producing these financial statements.
Stepping into this role, I have undertaken a huge amount of research, knowledge-gathering and listening and I know my journey with the Arts Council will be one of continuous learning.
I have been impressed by the volume of activity undertaken during the year. The main focus of the year has been, quite rightly, the Investment Review and the consultation period that helped us to shape our proposed future ways of funding around our 6 principles.
Working with others has been a key theme for the year and several exciting partnerships were formed with common purpose and shared resource.
In support of our work in Widening Engagement, we launched our new funding programme – Perspectives – which contributes to the Welsh Government’s Anti-Racist Wales Action plan. This funding supports seven visual arts organisations to work in partnership with seven Amgueddfa Cymru museums across Wales.
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_Moving Beyond Compliance_ , National Dance Company Wales delivered in partnership with Cartrefi Cymru, to explore how movement can benefit the wellbeing of staff working in care settings. (Image: Jim Elliot)
Our Arts and Health programme continues to break barriers and is leading the way in terms of providing innovative health solutions. I’m delighted to say that the Baring Foundation has invited us to apply for a second phase of 4 year funding for Arts & Minds from 2024-2028.
Our new initiative _Creative learning in the early years_ , launched at the beginning of December 2022, is about to begin its delivery phase. We are working in partnership with the Paul Hamlyn Foundation on the evaluation and a separate piece of capturing the learning is being developed in partnership with Nesta.
Development of our Welsh language plan continues. _Welsh in the workplace for the art sector_ service was launched and commenced with an incredible response that saw our targets being surpassed. Our commitment to the climate emergency saw real focus this year and our _Future Wales Fellowship_ culminated with an event to celebrate the work hosted at the Centre for Alternative Technology.
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Urdd Choir, Katara Village, Doha, during FIFA Men’s World Cup 2022
An exciting programme of activity has been undertaken by our Wales Arts International Team, including new approaches to sustainable development discussions with neighbouring Arts Councils and Creative Carbon Scotland, and we continued to lead the delivery of _Arts Infopoint UK_ . With the support of Welsh Government funding, we led a collaborative international digital and in-person ground-breaking cultural programme for Team Wales for the FIFA Men’s World Cup.
Looking ahead to my first year as Chair, there will be some real challenges, but also huge opportunities to create real change for our communities in Wales, using the arts to improve wellbeing, make connections and inspire each other, for now and for future generations.
Maggie Russell Chair
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## Trustees’ Report and Management Commentary
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## **64.4%**
of all respondents in Wales had attended an arts event in 2022/23
(2019/20: 70.4%)
## **17.8%**
of all respondents in Wales particpated in the arts in 2022/23 (2019/20: 19.1%)
**92.1%**
of all respondents that had participated in the arts in 2022/23 did so at an in-person session
**84%** of all respondents agreed/strongly agreed with the statement that they want children to attend arts events/do arts activities
## Source: National Survey for Wales
The general trend across most audience data is that there is a slow return to attending and participating post-pandemic. This has been hampered by the cost of living impact as well. When considering the last arts event respondents attended, 98.7% indicated that it was in-person and not online.
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## Chief Executive
On joining the Arts Council of Wales in October 2022 it was clear that the arts sector in Wales was still coming to terms with the effects of the pandemic, inflationary pressures and the increasing cost of fuel. Many organisations are still facing difficulties in terms of ensuring a sustainable business model which is also having an affect on work opportunities for the freelance sector.
The timely and effective delivery of the Welsh Government’s Cultural Recovery Fund (CRF) had proven invaluable during the pandemic crisis. However many of these issues are ongoing and we have continued open discussions with Welsh Government and other organisations to work together to secure funding to respond to significant future operational costs.
As we continue to navigate the new realities of a post pandemic world and new ways of working, we also appreciate the open and transparent exchange of ideas from all elements of the sector. This is an ethos and a way of working that we will strive to keep as a legacy of what has been a very difficult time for all. Rebuilding engagement with, and attendance at, arts events and replacing talent and key skills lost during the pandemic is vital. There are signs of improvements; but we still need to plan for long-term sustainability, and we will continue to offer support.
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Creative Learning in the Early Years, Sunshines Pre-School, Llanfoist Fawr Primary School
There have been times of celebration and the partnership with the Football Association of Wales on _Gŵyl Cymru_ , held during the Welsh football team’s appearance at the football World Cup, brought new audiences to the arts and new community based organisations were funded by us for the first time. Working collaboratively with other national organisations and Welsh Government is a good example of how we would like to work in the future, maximising impact by bringing experiences of the arts to communities that have not had a chance to engage with the arts to date. This has been done in parallel with our international work, where we also worked in partnership with others to create opportunities for many of our artists under the collective brand of _Team Cymru_ .
We should also not be shy in celebrating our work in _Creative learning through the arts_ and our Arts and Health programme, both of which are receiving international recognition in their approach and methodology and are seen as templates for others to follow.
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I would also like to highlight our work in Widening Engagement in partnership with the National Museum as a key progression to our core values that the arts must be relevant to all the communities of Wales. We are also making broad steps in our commitments to the Welsh language and our work in partnership with National Resources Wales will be a significant contribution on Climate Justice.
We have launched and received applications for the long-awaited Investment Review and I must thank the sector for all their hard work to date and also the dedicated staff of the Arts Council of Wales. The passion, professionalism, expertise, and pace of the Council and its staff has impressed me greatly in what has been a period of significant change. I must also thank Phil George, whose tenure as Chair was cut short due to illness, for all his guidance and generosity with his time and sharing of knowledge. Whilst Kate Eden stepped in as Interim Chair with great professionalism and skill, we now look to the future with Maggie Russell and I look forward greatly to working with Maggie and all the staff and Council members.
We have an unwavering determination and responsibility to ensure the arts once again flourish and advance their engagement and cocreation with the diverse communities and people of Wales, all in the pursuit of the seven goals of the Well-being of Future Generations Act.
Dafydd Rhys Chief Executive
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Our Strategy 2017-2023 “For the benefit of all” The principles that drive our work
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## Our mission and our priorities
## Making the arts central to the life and well-being of the nation
Our vision is of a creative Wales where the arts are central to the life and well-being of the nation.
Our goal is the re-building of a creative Wales in which our best talents are revealed, nurtured and shared; a country in which the widest possible cross-section of people in Wales is enabled to enjoy and take part in the arts; a country in which excellent work is valued, protected and supported to grow. This is described in more detail in our corporate plan – For the beneft of all.
Two priorities underpin this strategy. They are:
1. Promoting Equalities as the foundation of a clear commitment to reach more widely and deeply into all communities across Wales
2. Strengthening the Capability and Resilience of the sector, enabling creative talent to thrive
Council has also identified a further action to support the delivery of these two priorities:
3. Enabling the Arts Council to work more effectively, collaborating more imaginatively with like minded partners across Wales
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## Welsh Government
The priorities of the Welsh Government set the overall context for our work. The Welsh Government’s expectations of us are set out in our Remit Letter which spans the 5 year period of Government 2021-2026. Our shared goals are:
- decarbonisation;
- addressing all inequality and achieving an anti-racist Wales;
- improving access and participation for all;
- promoting health and well-being;
- creating opportunities for young people; and
- projecting a powerful and positive image of Wales to the world.
As a Welsh Government Sponsored Body, we operate within a complex network of public policies, strategies and legislation. The most important of these is the Welsh Government’s Well-being of Future Generations legislation. Well-being and sustainability are fundamental to our work. Our activities address all seven of the well-being goals:
1. A prosperous Wales
2. A resilient Wales
3. A healthier Wales
4. A more equal Wales
5. A Wales of more cohesive communities
6. A Wales of vibrant culture and thriving Welsh Language
7. A globally responsible Wales
We also adopt, in our planning and in the delivery of our work, the legislation’s “five ways of working”: Long-term, Prevention, Integration, Collaboration, Involvement.
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## 17,579
arts events were run by our portfolio of funded organisations, generating attendances of 3,538,469
69,704 participatory sessions were run by our portfolio of funded organisations, resulting in attendances of 635,636
11,342 12,735 participatory participatory sessions sessions run by were run by our portfolio our portfolio of funded of funded organisations organisations in were targeted Welsh, resulting at people in in attendances the protected of characteristics 76,854 group
## 2022/23
## 8,976
arts events were run by our portfolio of funded organisations, generating attendances of 1,961,888
38,981 participatory sessions were run by our portfolio of funded organisations, resulting in attendances of 383,695
3,142 7,415 participatory participatory sessions sessions run by were run by our portfolio our portfolio of funded of funded organisations organisations in were targeted Welsh, resulting at people in in attendances the protected of characteristics 75,316 group
## 2021/22
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## Public benefit
## Making the arts central to the life and wellbeing of the nation
In setting our objectives, and in the planning of our work, Council members have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit. Public benefit is at the centre of all aspects of our work. This commitment is strengthened by the Welsh Government’s Well-being of Future Generations legislation.
As a Welsh Government Sponsored Body (W G S B) we allocate taxpayers’ money for the benefit of the Welsh public.
The funding that we distribute has a number of public purposes:
- it helps to make sure that Welsh audiences are able to enjoy and take part in high quality arts activities
- it enables investment in the commissioning, production and exhibition of the arts, helping to sustain the careers of creative professionals in Wales
- it makes the arts more affordable, bringing them within reach of more people
- it encourages innovation and risk-taking, raising the quality and diversity of the arts made and promoted in Wales
- it furthers the cultural, social and economic priorities in the Programme for Government.
Public funding also helps to address ‘gaps’ in the market by investing in those activities that the commercial sector either won’t, or isn’t able to, support. In all aspects, our funding is intended to encourage the best of the arts and to enable as many people as possible to enjoy and take part in these activities.
We undertake detailed research each year to assess the extent to which we’re achieving these goals. In the pages that follow, we set out the key highlights of our work during 2022/23 and the public benefit that these activities deliver.
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funding applications processed (2021/22: 1,587) 1741 ,
schools have engaged in the Creative Learning 1262 through the Arts programme since 2015 ,
schools have participated in Lead Creative 741 Schools Scheme projects since 2015
creative practitioner engagements with the 3 350 Creative Learning programme since 2015 , visits to high-quality events supported 1 200 through Go and See since 2015 , teacher engagements with the Creative 6 500 Learning programme since 2015 , learner engagements with Creative 153 500 Learning activities since 2015 , performances supported by the Arts 402 Council’s Night Out scheme (2021/22: 108) Arts Council running costs as a proportion of total income (whole Council) (2021/22: 5.6%) 5.0%
Green Dragon We retained this highest category Level 5 of environmental performance
Collectorplan loans to support the 763 purchase of contemporary art (2021/22: 853)
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## Creative learning through the arts
_Creative learning through the arts: an action plan for Wales_ was launched in 2015 as an initial five-year programme. The first phase transformed the learning experiences of learners across Wales by placing the arts and creativity at the heart of education. This groundbreaking programme has supported, and continues to support schools in developing new approaches to curriculum design, supports teachers in exploring innovative approaches to teaching and supports learners to grow as independent, creative learners, who are more engaged, more confident, and higher achievers.
In 2022 we started a third phase of the jointly funded programme which will run until 2025. The programme continues to focus on developing creativity and creative approaches to teaching and learning across the curriculum by providing opportunities to enhance the Expressive Arts Area of Learning and Experience.
It is aligned to the delivery of the Programme for Government 20212026, providing opportunities for our most vulnerable young people to achieve their potential in learning and, through our curriculum enrichment offer, provides cultural experiences to all young people throughout Wales.
Cynefin, Tredegarville Primary School
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Developing creativity remains the key focus of the programme, using the arts as the creative intervention and bringing the skills and experience of creative practitioners into the learning environment to work in partnership with teachers and learners. The current programme includes:
- Lead Creative Schools Scheme A two-step intervention that supports schools to develop their practice whilst exploring the Creative Habits of Mind and the High Functioning classroom in line with the four core purposes of Curriculum for Wales; developing ambitious, capable and confident learners, who are also enterprising, creative contributors prepared with skills for life. The scheme encourages school leaders to embed changes to pedagogy, across their setting, through the design of creative and authentic learning experiences, with the support of Creative Agents and Creative Practitioners.
- Cynefin: culturally and ethnically diverse Wales Schools are given the opportunity to work alongside creative professionals to explore diversity in Wales, past and present. Teachers and learners work collaboratively with creative professionals whose lived experience ensures ‘authentic learning opportunities’ which connect the curriculum to the real world of the learners and their communities.
- Creative Leadership Programme The aim of the programme is to encourage confidence in new ways of working, innovation, reflection, and resilience whilst also developing the understanding of the role of creativity in the context of the Curriculum for Wales, the four purposes and the Professional standards for teaching and leadership.
- Creative learning in the early years Designed to complement the curriculum for funded, non-maintained nursery settings in Wales, this initiative creates inspiring opportunities for artists and early years settings to collaborate through co-constructed projects working with learners aged 3-4 years old. It supports the natural creativity and curiosity of children and inspires early years practitioners with new ideas and approaches to enable creative habits of mind in their practice, across the curriculum, and throughout their setting. This programme is delivered in partnership with Early Years Wales and is part funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
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Early Years Practitioner Training
- Creative learning conversations (including professional learning package) Creative learning conversations is an open network and series of twilight sessions for provocation, enquiry and sharing good practice for teachers and creatives exploring creativity across Curriculum for Wales. It is also a stimulus for teachers to opt to continue their professional development by linking them with creative professionals to undertake enquiry-led cross-curricular exploration in the context of Curriculum for Wales.
- Go and See offers grants of up to £1,000 and can be used to fund visits to high-quality arts events in galleries, theatres, arts centres and other venues. Events could include visits to performances and exhibitions or visits to experience arts professionals developing and creating their work.
- The Explore fund offers grants of up to £3,000 for learners aged 3-16 years to engage in hands-on activity in the expressive arts, in and out of school settings with external creative practitioners. Explore enables teachers to discover rich, authentic opportunities to enhance and enrich learning within the expressive arts. Teachers will be able to provide their learners with opportunities to explore, refine and communicate ideas while thinking creatively and engaging their imagination and senses.
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## Since 2015 Creative Learning Wales has:
- engaged with over 1,262 state-maintained schools (83% of schools in Wales)
- involved 741 schools in intensive creative learning projects through the Lead Creative Schools Scheme
- supported Cynefin projects in 85 schools
- supported 13 Early years settings in the first round and aims to reach 70 in total
- provided 153,500 learner engagements in arts and creative learning activities
- enabled almost 6,500 teacher engagements in professional development and training linked to developing creative skills in the expressive arts
- seen 3,350 engagements with creative practitioners
- supported over 1,200 visits to high-quality arts and cultural events in galleries, theatres, arts centres and other venues through Go and See
- increased and improved over 100 opportunities for teachers and learners in our schools to work with artists and arts/ cultural/heritage organisations on a range of more in-depth and exploratory projects through Creative Collaborations
- provided opportunities for schools and arts organisations to share best practice and find partnerships through Regional Arts and Education Networks
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## Our performance A year of strong performance against our corporate objectives
Our Operational Plan 2022-23 represented the last year of Corporate Plan ‘For the Benefit of All’, which ceased at the end of March 2023. We identified 9 key programmes of work and highlighted the key priorities and corresponding actions within each. Each programme area was mapped against the seven well-being goals and 6 Welsh Government priorities in the Programme for Government Remit Letter.
Our Values are informed by the five ways of working: Long term, Prevention, Integration, Collaboration, Involvement.
The Operational Plan is published on our website. Progress was monitored throughout the year through quarterly progress reports presented to Council. We also met quarterly with officials of the Welsh Government.
We successfully delivered against 8 of the 9 key programme areas and 80% of our tasks. At the end of the year:
- 20 out of 25 tasks had been successfully completed
- 5 tasks were progressed
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Arts Connection, Mold Hospital
The current financial crisis and the rapidly escalating costs of living we are all facing, has dominated this year. We are acutely aware of the significant impact of this on the Sector, particularly as it is still in recovery mode from the pandemic.
That said, our rescheduled Investment Review was largely welcomed by the Sector with feedback from the public consultation and workshop sessions signalling that most participants agreed that now was the time for change and movement towards a fairer, more responsible, anti-racist, anti-ableist sector, and supported an Investment Review that would help deliver this.
Our strategy going forward, led initially by our Investment Review and the introduction of our 6 new principles and application of 5 balancing factors will consider and take steps to provide immediate support and continued development for the Sector and increased opportunities for the people of Wales to enjoy and experience the arts, now and over the longer term.
Similarly, 2022/23 was a year in which we faced our own physical resource challenges. We saw interim arrangements in place for 6 months for the posts of both Chief Executive and Chair until such time that permanent appointments were made.
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## Developing and launching our Investment Review
- Following extensive public consultation on our initial proposals, the outcomes of which were considered and approved at a specifically convened Council meeting in November 2022, we published our full Investment Review Guidance in December 2022 alongside our response to the feedback received through the consultation exercise.
- This Investment Review introduced the new approach of multiyear funding options for organisations.
- Applications, which opened on 9 January 2023 and closed on 31 March 2023, asked organisations to respond with proposals that aligned with the progression of our 6 principles, but that were relevant to their own circumstances. Applications could be submitted in a number of ways, whether completing a template available on our online portal, or responding to the questions via video or audio uploads. This was to encourage greater access to the opportunity, particularly from groups and communities we felt were currently under-represented in our work. 141 completed applications were received. Following a robust assessment process Council will announce its initial decisions in September 2023.
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Supporting the Sector in its recovery from the pandemic and seeking ways to offer increased development opportunities to organisations, creative individuals and freelancers, and audiences and participants
Whilst we did progress many aspects under this specific programme of work, the escalating cost of living crisis prevented us from fully achieving some of our published actions.
- We held a series of discussions, including with the Sector, Welsh Government departments, Local Authorities, other UK Arts Councils and other partners, exploring ways in which we could respond to and support the Sector through this current crisis, and in the wake of the impact of the recent pandemic. Emerging from these discussions are a number of initiatives that will be developed more fully in 2023/24. These include development of a Memorandum of Understanding with Creative Wales, focusing on skills development, and a partnership with the other UK Arts Councils and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to support artists and arts organisations working with immersive digital technologies over the next 3 years.
- We have worked on creating inclusive career opportunities within the arts, through partnerships including with Jerwood Arts, Arts and Business Cymru and The Arts Marketing Association. Through the latter we awarded 25 bursaries, prioritising people/organisations who are (or work with and support) culturally or ethnically diverse people, those from a low socio-economic background, Welsh speakers and/or Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people.
- We are working with Welsh Government colleagues in support of the development of the new Culture Strategy.
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_The Famous Five_ , Theatr Clwyd (Image: The Other Richard)
- Work on development of a new Capital Strategy will progress in 2023/24, meanwhile we are working closely with Welsh Government colleagues on the capital development of Theatr Clwyd and have secured an additional £2.5m in capital funds from Welsh Government to support other existing projects experiencing increasing costs.
- We developed and delivered a number of arts focused strategic projects including the launch of our partnership with PRS Foundation on _Power Up!_ in Wales. This seeks to do groundwork to address the dual barriers facing black artists in Wales, racism and a lack of infrastructure, and is currently in delivery phase. We have also
signed a partnership agreement with PRS Foundation for _Accelerator_ in Wales, a programme supporting artists around key development points in their career.
- Progress on the Welsh Government’s National Contemporary Art Gallery for Wales project has been impacted by a number of factors during the year, including insufficient resources, UK Government changes and the Spending Review. We have made progress in the development of its associated business cases and recruitment activity to appoint a Project Director and an Independent Chair of the Project Board. Further developments will progress in 2023/24.
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Developing an approach to arts and culture that actively promotes equality and widens our engagement with individuals and communities across Wales in deciding what counts as culture, where it happens and who makes and experiences it
- We launched the Creative Steps programme, providing targeted support for underrepresented individuals and organisations led by and/or working with underrepresented communities to promote business, organisational and career development.
- We continue with our support for the Hynt scheme to promote a consistent offer for disabled visitors and their personal assistants/ carers at venues throughout Wales and are working closely with other UK Arts Councils in the development of a similar UK-wide Access Card Scheme.
- We secured funding, in partnership with Amgueddfa Cymru, to deliver a 3-year project with artists and galleries to deliver on Welsh Government’s Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan and developed and delivered a new funding programme – _Perspectives_ . Seven visual arts organisations were selected to support and work in partnership with seven Amgueddfa Cymru museums across Wales.
- We commissioned the Romani Cultural & Arts Company to produce a resource on widening engagement with the Gypsy, Roma, Traveller community, as audience members, participants and employees.
- We have supported over 400 community events through our Night Out initiative.
Iberians and Latin Americans in Wales performance, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
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Progressing our Arts and Health programme and our Memorandum of Understanding and partnership with the NHS Confederation
- For _NHS 75_ , we collaborated with the NHS Confederation on music and film content to profile our work for the formal Senedd event on 5 July.
- Our Capacity Building Programme continues to develop. On the back of our seed funding, there is now a national network of 15 Arts & Health Coordinators embedded within the system with Velindre University NHS Trust also now part of the programme. 5 out of 7 Health Boards have now made these permanent and substantive NHS roles and we’re exploring how to strengthen these teams through our second phase of support.
- Our partnership with the Baring Foundation remains strong. We have been invited to apply for a second phase of 4 year funding for _Arts & Minds_ from 2024-2028 and are consulting with Health Boards about the forward focus.
- We’re working with colleagues at Natural Resources Wales to include a new priority for Arts, Health & Nature within our National Lottery funding programmes.
- We’re continuing to strengthen our collaboration with Public Health Wales, participating on their _Hapus_ Strategic Partnership Group.
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Dawns i Bawb and residents from Brynseiont Newydd Residential Home (Image: Brynseiont Newydd)
- Cultural Cwtsh (our online wellbeing resource for NHS and Social Care staff) continues to grow and we have commissioned an independent review to deepen our understanding of its use by the healthcare workforce.
- Wales’ partnership approach to Arts & Health was recognised in the February 2023 edition of the Lancet Public Health. In a scoping review of 172 relevant international policy documents (studying global progress on intersectoral approaches to realising the benefits of the arts for Public Health), the memorandum of understanding between the Arts Council of Wales and the Welsh NHS Confederation was “one of the most concrete commitments we found, both in terms of the intersectoral approach and the specific investment and action.”
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Providing opportunities for young people and children to engage in the arts, including placing the arts and creativity at the heart of the school curriculum through the Creative Learning programme
- We developed a new opportunity for schools completing their Lead Creative Schools intervention, supporting them in exploring approaches they are taking to embed and sustain creative learning and how this work links to Curriculum for Wales.
- Cynefin continues as schools work alongside their creative professionals to explore the ethnic diversity in Wales and the contributions this makes to society and culture. Since its launch in 2021, 85 schools, over 2, 500 learners and more than 70 creative practitioners have been directly involved.
- Our successful Go and See fund continues to be very popular among our schools. A total of 298 grants have been awarded since the scheme reopened.
- Our new initiative Creative learning in the early years was launched at the beginning of December 2022 and is beginning its delivery phase. A total of 13 settings are taking part with 13 new creative agents recruited and creative practitioners. We are working in partnership with the Paul Hamlyn Foundation on the evaluation and a separate piece of capturing the learning is being developed in partnership with Nesta.
- Our Creative Leadership programme is also underway with a total of 29 senior leaders from a variety of schools across the whole of Wales taking part.
- We appointed a Portfolio Manager with responsibility for arts and young people to develop programmes and projects including a young people’s network.
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Creative Learning in the Early Years, First Steps Camau Cyntaf Llanhari
- We have accepted the recommendations in the Youth Voice report and these are the basis for our thinking in the development of programmes and projects. We have also agreed the principle of all work being youth led.
- We are researching current and recent work, supported through Welsh Government and Lottery funding, around anti-poverty, and those most marginalised and least represented. We are also part of a National Lottery forum around children and young people, connecting across the good causes and the nations.
- Strategic funding for Criw Celf 22-23 opened to existing consortia, aiming to build on current experience to deliver this creative talent development programme for young people in the visual arts. It focuses on activities that deliver on our priorities of Equalities, Diversity and Welsh Language, and addresses barriers to access for young people, in particular in terms of recruitment of participants and artists.
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Progressing our commitment to promote the use of the Welsh Language in the arts
Vivian Rhule
- We appointed a Welsh language coordinator to create a new ‘Working Welsh for the arts’ service in partnership with the National Centre for Learning Welsh (NCLW). A suite of offers for staff, freelancers and arts organisations was created and shared. The launch of the service was met with an enthusiastic response. 175 learners from the sector signed up and we have ongoing requests to join.
- The Welsh Art Consortium continues to meet regularly. Its work this year included designing and launching a new National Lottery funding programme, Llais y Lle, targeting individuals to develop creative use and ownership of the Welsh language. A residential event in January 2023 led
to new working developments between the Creative Learning through the Arts Programme and the Welsh Government’s _Cymraeg 2050_ programme.
- We met with arts organisations to offer advice on their Welsh language developments and held 2 design and thinking workshops with the Welsh Government on ‘Leading in a bilingual country’.
- We began work on a new Welsh Language Action Plan as part of the development of our new Strategy. This will be completed in 2023/24.
- We completed our Welsh language development pathways report.
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## Engaging in an extensive programme of international activity
- We continued to investment in “Bro a byd – local and global wellbeing goals”, developing a new approach to diversity and engaging with diaspora communities in Wales.
- We held ongoing discussions with the other UK Arts Councils on new approaches to sustainable international touring and hosted an event for sector representatives at Bangor University led by Creative Carbon Scotland.
- Our International Opportunities Fund continued with significantly increased demand, reflecting the need within the sector for international engagement in person and digitally.
- Our Wales Arts International (WAI) team continues to lead delivery of Arts Infopoint UK.
- Wales Venice 10 was launched in partnership with Disability Arts Cymru and Artes Mundi. We received 80 applications from a diverse cohort of individual artists, curators, producers and writers working in Wales and awarded 10 Fellowships. Most Fellows undertook research visits to the Venice Biennale where they met international curators, artists and writers to support capacity building and skills development. As part of the evaluation of the programme, the Fellows met at Tŷ Pawb in March 2023 to share their experiences.
- UK France ‘Magnetic’: Artist in Residence took place at Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Wales is partnering with Bretagne to build engagement into Year of Wales in France 2023 and longer term relationships for Wales’ visual arts.
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- We undertook a research visit to Canada in partnership with Welsh Government Canada and the Well-being of Future Generations Commissioner. This included partnership development with Canada Council for the Arts and CALQ (Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec), and meetings with indigenous arts and language leaders, well-being economic and cultural fora, participation in panels at Breakout West and support for Focus Wales’ programme. We will pilot a Wales Quebec Music residency exchange
- We showcased 3 Welsh musicians, copresenting with Brittany, at Showcase Scotland and Celtic Connections. This resulted in a number of high profile
bookings for the artists and an agreement on a Wales night at a Celtic stage at Cambridge Folk Festival.
- With funding from the Welsh Government we led a collaborative international digital and in person cultural programme for Team Wales for the FIFA Men’s World Cup, reaching 864 million people globally. Legacy work with Unify’s 64 exhibition is ongoing.
- In year one of the United Nations Decade of Indigenous Languages, we developed our Gwrando fund for artists in Wales to listen to indigenous languages and practice across the world.
Showcase Scotland artists, Left to right: Cerys Hafana; VRï; Gwilym Bowen Rhys
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Supporting the Welsh Government’s Net Carbon 0 ten year action plan for all public sector Bodies in Wales to meet their Carbon 0 targets by 2030 through our Arts and Climate Justice programme
Future Wales Fellowship
- As part of our Creative Nature Memorandum of Understanding with Natural Resources Wales, we established the Creative Nature Steering Group, including representatives from Natural Resource Wales, to scrutinise delivery of the Creative Nature programme and inform the strategy for future collaborative work.
- Through this partnership the Future Wales Fellowship recipients developed their individual projects that use art to demonstrate the impact climate change has on everyday life. The Fellows were given support and opportunities to develop their own artistic work, but also to challenge the way people think about climate change to encourage people to live a more sustainable lifestyle. We commissioned Storyworks to creatively document the work of the Fellows.
- We began development of an action plan for Climate Justice and the Arts, commissioning the Centre for Alternative Technology to facilitate the co-design process alongside our staff and Arts Associates. Built within the framework of the Well-being of Future Generations Act and the Sustainable Development principle, the plan will align with our new Strategy and be completed in 2023/24. Meanwhile, we continuing to engage with the Cross-Distributor Environmental Responsibility Group to ensure a joined up approach with key stakeholders such as Arts Council England, Julie’s Bicycle and Creative Carbon Scotland and have joined Sustainable Development Coordinators Cymru +, a network of officers responsible for sustainable development in Local Authorities.
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Examining our own ways of working to ensure we deepen and widen our engagement into society and develop our own practices and partnerships to maximise efficiencies and safeguard our resources to develop and support the arts in Wales
- We developed our new Strategy, built around the Well-being of Future Generations Act’s 7 goals and 5 ways of working, and set our framework and corporate objectives for the next 10-year period. The Strategic Framework was informed by the feedback received from the Investment Review public consultation and is underpinned by the same 6 principles. It was approved by Council in March 2023. Work is now underway to progress this through to Welsh Government approval prior to its launch later in 2023/24.
- We increased our partnership working, and formed new partnerships. In addition to those already referenced in the above programme areas, our partnerships with BBC Cymru Wales continued to progress Horizons/ Gorwelion, including a Launchpad funding round. A diverse range of artists applied, covering a broad range of genres, with good representation from global majority artists, Welsh language and disabled artists. Gŵyl Cymru was successfully delivered in partnership with the Football Association of Wales, S4C and other cultural bodies. There is an appetite to continue this partnership into the future, particularly in promoting arts and sports collaboration for widening engagement.
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BBC National Orchestra of Wales (Image: Yusef Bastawy)
- We continue to develop new ways to access our information. All published documents are available in Welsh, English, British Sign Language and Easy Read and Large print formats. Five videos have been produced highlighting National Lottery grants available from the Council. They are released as the particular funds are opened for application and have proved popular in explaining the nature of each fund, as well as providing examples of successful past projects.
- We are examining our own office spaces to further support new hybrid working models . Our Carmarthen office was
- successfully relocated to a dedicated workspace in Yr Egin on the University of Wales Trinity Saint David campus.
- We have developed a Business Continuity Fund to further support the sector with cost of living considerations. This will be launched in 2023/24.
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## Corporate Governance Our Trustees
Council Members who served since 1 April 2022 were:
|since 1 April|2022 were:||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Attendance of|Trustees at meetings during 2022/23|Council|Audit & Risk
Assurance
Committee|Capital Committee|H R &
Remuneration
Committee|Strategic Equality
Committee|Welsh Language
Committee|Future Generations
Committee|
||||Number of meetings held||||||
|||7|6|5|3|2|3|2|
||Maggie Russell
Chair
from 1 April 2023|N/A|||||||
||Phil George
Chair
from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2023|3/3|||||||
||Kate Eden
from 1 April 2017
Interim Chair
from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023
Vice Chair
from 1 April 2021
Chair of Audit & Risk Assurance Committee
Member of H R & Remuneration Committee|5|2/2||1/1||||
||Lhosa Daly
from 1 April 2019
Chair of Future Generations Committee to 30
September 2022
Interim Chair of Audit & Risk Assurance
Committee from 1 October 2022 to 31 March
2023|5|4/4|||||2|
||Ceri Ll Davies
from 1 April 2021
Member of Audit & Risk Assurance Committee
from 1 July 2022
Member of Strategic EqualityCommittee|6|4/4|||2|||
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|Trustees at meetings during 2022/23|Council|Audit & Risk
Assurance
Committee|Capital Committee|H R &
Remuneration
Committee|Strategic Equality
Committee|Welsh Language
Committee|Future Generations
Committee|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Number of meetings held|||||||
||7|6|5|3|2|3|2|
|Devinda De Silva
from 1 April 2019
Interim Vice Chair
from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023
Chair of Strategic Equality Committee|6||||2|||
|Andy Eagle
from 1 November 2016 to 30 November 2022
Chair of Capital Committee to 30 November
2022|2/4||1/3|||||
|Ruth Fabby M B E
from 1 April 2021
Member of Strategic Equality Committee|7||||1|||
|Professor Tudur Hallam
from 1 April 2019
Chair of Welsh Language Committee|6|||||3||
|Gwennan Mair Jones
from 1 April 2019
Member of Welsh Language Committee from
1 March 2023
Chair of Future Generations Committee from 1
October 2022|6|||||0/1|2|
|Tafsila Khan
from 1 April 2021
Member Capital Committee|5||3|||||
## Attendance of Trustees at meetings during 2022/23
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|Trustees at meetings during 2022/23|Council|Audit & Risk
Assurance
Committee|Capital Committee|H R &
Remuneration
Committee|Strategic Equality
Committee|Welsh Language
Committee|Future Generations
Committee|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Number of meetings held|||||||
||7|6|5|3|2|3|2|
|Alison Mears Esswood
from 1 April 2019
Member (Chair to 30 September 2022) of H R &
Remuneration Committee|7|||3||||
|Keith Murrell
from 1 April 2021
Member of H R & Remuneration Committee|7|||3||||
|Victoria Provis
from 1 April 2019
Member (Chair from 1 December 2022) of
Capital Committee|7||5|||||
|Dafydd Rhys
from 1 April 2017 to 22 August 2022
Member of Audit & Risk Assurance Committee
to 22 August 2022|3/3|2/2||||||
|Elen ap Robert
from 1 April 2021
Chair of H R & Remuneration Committee from 1
October 2022
Member of Welsh Language Committee|7|||2/2||2||
|Prue Thimbleby
from 1 April 2021
Member of Future Generations Committee|7||||||2|
|Dr Sarah Younan
from 1 April 2019
Member of Audit & Risk Assurance Committee|4|||||||
## Attendance of Trustees at meetings during 2022/23
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|Attendance of independent Committee members at
meetings during 2022/23|Audit & Risk
Assurance Committee|Capital Committee|H R & Remuneration
Committee|Strategic Equality
Committee|Welsh Language
Committee|Future Generations
Committee|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Number of meetings held||||||
||6|5|3|2|3|2|
|Andrew Butler|6||||||
|Elid Morris|5||||||
|Arwel Thomas|5||||||
|Ruth Cayford||5|||||
|Roland Evans (to 1 July 2022)||0/2|||||
|Michael Gwyther-Jones||4|||||
|Jayne Woods||5|||||
|Steve Burton (from 25 January 2023)|||1/1||||
|Wendy Reed (from 25 January 2023)|||1/1||||
|Guto Gwilym-Taylor||||1|||
|Ele Hicks (to 31 December 2022)||||2|||
|Lara Ratnaraja||||2|||
|Shereen Williams||||1|||
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In accordance with the Council’s Code of Best Practice, members of Council and independent Committee members make declarations of interest in respect of directorships, memberships of boards of management (or equivalent) or employment which may conflict with their Arts Council of Wales’ responsibilities. The register of interests of Members of Council and of independent Committee Members is available for public inspection, by appointment, at each of the Council’s offices during normal working hours.
All financial transactions between members and the Council, other than the remuneration of the Chair, are disclosed in the financial statements under _Related party transactions_ .
## Personal data related incidents
The Council has controls and policies in place to ensure data integrity. I C T systems ensure that the physical security of data is tightly controlled. There were two minor personal data breaches during the year. Each was appropriately assessed and none were categorised as reportable to the Information Commissioner.
## Our Chief Executive and Accounting Officer
Dafydd Rhys
## Our Offices
Mid and West Wales: North Wales: South Wales and Yr Egin Princes Park II national office: Heol y Coleg Princes Drive Bute Place Carmarthen Colwyn Bay Cardiff S A31 3EQ L L29 8P L C F10 5A L
Auditor – General Activities Auditor General for Wales Audit Wales 1 Capital Quarter London Tyndall Street S W1W 9S P Cardiff C F10 4BZ Internal auditors
Auditor – Lottery Distribution Comptroller and Auditor General 157-197 Buckingham Palace Road London S W1W 9S P
T I A A Ltd Artillery House Fort Fareham Fareham P O14 1A H
Solicitors Bankers Geldards L L P Santander U K p.l.c. 4 Capital Quarter 9 Queen Street Tyndall Street Cardiff Cardiff C F10 2U D C F10 4BZ
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## Governance Statement
This Governance Statement is the personal responsibility of me, Dafydd Rhys, the Arts Council of Wales’ Accounting Officer and Chief Executive. It sets out the governance arrangements of the Arts Council of Wales.
It also describes how I’ve discharged my responsibilities for ensuring that we conduct our business, in respect of both exchequer and lottery activity, in accordance with the law. This includes providing the necessary assurances that we’re adhering to proper standards and establishing the necessary safeguards to protect the use of public money.
I explain how these funds are properly accounted for, and used economically, efficiently and effectively to support the delivery of our plans and priorities.
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## The legislative framework
We operate within a carefully prescribed and regulated legal environment. The Arts Council of Wales is accountable to the Welsh Government’s Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism. Our work is also subject to the scrutiny of Committees of the Welsh Parliament. We work within a framework that sets out the terms and conditions under which Welsh Ministers provide our grant-in-aid funding, and how we’re able to use this funding. We manage our funds with probity and in the public interest and, along with other public bodies in Wales, adhere to the principles contained in Managing Welsh Public Money.
As a distributor of Lottery funds under the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (as amended), we’re accountable to the U K’s Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport. Our financial directions are issued by the Secretary of State, and our policy directions by the Welsh Ministers. These set out how we must operate in respect of Lottery distribution activities. Revised Lottery financial directions came into effect on 1 April 2022.
We’re required to account for Lottery distribution activity separately from the rest of our work, and we have appropriate arrangements in place to ensure that we produce two sets of published accounts. Our Lottery Distribution accounts are audited under contract to National Audit Office by Audit Wales. Audit Wales also audits our General Activities account.
Arts Connection
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As a charity we have to ensure we comply with the requirements of the Charities Acts 1960, 2006, 2011 and 2016. As such, we follow guidance issued by the Charity Commission, acting solely to further our chartered and charitable objectives.
The activities we carry out in connection with our Collectorplan scheme are subject to the Consumer Credit Act and guidance issued by the Financial Conduct Authority.
We’ve designed our systems, processes and controls to take account of these various responsibilities. Within these frameworks we make independent decisions regarding the strategic direction of the organisation, grant funding, and other financial decisions.
Risk assessment and management is fundamental in our operations and this Governance Statement should be read in conjunction with the _Principal risks and uncertainties_ section of the Performance Report.
Should the need arise, the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, the Charity Commission, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Information Commissioner, the National Audit Office, and Audit Wales are all able to investigate the Council’s affairs.
Hanan Issa at Hay Festival, Literature Wales (Image: Celf Calon)
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## Our Governance arrangements
We’re governed by a Board of Trustees – Council – consisting of a Chair and up to seventeen other independent members, one of whom is appointed as Vice Chair. Our Trustees are appointed by the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism through an open selection process. Appointments are usually for a three-year term, renewable for a maximum of two additional terms.
Each Trustee brings specific expertise and knowledge to the oversight and development of our activities. From 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023, our Vice Chair stepped up to cover the ill health of the Chair. At the year-end our Council comprised of the Chair plus fourteen members.
The Chair of Council is a remunerated position, at a rate set annually by the Welsh Government. All other Trustees provide their time and expertise on a voluntary basis. However, they’re reimbursed for out-ofpocket expenses incurred on Council business.
## We promote values of good governance
We observe Lord Nolan’s seven Principles for Public Life and strive to ensure that all of our employees, Trustees, Committee members and Arts Associates understand, apply and adhere to these Principles.
To support this, we have a Code of Best Practice which helps to ensure the roles and responsibilities of members and officers are clearly defined. It also contains the expected standards of propriety that members and staff should adhere to. The Code is reviewed and updated at least every two years.
In accordance with the Code, each member of Council, of each Committee, and all Arts Associates and staff are required to complete an annual Declaration of Interest statement, and to ensure that changes in circumstances are notified promptly. They make declarations of interest in respect of directorships, memberships of boards of management (or equivalent) or employment which may conflict with their Arts Council of Wales’ responsibilities. The register of interests is available for public inspection, by appointment, at each of the Council’s offices during normal working hours. All financial transactions between members and the Arts Council are disclosed in the notes to the financial statements under _Related party transactions_ .
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_Mainly Village Halls_ , Sinfonia Cymru (Image © Salome Francis)
Council, the Audit & Risk Assurance Committee and H R & Remuneration Committee all carried out a self-assessment review of their performance during the year. The findings of these evaluations were positive. Areas identified for improvement are captured in action plans. In particular, Council’s own annual self-assessment review concluded that the vast majority of its indicators of effectiveness were being met.
Council was content with progress made during the year to address areas identified in last year’s review. Council recognised the importance of ensuring an appropriate mix and diversity of arts expertise and skills on the Trustee Board as new members are appointed.
The _Corporate governance in central government departments: code of good practice_ , issued by H M Treasury, does not directly apply to the Arts Council of Wales. However, as Accounting Officer, I’m satisfied that the arrangements we have in place reflect good practice. I also believe that the Arts Council has complied with the principles of accountability, effectiveness and leadership expressed within the Treasury’s Code, in so far as they are relevant to Welsh Government Sponsored Bodies and Lottery Distributors. Council endorses this view.
## Whistleblowing
The Council has an established whistleblowing policy which is brought to the attention of staff at induction and available within the Council’s intranet. The policy is reviewed at least every three years. There were no reported incidents during the year.
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## Taking informed decisions
Decisions taken by our Council and Committees are informed by advice provided by Arts Council staff. Papers and reports produced by officers are expected to show clearly all relevant information needed to enable informed decisions to be taken. All key papers highlight: financial, H R and the Well-being of Future Generations Act’s 5 Ways of Working; risks; and an assurance statement.
Papers are circulated in advance of each Council and Committee meeting; tabled items and verbal reports are only accepted in exceptional circumstances. Council was content during the year with the timeliness and quality of information provided for its use. In the rare instances where the information provided does not meet the required standards, the paper is rejected and a replacement commissioned. There were no instances of this happening in 2022/23.
Where appropriate and relevant, advice from officers is supplemented with specialist, expert advice and legal opinions. Council will continue to ensure that it has sufficient time and information to properly debate policy and consider the future direction of the organisation. Key policy proposals are put out to public consultation. Responses and feedback further inform discussions at Council before polices are finalised.
## We provide funding to third parties
One of the Council’s most important duties is the distribution of funding to develop and support the arts in Wales. We’re a major distributor of funding from the Welsh Government, the National Lottery and other sources.
We’ve developed robust and accountable systems and procedures to support this key activity. Grant-making and monitoring processes are reviewed annually by our internal auditors. Audit Wales also examines our grant-making activities each year. All recommendations made by our internal and external auditors are monitored by our Audit & Risk Assurance Committee to ensure they’re implemented on a timely basis.
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## Security of data
We hold large amounts of data and treat seriously our obligations under the Data Protection Act which incorporates the U K General Data Protection Regulation (U K G D P R). Our I C T systems and rules ensure that the security of data is tightly controlled. We regularly assess our security arrangements and have taken steps to make them more robust.
The high-level review over I T controls carried out by our external auditors and our programme of internal audit reviews carried out during the year revealed no serious issues. Similarly, the annual security review on behalf of Welsh Government highlighted no matters of serious concern in this area. There were two minor personal data breaches during the year. Each was appropriately assessed and none were categorised as reportable to the Information Commissioner.
## Complaints
Complaints about our work are investigated according to our Complaints Policy. Sometimes our policy requires a complaint to be investigated by an Independent Complaints Reviewer. For reasons of openness and transparency, we publish all final reports from the Reviewer. No complaints were referred to the Independent Reviewer in 2022/23.
## Ministerial directions
As a Welsh Government Sponsored Body we’re subject to nonstatutory instruments, containing appropriate Directions. No Directions were issued to us during the year by the Welsh Government. We received revised Lottery financial directions from the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which came into effect on 1 April 2022.
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## Our Governance Structure
To help support its work, Council has appointed six committees to provide specialist advice. These are: Audit & Risk Assurance Committee; Capital Committee; H R & Remuneration Committee; Strategic Equality Committee; Welsh Language Committee and Future Generations Committee. There is also an advisory committee for Wales’ presence at the international Biennale of Art in Venice and a Health & Safety Advisory Group.
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_The Botanist,_ Myfanwy MacLeod, Chapter, (Image: Kendra Eden)
Each Committee includes Council members, one of whom acts as Chair, and has provision for independent committee members appointed through an open selection process for their specialist skills and experience. The minutes of each Committee meeting are provided to Council for discussion and to note. Terms of reference for each committee, which are reviewed annually, can be found on our website.
All new members of Council and of each Committee undergo an induction process appropriate to their role and are encouraged to continue their development during their period of appointment.
During the year we continued to draw on the services and experience of our cohort of Arts Associates. The Associates support executive staff. Their specialist knowledge and lived experience contribute to policy development, specific programmes of work, the assessment of grant applications, and advice to officers.
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## Council
Council is responsible for the strategic direction and management of our organisation. It is also responsible for ensuring, through the Chief Executive, that we operate within the various accountabilities required of us.
Council members are responsible for key decisions on corporate policy: the formulation of our Strategic and Operational Plans, and any major alterations to the terms and conditions of service for staff.
Council sets the annual budget, decides on the annual allocation of grants to organisations in the Arts Portfolio Wales, and approves all grants over £50,000 or, in the case of Lottery funded capital projects, over £250,000. Decisions below these thresholds are delegated to authorised staff and to the Capital Committee.
Members assist with Council Committees. They may also attend arts events across Wales as representatives of Council.
_Swansea Open,_ Glynn Vivan Art Gallery, (Image: Polly Thomas)
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Council activities undertaken during 2022/23 included:
1. as part of its ongoing scrutiny of Governance, preparing and monitoring the Operational Plan for the year, and the annual review and approval of the Terms of Reference for each of its Committees. Council also received and noted the Committees’ year-end reports to inform its Governance Statement as part of this Annual Report and approved the Annual Financial Statements 2021/22 and Budget allocations for 2022/23
2. receiving regular updates on our Corporate Assurance Framework, Risk Register, and the performance of our Arts Portfolio Wales organisations
3. approving our approach and published guidance for our Investment Review
4. approving our new 10 year Strategy for consideration by Welsh Government
5. receiving updates and presentations on key programmes of work including Arts and Health, development of our new Strategy and Investment Review
6. receiving presentation and providing feedback to Welsh Government in the development of its Culture Strategy
Council meetings are normally held approximately every 6 weeks. Copies of agendas and minutes of our Council meetings can be found on our website.
Council met 7 times during 2022/23 to discharge its responsibilities. Members in total attended on 92 out of a possible 108 occasions.
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Our governance response to working arrangements during 2022/23
Throughout 2022/23 we operated through a hybrid working model. For environmental, staff welfare and efficiency considerations staff were encouraged to return to the office for a limited number of days each week, and work remotely for the remainder. This arrangement would also support increased teamworking and collaboration opportunities as well as continue to offer staff the efficiencies of remote working arrangements. We opened our Colwyn Bay and Cardiff offices and relocated our Carmarthen office to Yr Egin for efficiency considerations. This provided the space for staff who benefited by working from the office as part of their role or for staff who needed office space for wellbeing reasons.
Most of our internal processes are electronic and have continued to work well remotely. Once again, our internal audit plan was conducted remotely with no significant impact on performance or outcomes.
We continued to use a number of virtual meeting rooms to host all our Committee and Council meetings for most of the year. However, Council did offer hybrid meetings from February 2023, offering members and attending staff the option to meet in person at the Cardiff office or join the meeting remotely. Duties of each Committee have remained the same and Council’s ability to make decisions has not been compromised during the year.
Following the sudden illness of our Chair in September 2022, with Welsh Government approval, Council’s Vice Chair immediately assumed the full duties as Interim Chair, an arrangement that lasted for the remainder of the year.
We’ve updated our Corporate Assurance Framework and Risk Register accordingly in response to developments throughout the year and reviewed our internal risk management and anti-fraud procedures.
We continued our routine monitoring and reporting arrangements with Welsh Government colleagues and our Interim Chair was involved in Welsh Government’s recruitment exercise for two new Council members. The recruitment of a new Chair was the sole responsibility of Welsh Government.
It is our view that effective governance has not been compromised through our working arrangements or developments throughout the course of the year.
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## Audit & Risk Assurance Committee
As stewards of public funds we must operate in an efficient and accountable manner. Our priorities and funding decisions are agreed by Council in accordance with the policies and procedures that apply to our use of public funds. The Audit & Risk Assurance Committee’s role is to ensure that we deliver on these commitments, doing so in ways that are transparent, accountable and resilient.
An extensive programme of internal audit assists us in this work, assessing the quality of our delivery against the standards that we have set.
In September 2022, as a result of the sudden illness of Phil George, Chair of Council, Kate Eden, Vice Chair of Council and Chair of the Audit & Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC), became Interim Chair of Council and continued in the role for the remainder of the financial year. Council member Lhosa Daly was appointed Interim Chair of ARAC for that period. In these circumstances, Welsh Government approved a year’s extension to Kate Eden’s term of office which now runs to March 2024. The extension provides essential continuity and stability following recent appointments to the roles of Chief Executive and Chair of Council.
There were further changes to Council and ARAC membership during the year. Dafydd Rhys resigned in August 2022 to take up his new appointment as our Chief Executive and Sarah Younan took a period of sabbatical leave. In response, Council member Ceri Ll Davies joined ARAC. This allowed the Committee to continue its work without interruption or compromise.
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Committee activities undertaken during 2022/23 included:
1. regular scrutiny of our Corporate Assurance Framework and Corporate Risk Register and consideration and re-approval of the Council’s risk management arrangements. This has clarified the way in which we’d respond to potential vulnerabilities in our operations
2. scrutinising the organisational and financial health of Council’s Arts Portfolio Wales organisations through enhanced reporting arrangements to assess the scale of impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and cost of living crisis, supported by a presentation to the Committee on the Council’s own Cost of Living Crisis Survey
3. reporting to Council on the outcome of internal audit reviews undertaken by our newly appointed internal audit service providers, TIAA, and monitoring progress in the implementation of the auditor’s recommendations for action
4. understanding key aspects of Council’s operations, such as our response to the National Centre for Cyber Security’s Toolkit for Boards, and Audit Wales’ Cyber Security Report, progress of our Investment Review, and scrutiny of our Annual Report and Financial Statements
_Future Directions_ by Gavin Porter _,_ Music Theatre Wales,
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## “The Committee provides robust oversight of our
governance arrangements. It scrutinises the adequacy and effectiveness of our systems of internal control, and tests our risk management arrangements. Our role is to support the organisation to be as efficient as it can, ensuring that Council’s delivery of activity is effective and represents value for money.”
## Kate Eden
## Chair, Audit & Risk Assurance Committee
The Committee’s normal schedule of meetings was
maintained throughout the year. One additional meeting was convened to consider the circumstances of one Arts Portfolio Wales organisation, providing advice on this to Council, and to consider the proposals for the Investment Review and an associated internal audit report, prior to their presentation to Council for approval.
The Committee met 6 times during 2022/23 to discharge its responsibilities. Members in total attended on 28 out of a possible 30 occasions. Meetings were held virtually using online functionality.
## Audit outcomes
The findings of the Audit Wales annual audits are reported to our Audit & Risk Assurance Committee which considers the findings and monitors them to ensure appropriate action is taken on a timely basis. The annual programme for internal audit activity is approved by the Committee.
TIAA, our internal auditor, gave the following opinion in their annual report:
“TIAA is satisfied that, for the areas reviewed during the year, Arts Council of Wales has reasonable and effecitve risk management, control and governance processes in place.”
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## Capital Committee
For almost three decades Council has been investing funds from the National Lottery into capital projects. Across Wales we’re helping organisations to enhance and extend their activities by funding the creation of exemplary buildings, transforming the places in Wales where people enjoy and take part in the arts.
We continue to oversee several projects that have been in development for a number of years as well as considering new applications for targeted investment to improve access, sustainable energy initiatives and minor adaptations.
The Committee continues to scrutinise ongoing projects and accept applications for those earlier entries into the programme that are progressing to later stages of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Plan of Work. These later-stage projects require more intense monitoring and assessment despite being fewer in number. For some organisations this can include a significant amount of support and advice from Arts Council of Wales’ staff, particularly for smaller organisations undertaking their first capital project.
Projects currently on site include: Pontypridd YMCA and Cwmni’r Fran Wen in Bangor. Projects which were completed in the year include Borough Theatre, Abergavenny and Theatre Brycheiniog, Brecon.
Projects in development include: Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen; Theatr Bara Caws, Caernarfon; Pontardawe Arts Centre; and Ucheldre Centre, Holyhead.
This year, the Committee has also provided small capital grants to a range of organisations to make adaptations to their buildings. These have included: Riverfront, Newport; Chapter, Cardiff; Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda; Plaza, Port Talbot; and Albert Hall, Llandrindod Wells.
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“Throughout the year the Committee, which includes members of Council and non-executive independent experts, helped ensure a range of capital investments in the arts in Wales were successfully progressed or completed. Many projects have experienced challenges in relation to inflationary increases and the rising cost of living. Therefore, alongside our National Lottery funding, we were pleased to distribute additional capital support from Welsh Government to a number of our existing projects.”
## Victoria Provis
## Chair, Capital Committee
Committee activities undertaken during 2022/23 included:
1. funding support and assistance to the largest capital investment in the arts in Wales, the ambitious refurbishment of Theatr Clwyd in Mold. The Committee is monitoring our own National Lottery support and Welsh Government support for the project, which totals £28.5m. It has been excellent during the year to see this project progress onto site with the works now well underway
2. ensuring all capital projects in which Council invests meet Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) sustainability standards
As part of its ongoing responsibilities, the Committee has also been charged with monitoring the capital elements of the National Contemporary Art Gallery for Wales programme. The first projects are likely to be awarded funding during 2023/24 but this is likely to be a significant element of the Committee’s work over the coming three years.
The Committee met 5 times during 2022/23 to discharge its responsibilities. This included on site visits to several projects: Theatr Clwyd, Mold; Nyth (Cwmni’r Fran Wen), Bangor; Pontardawe Arts Centre; and Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. Members in total attended on 23 out of a possible 30 occasions.
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## H R & Remuneration Committee
The HR & Remuneration Committee supports Council in discharging its responsibilities for the oversight of HR activities.
This includes:
- setting and monitoring the Chief Executive’s annual performance targets
- recommending to Council the annual remuneration of the Chief Executive
- overall recruitment, retention and management of staff
- monitoring pay and conditions of service
- monitoring the wellbeing of the people who work for us
- supporting the governance needs of the organisation
- ensuring HR activity contributes effectively to the delivery of the Council’s strategic goals and business needs
Peak Peers, Workshop with Jon Moses (Image courtesy of Peak Cymru)
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“The ongoing effects of the pandemic have impacted the work of the committee and the HR team and this year has really been characterised by a period of responding to an ever-changing environment, rather than looking strategically at HR across the organisation. Staff wellbeing has been a key focus.”
## Elen ap Robert
Chair, H R & Remuneration Committee
Specific Committee activities undertaken during 2022/23 included:
1. publication of a Pay Policy Statement. This includes a detailed breakdown of the make up of our staff. It also addresses Gender Equality and Equal Pay reporting
2. managing the recruitment of a new Chief Executive
3. reviewing HR management information and relevant internal audit reports to monitor the performance, health and wellbeing of staff
4. setting levels of remuneration and monitoring the performance of the Chief Executive
5. promoting staff learning and development to deliver corporate objectives through health and safety and general compliance courses
The Committee met 3 times during 2022/23 to discharge its responsibilities. Members in total attended on 11 out of a possible 11 occasions.
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## Health & Safety
“The Health and Safety Group has met regularly throughout the year to ensure robust processes are in place to keep our workforce safe.”
Rebecca Nelson
Chair, Health and Safety Advisory Group
Group activities undertaken during 2022/23 included:
1. reviewing arrangements at our offices including the relocation of our Carmarthen staff to Yr Egin
2. meeting with the Suzie Lamplugh Trust to discuss the development of the Lone Worker policy to consider international travel and hybrid-working
3. reviewing risk assessments currently in place
4. managing incident reporting and monitoring
5. reviewing our Maternity Guidance and Policy
6. receiving a ‘Substantial Assurance’ report for Health and Safety from our internal auditors
The Group met 5 times during 2022/23 to discharge its responsibilities.
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## Overall assessment of governance and internal control
In my opinion, the Arts Council of Wales’ systems of governance and internal control are sufficient to enable me to discharge my responsibilities as Accounting Officer.
Dafydd Rhys Accounting Officer 20 October 2023
Endorsed on behalf of Council:
Maggie Russell Chair 20 October 2023
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## Equalities
In 2022/23 the arts in Wales continued to take steps towards recovery following the significant challenges faced as a result of Covid-19 and, as ever, for our most marginalised communities the recovery has been slower and more challenging. The increasing impact of the cost of living crisis has made these challenges even greater. That said, during this last year we have seen progress with our equalities strategy and through our Widening Engagement action plan that will improve and increase opportunities for artists, arts organisations and communities to engage with the arts more often and in ways that are important and relevant to them and their lives.
A major focus for our work was taking the first steps in turning our Widening Engagement plans into action. In partnership with Amgueddfa Cymru, we established a Task Force to monitor and oversee the delivery of the joint Action Plan with a particular focus on the actions related to culturally and ethnically diverse communities. The Task Force received and reviewed progress reports and held a workshop looking at the development of an evaluation framework for the plan.
We made progress during the year on improving equality in our grant making processes, increasing membership of our pool of Arts Associates to 260 so that more people with lived experience are involved in the development of our policies, programmes and, importantly, our grant decision making.
We also made significant progress this year in making our grant application process more accessible for disabled applicants. A key new element being the introduction of video applications.
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“The Committee has continued to monitor and reflect on the work we’ve been doing to advance the equality agenda and to question and challenge our progress and our plans. In doing so I remain confident that we are truly on a path towards change.”
## Devinda De Silva
Chair, Strategic Equality Committee
Our revised Creative Steps programme was launched and opened for applications in December 2022. The scheme includes an increased flexibility of approach, together with mentoring and enhanced support for organisations and individuals. Financial investment in the programme was increased, and Associates were recruited to provide support during the project development process, where required. Over the course of three funding rounds, grants were offered to 9 organisations and 10 individual artists. Interest in the scheme is growing and many enquiries are coming from individuals who have not previously engaged with the opportunities offered through our funding.
We commissioned a further piece of work to create best practice standards focused on accessibility levels for national museums and venues and standards for staff to improve the audience/visitor experience. These standards are being developed collaboratively with D/deaf and disabled people and the work is due to conclude early in 2023/24.
There has also been significant progress working with the UK Arts Councils on the development of a UK wide access card scheme, building on the success of the Hynt scheme in Wales. We were delighted to announce that following a selection process we appointed Andrew Miller to take on the role of Champion, to drive this work forward, on behalf of all the partners. All four UK nations are signed up to establishing a UK wide scheme that supports all disabled people.
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Our Agent for Change published a video report on the first phase of his activity and Council committed to a further two years of the programme. As part of the Agent’s work, a series of internal “Candid Conversations” were set up, along with a series of training and development sessions for all our staff and Council members. These have included unconscious bias in relation to race, LGBTQ+ and Inclusion training, and training on neurodivergence.
A highlight of the year was our successful joint bid, with Amgueddfa Cymru, for funding from the Welsh Government’s Anti-racist Wales Action Plan programme. As a result, we have now established the _Perspectives_ programme, which seeks to bring about a step change in how the visual arts and heritage sector reflects the cultural and ethnic diversity of our society. Towards the end of the year we launched a callout to galleries and selected 7 from 15 that applied who will now work in partnership with the 7 national museums to commission creative practitioners to co-create/commission exhibitions with artists and communities with lived experience.
Tonia, Dance Agent for Change, with company dancer Robbie Moorcroft (Image: © Ballet Cymru)
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Activities undertaken by the Strategic Equality Committee during 2022/23 included:
1. reviewing progress with our Strategic Equality Plan for 2020-24, evaluating the impact of the actions and identifying a new set of actions for the year ahead
2. reviewing progress with delivering our joint Widening Engagement Action Plan with Amgueddfa Cymru
3. continuing to monitor where our funding has reached. Data has once again shown an increase in the number of successful funding applications from disability-led organisations and those led by artists from culturally and ethnically diverse backgrounds
4. continuing to monitor the work of our Arts Portfolio Wales organisations in improving opportunities for people from protected characteristics engaging in the arts as decision makers, workers and participants
5. workshopping ideas around developing an approach to address the barriers faced by people and communities experiencing poverty and socio-economic disadvantage
The Committee met 2 times during 2022/23 to discharge its responsibilities. Members in total attended on 11 out of a possible 14 occasions.
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## Welsh language
Our purpose, as outlined in our 1994 Royal Charter, is to develop the arts and make them more accessible to the public, working with others to achieve that purpose and operating through the Welsh and English languages. As a bilingual organisation, therefore, our commitment to the Welsh language is integral to our work and during the last year this commitment has been demonstrated on many levels. Our current work and future strategy are closely linked with the seven goals of the Well-being of Future Generations Act, particularly “A Wales of vibrant culture and thriving Welsh language”.
In its strategy, Cymraeg 2050, the Welsh Government notes its long term target is to achieve one million Welsh Language speakers by 2050. We believe that in working through the arts, we can support Welsh Government to deliver on its strategic themes within this, particularly around:
- an increase in the number of Welsh speakers
- an increase in the use of Welsh
- creating favourable conditions within the arts sector for the language to thrive
During the last year, the Welsh language was identified as one of the core principles underpinning the Investment Review process. Each organisation applying for multi-year funding needed to demonstrate their commitment to the Welsh language as part of their longer-term mission, vision and aims. In the guidance for applying, we outlined that we wanted all organisations we support to develop and promote a sense of shared ownership for the Welsh language and its unique role within a bilingual and multilingual Wales.
A new Welsh language plan was developed in consultation with the Committee and members of the Consortiwm Cymraeg. The strategic objectives identified are: to increase the availability of Welshlanguage products and services across the arts sector; to enable the arts sector to place the Welsh language at the centre of their actions; and to celebrate and share the Welsh language in a progressive, multilingual Wales by placing it at the centre of cultural creativity.
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“Everyone should have the same chance to access, take part, enjoy, and create art through the medium of Welsh. During the last year we have seen Cymru and Cymraeg increasingly celebrated on a global stage, with the arts and culture playing an important role in how the world sees us, and how we see ourselves.
Part of the Council’s work is to create opportunities for artists from all backgrounds to be creative through the medium of Welsh and to give people from all over Wales and the world the opportunity to enjoy the creativity of the Welsh language.”
Tudur Hallam
Chair, Welsh Language Committee
Activities undertaken by the Committee during 2022/23 included:
- monitoring progress against Council’s Welsh Language priorities, identifying for Council where more progress is required
- ensuring successful implementation and maintenance of the Welsh Language Standards and acting when Standards are not met
- supporting the appointment of a Welsh Language Enabler and a new Director of Arts Development whose remit includes the Council’s Welsh language strategy
- supporting and encouraging the innovative work developed by the Welsh Language Enabler, including the launch of a new scheme called Llais y Lle
- working with the Welsh Government on Leading in a Bilingual Country training sessions
- providing relevant advice in relation to the next Investment Review
- further developing the partnership with the National Centre for Learning Welsh to improve or refine the language skills of staff and creative freelancers within the arts sector and appoint a Learning Welsh Coordinator
- progressing implementation of recommendations outlined in the Welsh Language Mapping Report, including designing and commissioning research to identify the needs and opportunities for Welsh language development pathways within the arts for creative Welsh Arts Consortium
- workers and creating the first
The Committee met 3 times during 2022/23 to discharge its responsibilities. Members in total attended on 5 out of a possible 7 occasions.
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## Future generations
“We’ve continued to make sure that the Council actively supports the Well-being of Future Generations Act, and to make sure the principles and ethos of the Act become integral in all the work we do. As well as all seven well-being goals, we are committed to working according to the principles outlined in the five ways of working, which are: Long-term; Integration; Involvement; Collaboration; Prevention.
Crucially, the Act provides us with a clear direction to work with partners across all sectors and to recognise the important contribution that culture, the Welsh language, and the arts has in tackling economic, social and environmental issues.
During 2022/23, the Well-being of Future Generations Act was an important factor in the process of developing the six principles identified during the Investment Review consultation. The principle of longterm thinking has been central to the creation of a new multi-year funding model. This work has also provided the basis for the creation of a new framework for the Strategic Plan.
The Creative Nature Memorandum of Understanding between the Arts Council of Wales and Natural Resources Wales builds on this commitment to develop cross-sector approaches and forms the foundation of our commitment to take a justice-centred approach to tackling the climate and nature emergencies through the arts.
## Gwennan Mair
Chair, Future Generations Committee
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The Well-being of Future Generation (Wales) Act 2015 (WFGA) is landmark legislation that aims to improve the economic, social, environmental, and cultural well-being of Wales. The Arts Council of Wales is one of the public bodies named in the Act that must comply with the legislation.
This year we’ve looked ahead to the development of a new Strategic Plan and an Investment Review process which will deliver a new relationship with the arts sector based on the six principles outlined in the 2023/24 section of this report.
In addition, the Draft Plan for Climate Justice and the Arts is framed by the WFGA and sets out our approach to tackling climate and nature emergencies as one which will be outward-looking, international and inclusive. It provides a roadmap for both the Arts Council and the arts sector to make maximum progress towards key environmental issues such as decarbonisation and restoring nature and biodiversity, whilst also championing the key role of the arts in transforming our society and economy to tackle the climate and nature emergencies.
The Plan for Climate Justice and the Arts has been developed as part of our partnership with Natural Resources Wales and the Centre for Alternative Technology’s Zero Carbon Britain Innovation Lab, using elements of co-design with the arts sector.
As well as Climate Justice, our work in Arts & Health, Cymraeg, Creative Learning, and Children and Young People are integrally linked to our commitment to the WFGA. Through our partnership with the Welsh NHS Confederation , we continue to make significant progress in Arts and Health, and we have co-funded Arts & Health posts within all seven Local Health Boards as well as launching _Cultural Cwtsh_ , an online resource for health workers in Wales.
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Windrush @ 75, Chapter (Image: Grace Springer Photography)
The Welsh Language Plan has been developed with input from Consortiwm y Gymraeg and is integral to the delivery of the Climate Justice Plan. The holistic understanding of well-being provided by the WFGA, along with the rich heritage of our Welsh language and culture, gives us a unique, values-led approach to guide our work.
A new Portfolio Manager with responsibility for Children and Young People has been appointed and discussions are underway on how to recruit young people to the Committees and ensure a stronger voice for our future generations on Council.
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Activities undertaken by the Future Generations Committee during 2022/23 included:
1. continuing to embed the Future Generations Five Ways of Working in our policies, strategies and in the delivery of our work
2. discussing the ways that the WFGA underpins the Strategic Plan and Investment Review
3. monitoring staff training and awareness of the WFGA, including a presentation by colleagues from the Future Generations office during a staff strategy away-day
4. learning from the work of other organisations, such as attending a conference on sustainable international working led by Creative Carbon Scotland and our Wales Arts International team with key representatives from the arts councils of all 4 UK nations, Julie’s Bicycle, On the Move and partners from Ireland
5. reviewing and updating reports and action plans including the Well-being of Future Generations Annual Report 2021-22 and the Widening Engagement Action Plan
6. ensuring retention of our Green Dragon Level 5 Accreditation for environmental sustainability
7. sharing the Arts Council’s experiences of embedding the WGFA at meetings, networks and events including Sustainable Development Coordinators Cymru + (SDCC+), the Edinburgh International Culture Summit and Wellbeing Economy Cymru
The Committee met 2 times during 2022/23 to discharge its responsibilities. Members in total attended on 6 out of a possible 6 occasions.
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## Environmental performance
We promote the minimisation of waste amongst our staff by encouraging reduction, reuse and recycling and waste separation, reducing the amount sent to landfill.
|WASTE
Non-fnancial(tonnes)|2022/23|2021/22|
|---|---|---|
|Landfll|0|0|
|Reused/recycled|0|0|
We reuse or recycle our surplus and redundant I T and office equipment. We use licensed and appropriate organisations to dispose of our waste.
All our major suppliers of office equipment and supplies have environmental policies and reporting mechanisms in place, and we consider environmental performance and awareness when selecting contractors and suppliers.
Managers and staff are provided with monthly reports analysing printing and copying activity, to encourage lower overall usage. Our internal reporting systems enable us to capture and measure details of our use of consumables, waste, energy, and staff travel, and thus our carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions so that staff can manage their consumption of resources.
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|ENERGY1|2022/23|2021/22|
|---|---|---|
|Greenhouse gas emissions (CO2e tonnes)
Gross emissions,scope 2&3(indirect)|17|18|
|Energyconsumption(kWh)|||
|Electricity (renewable)|72,854|68,809|
|Gas|8,285|9,068|
|Financial indicators(£)|||
|Expenditure – energy|15,482|11,608|
|Water supply costs (offce estate) – currently
unable to assess,included in service charge|N/A|N/A|
1 Offices only. The impact of home working is not captured.
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Our Cardiff and Colwyn Bay offices are leased on a shared occupancy basis, with certain costs included within our service charges. Our office in Carmarthen is occupied on a hot-desking basis, where we pay for the use of 4 desks per week. These arrangements restrict our ability to accurately assess our total environmental impact from energy usage. Our major use of electricity is in our Cardiff office where the landlord has confirmed that 100% of the supply is from verifiable Natural Renewable sources (wind, water and hydro).
We promote the use of environmentally friendly means of transport and encourage staff to make journeys by the most efficient means possible, taking account of both environmental and financial considerations. We have to balance this against the delivery of our strategic priorities to develop the arts in Wales, and to promote Welsh arts and artists internationally. Up to and beyond the pandemic this remains a significant practical challenge. There are inevitable fluctuations in the level of CO2e emissions attributable to travel when we are actively involved in international projects.
|STAFF TRAVEL
2022/23|2021/22|
|---|---|
|Travel emissions(CO2e tonnes)||
|Rail
3|1|
|Air1
24|1|
|Car/vans
10|4|
|Travel cost(£)||
|Rail
15,372|2,919|
|Air
19,317|609|
|Car/vans
16,943|6,365|
|Travel(miles)||
|Rail
45,407|10,013|
|Air
97,664|3,133|
|Car/vans
36,083|14,144|
1 Includes the influence of radiative forcing in air travel emissions to capture the maximum climate impact. Radiative forcing is a measure of the environmental impact of emissions of NOx (nitrous oxides) and water vapour when emitted at high altitude.
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Rhys Slade-Jones, Future Wales Fellowship (Image © Matt Austin)
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Principal risks and uncertainties
## Managing our affairs effectively
As stewards of public funds we must operate in an efficient and accountable manner. Our priorities and funding decisions are agreed by Council in accordance with the policies and procedures that apply to our use of public funds. The Audit & Risk Assurance Committee’s (A R A C’s) role is to ensure that we deliver on these commitments, doing so in ways that are transparent, accountable and that represent value for money. An extensive programme of internal audit assists us in this work.
## Protecting the public’s money
An important part of A R A C’s work is reviewing our defences against Fraud and Cyber-crime. Attempts to illegally gain access to our funds and I C T systems occur regularly. Council takes these issues very seriously and A R A C looks carefully at our policies and processes to ensure they are robust and secure. There were no successful attacks during the year.
_Un Nos Ola Leuad,_ Theatr Bara Caws (Image: Kristina Banholzer)
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## Taking risks: a balanced approach
Unauthorised access to our systems is just one of a range of potential risks that could compromise our performance and reputation. We expect the organisations that we fund to be well-managed and to represent good value for money. Our ongoing monitoring assesses the extent to which this is the case. But we are not so risk averse that we ignore important opportunities for innovation and growth. We aim to take appropriate but informed risks, as circumstances dictate. However, we do not behave recklessly; neither would we wilfully squander public money nor endanger our reputation for prudent and effective delivery.
Our systems of internal control identify and prioritise the risks that could prevent us achieving Council’s policies, aims and objectives. They evaluate the likelihood of the risks being realised, consider the impact should they occur, and seek to manage them efficiently, effectively and economically. We continually seek to improve our internal control systems.
A R A C reviews the robustness and suitability of this aspect of Council’s work. The Corporate Assurance Framework (C A F) and separate Corporate Risk Register were scrutinised at regular intervals throughout the year. This provided members with greater clarity on the levels of assurance in operation across all of the Council’s activities and the corresponding risks identified. A R A C reviewed the Horizon Scanning section of the C A F at each of its meetings.
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## Financial risk and capital management
The Council holds financial instruments mainly to finance its operations, for example trade debtors and trade creditors, and cash balances arising directly from its operations. The financial risk management of exposures arising from trading financial instruments, primarily trade debtors and trade creditors, is through a series of policies and procedures.
Risks are managed as follows:
- Fraud risk – the Arts Council, in common with most other organisations, is exposed to fraud risk on an increasing and ever more sophisticated scale. We noted a potential for increased fraud risk given current circumstances with Covid-19 and updated our internal anti-fraud controls and checks in response.
- Liquidity risk – the Council is satisfied that it has sufficient liquid resources, in the form of cash at bank and agreed funding for 2022/23, to meet all current contracted commitments. The Council does not consider that its activities are exposed to any significant liquidity risk.
- Interest rate risk – cash and cash equivalent balances are held in instant access variable rate bank accounts which on average carried an interest rate of 0.88% (2021/22: 0.02%) in the year.
The Council does not consider that its activities are exposed to significant interest rate risks.
- Foreign currency risk – the Council is not currently exposed, to any significant degree, to foreign exchange risks.
- Cash flow risk – the Council is not exposed to any significant cash flow risks.
- Credit risk – The Council is not exposed to any significant credit risk.
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## The risks to our performance: What they are and how we deal with them
Principal risks Key mitigating actions Coronavirus Whilst offices remained closed to external visitors for a significant part of this year, arrangements were in place for staff to return to office-working on Staff contracting the a hybrid basis. virus results in the Arts Council/teams/services We continue to monitor staff availability and health through routine becoming inoperable. timesheets and sickness reporting arrangements. Data evidences no additional measures are required. Covid-19 has a significant and longWe undertook an extensive public consultation on our proposed Investment term detrimental Review schedule and activity, mindful that the sector was still in recovery impact on the Sector from the pandemic and now facing a cost of living crisis. However, sector including: feedback was supportive, advocating that change was needed now and • individual artists and viewing the Investment Review proposals as delivering on this.
- individual artists and freelancers
- organisations/Arts Portfolio Wales
## Governance
End of final terms of office for Council Members including Chair and Vice Chair in March 2023 and the appointment of a new, permanent Chief Executive may lead to change/inconsistencies in key messages and objectives, including the Investment Review and Strategic Plan priorities.
Comprehensive hand over arrangements for both new appointments were in place.
The incoming Chief Executive was involved in the drafting of the Strategic Plan at the earliest opportunity.
Our published Investment Review Guidance was informed by corporate priorities and public consultation feedback, providing the basis for the new Strategic Plan and ensuring consistency of message and strategic principles.
Welsh Government’s recruitment campaign for 2 new members of Council and a new Chair will ensure appointments are made early in the new financial year. For continuity, we secured Welsh Government agreement to extend the Vice Chair’s term of office until March 2024, particularly in consideration of her cover as Interim Chair up to March 2023.
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Key mitigating actions
## Principal risks
## Planning, strategy and delivery
Our current Corporate Plan expires in March 2023 when we are asking organisations to make applications to our Investment Review, resulting in risk of lack of information/direction for applicants to develop their proposals.
## Financial and resource management
The cost of living crisis, and its impact over the longer term, has a significant, detrimental effect on the sector and on our own available resources, including staffing.
## Funding
Failure of one or more of our Arts Portfolio Wales (APW) organisations or cuts in public sector funding damages the arts across Wales.
Currently funded capital projects fail to secure additional funds to cover current spiralling costs and therefore at risk of not completing.
We rescheduled our next Investment Review which included wider engagement with both the public and the sector to address those areas currently under-represented. The objectives and timing of the Review were subject to extensive public consultation and aligned with our chartered and charitable objectives, the 7 Wellbeing goals and Welsh Government’s priorities.
Our new Strategic Plan has been informed by the same consultation feedback and is underpinned by the 6 principles we have communicated as the framework for our Investment Review. This will ensure consistency of message between the Review and the new Strategic Plan. Council approved our draft Strategic Plan in March 2023 for consideration and approval by Welsh Government. Further work on this will continue in 2023/24 and in consideration of the outcomes of the Review and development of the Welsh Government draft Cultural Strategy.
The situation was closely monitored. Reports on potential/likely funding cuts and proposed changes faced by both the sector and ourselves were considered on a regular basis.
To help deliver against objectives, we secured additional funding from Welsh Government for targeted areas of support. We increased the number of formal partnerships with external stakeholders to maximise efficiencies and available resources and to explore alternative strategies for protecting support for creative activity.
We continue to advocate a case for the arts and for our own work at every opportunity and ensure efficient and strict budgeting, particularly against our own costs and to help ensure as much funding as possible was available for direct arts expenditure.
Core grants to APW organisations account for most of our grant-in-aid funding from Welsh Government. The Portfolio’s artistic, financial and operational effectiveness was closely monitored by officers. Regular updates on their financial health, governance and stability were provided to Audit & Risk Assurance Committee and to Council. When necessary, we take a pro-active approach to working directly with organisations that experience difficulties, investing time and expertise to help them resolve matters of concern.
The impact of the current financial crisis on materials and labour charges for capital projects means it will prove challenging to assess ongoing and new budgets accurately. Under National Lottery Directions we are unable to provide funding for retrospective costs so can only make supplementary grants for increased future costs. Applicants may need to secure additional funds from other sources.
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Principal risks Key mitigating actions
Grants management We take a risk-based approach to our assessment of applications and the
monitoring of grants awarded. We use information collected from grant
Poor or fraudulent
recipients as part of our monitoring procedures to ensure that the stated
funding applications
outcomes for which we provided funding were achieved.
mean that public funds
are not used for the Council takes fraud, corruption and maladministration very seriously and
purposes intended. has policies to prevent, and deal with, both, including whistleblowing and
anti-fraud polices. These were reviewed during the year.
The introduction
of a new grants The project to replace our grants management system continues to
management system progress. We successfully delivered the Investment Review application
compromises Council’s process, including the introduction of video and audio submissions, through
ability to deliver its the new grants portal, alongside our cyclical programme of Lottery grants.
critical functions.
Brexit We continue to monitor developments closely.
Continuing We have a Task Group, including representatives from the Welsh
uncertainty over post- Government and other UK Arts Councils to identify potential risks,
Brexit circumstances lobby the UK Government and provide advice to the sector. With the
has a detrimental other UK Arts Council’s we have launched Arts Infopoint to provide
impact on the support and advice on artists’ mobility from the UK to member
operation of our countries of the European Union (EU).
funded organisations
We revised our data protection considerations to reflect the UK
and our own
General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and conform with the
data protection
EU/UK Adequacy Agreement.
and data sharing
considerations.
Stakeholder and The situation is closely monitored and updates on potential developments
partner engagement and proposed changes are considered. The likelihood and impact of this
risk will significantly increase in consideration of the increase in general
Local Authority funding
costs faced by all during the current cost of living crisis. In the meantime,
cuts and changes in
we will continue to advocate for the arts and seek new partnerships and
its structure have a
significant impact opportunities to secure additional funding.
on our funding
partnerships and
relationships.
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Principal risks Key mitigating actions
IT A full Disaster Recovery Plan is in place and tested annually. If an incident
arises, alternative offsite IT facilities are available. Staff are equipped to
Unforeseen or
work remotely and did so throughout the pandemic with no significant IT
unexpected outages
issues.
compromise business
continuity. Cyber security and IT penetration tests are conducted annually. We comply
with IASME security standards.
There is a breach in our
IT security. We have robust reporting and investigation arrangements in the event of a
security or data breach.
Personal Data The Council has controls and policies in place to ensure data security and
integrity. Encrypted IT systems ensure the physical security of data is tightly
Personal data is lost,
controlled. Staff undertake regular training and awareness sessions.
compromised or stolen.
Staffing Delivering an expanding programme of activity with fewer staff is a
continuing concern for Council. Work is underway to deliver projects that
Recurrent pressure
support new ways of working. Progress against plans is carefully monitored
to cut costs reduces
and reviewed on a quarterly basis, and every effort is made to implement
staff capacity to an
efficient business practices.
unacceptable level.
Risk management Council’s suite of risk management policies is reviewed regularly. We share
good practice with other Welsh Government Sponsored Bodies.
Our current polices and
controls fail to protect Robust assessment and monitoring procedures are in place across all areas
us from potentially of activity to ensure grant monies are used for the specified purpose.
fraudulent activity,
particularly under
current circumstances
and working practices.
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Principal risks Key mitigating actions
Environment Projects and activity we fund, in response to grant applications and through
procurement, must demonstrate an understanding or development of
Our published strategy
environmental considerations.
to develop and promote
the arts in Wales and We hold Green Dragon level 5 accreditation and adopt Future Generations
internationally has a resilience considerations across our offices, including Fair trade, printing/
detrimental impact consumables, energy usage and recycling. Our Travel and Subsistence Policy
on the Council’s is based on HM Revenue & Customs and other government practices and
environmental targets. rates.
Our carbon footprint Hybrid working arrangements are being introduced in the wake of the
escalates as staff return pandemic. It is unlikely that all staff will return to the office on a permanent
to our offices and basis.
external activity comes
We will continue to use virtual meetings, where appropriate, to save on
back online.
travel and time. Guidance was issued to staff regarding attending external
The current meetings and events.
environmental crisis has
Over the coming year, aligned with the Welsh Government’s Programme for
a longer term impact
Government and carbon reduction targets, there will be increased focus on
for future generations.
our own carbon footprint and that of our funded activity.
A Portfolio Manager leads our Well-being of Future Generations
considerations, including climate justice. We are developing our own climate
justice action plan. Climate Justice is one of the 6 key principles of our
Investment Review and new Strategy.
We engage with the Cross-Distributor Environmental Responsibility Group
to ensure a joined up approach with key stakeholders such as Arts Council
England, Julie’s Bicycle and Creative Carbon Scotland and have joined
Sustainable Development Coordinators Cymru +, which is a network of
officers responsible for sustainable development in Local Authorities.
Equalities Led by our Agent for Change, we continue to drive forward our agenda
through the joint action plan with other Welsh public bodies and our own
We make little or no
Strategic Equality Plan and the joint Widening Engagement Action Plan with
progress regarding our
Amgueddfa Cymru.
equalities agenda.
Equalities and Widening Engagement is one of the 6 key principles
underpinning our Investment Review and new Strategy.
We continue with our support for the Hynt scheme to promote a consistent
offer for disabled visitors and their personal assistants/carers at venues
throughout Wales.
We have launched the Creative Steps programme, providing targeted
support for underrepresented individuals and organisations led by and/
or working with underrepresented communities to promote business,
organisational and career development.
Our Strategic Equality Committee assesses our performance against our
published commitments and reports to Council.
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## Financial and business review
The Council has two principal funding sources: grant-inaid from the Welsh Government; and, as one of the bodies responsible for the distribution of funds for good causes, a share of the proceeds raised by the National Lottery. The Council is required to account separately for its grant-in-aid and lottery distribution activities.
## Grant making policies
The Council invites applications for recurrent and one-off grants from organisations and individuals and monitors the proper and effective use of those grants. As well as meeting the Council’s strategic aims, applications must demonstrate benefit to the people of Wales across all regional, cultural and economic sectors. Recurrent grants are funded from grant-in-aid only but one-off grants may be funded from grantin-aid or Lottery income. Under the terms of its Lottery Policy Directions the Council makes grants in support of capital and other projects under revenue schemes relating to the arts in Wales.
Recurrent, or annual revenue, grants are made to a portfolio of organisations to deliver high quality artistic services – our Arts Portfolio Wales. Consideration of revenue status for any organisation is dependent on the availability of funding, the sustainability of the organisation, and demonstration of strong fit with the Council’s strategic priorities. Currently, each revenue-funded organisation enters into a funding agreement for a term of one to three years which sets out the anticipated level of funding, the programme of activity to be delivered, requirements for monitoring and annual review, standard conditions of grant, and any additional conditions.
Lottery capital grants, to organisations only, support the purchase, improvement, restoration, building or creation of an asset that will be used for the benefit of the public to develop the organisation’s work.
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Literature Wales, Senedd Event (Image: Mefus Photography)
Council delegates Lottery grant-making in a number of strategic areas to Ffilm Cymru Wales, Nesta, B B C Cymru Wales, Literature Wales, and Tŷ Cerdd. The terms of the external delegation are set out in formal agreements and satisfy the conditions of the Council’s Statement of Financial Requirements.
The obligations of the Council’s Accounting Officer are unchanged by the delegation. But he has satisfied himself that the organisations and their systems are suitable to undertake the delegated functions, including: the assessment of applications for funding; holding, accounting for and distributing Lottery money allocated to them by the Council for that purpose; and monitoring funded projects.
The delegation agreements allow for appropriate access to the delegatees by the Council’s internal auditors and by the Comptroller and Auditor General for the review of the operation of the delegated functions.
One-off grants are available to help fund time-limited artistic projects of high quality which best meet the Council’s funding priorities. Ongoing monitoring of our grant programmes alerts us to any specific risk issues. Identified risks lead to an escalation of the level of monitoring and, if necessary, can result in the payment of funding being withheld and/or deferred.
## Cash reserves – General Activities
The Council’s policy on restricted funds is to record separately grants, donations and other sources of income which are received for a specific purpose or project, or where restrictions are imposed that are narrower than the Council’s overall objectives. All of these incoming resources have been utilised in the year for their intended purpose.
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Most of the Council’s unrestricted funds are committed during the year, in accordance with the conditions of grant-in-aid issued by the Welsh Government. Any surplus funds are carried forward and used in furtherance of the Council’s chartered objectives in the following year. There were no designated funds at 31 March 2023.
Our holding of cash reserves is restricted by the Welsh Government’s directions on month-end and year-end flexibility. Within those parameters, our policy is to manage cash flow by drawing down funds each month to meet planned expenditure with a modest allowance for unforeseen short-term cash requirements. We review this policy and our reserves position annually.
At 31 March 2023 the unrestricted cash funds were £0.279m (2022: £0.335m).
The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis and there are no material uncertainties about our ability to continue in operation.
## Investment
Investment powers are governed by the Trustee Act 2000, the Framework Document issued by Welsh Ministers and the Financial Directions issued by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The Council’s policy is to achieve the maximum return within these terms. Interest at a negotiated rate linked to bank base rate is received on all credit balances in the Council’s current accounts. From time to time, higher rates may be available for restricted funds on long term deposit.
The Council’s banking service is provided by Santander U K plc.
All interest and other investment income earned on cash and bank balances which arise as a result of funding from the Welsh Government is surrendered to H M Treasury via the Welsh Consolidated Fund.
Balances held in the National Lottery Distribution Fund remain under the stewardship of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport so, although the Council receives investment income on its share of such balances, the Council has no investment powers over the Fund.
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## Payment of creditors
Council follows the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998, and the U K Government's Better Payment Practice Code. Council is required to pay suppliers' invoices not in dispute within 30 days of receipt of goods or services or valid invoice, whichever is the later.
We aim to pay all invoices, including disputed invoices once the dispute has been settled, in line with these terms. During the year ended 31 March 2023, the Council paid 99% (2021/22: 99%) of all invoices within the terms of its payment policy.
The Council has a further aim to pay invoices within 10 days. For 2022/23, 83% (2021/22: 87%) of invoices have been paid within 10 days.
It is not anticipated that our policy will alter in future years and we will continue to adopt challenging performance targets.
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## Financial Results – General Activities
|2022/23
£’000|2021/22
£’000|
|---|---|
|Headlines from the General Activities accounts:||
|Total income for theyear
61,216|48,000|
|Excess of income over expenditure/
(expenditure over income)
239|(47)|
|Net current assets
2,725|2,382|
|Total fund balances at 31 March
2,658|2,419|
|Forward commitments of grants for the
following year
27,180|27,484|
|The separate Lottery Distribution accounts
show:||
|The Council’s share of the proceeds from the
National Lottery
17,681|18,078|
|The combined:||
|Total income for both general and Lottery
activities was
79,562|66,242|
|and||
|Total charitable arts expenditure for both
general and Lotteryactivities was
78,113|70,563|
The Council’s income for 2022/23 was £13.2m (28%) more than the previous year.
Although we received no further Cultural Recovery Funding from Welsh Government this year – our income last year included £12.7m to support the sector in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic – we were awarded £25.9m of restricted funding from Welsh Government for other specific activities. The largest element of this is the £23.5m capital award which we have re-granted to Flintshire County Council for the redevelopment of Theatr Clwyd over the next three years. The cash will be claimed by the local authority from us, and drawn down by us from Welsh Government, to meet the project costs as they fall due. Nevertheless, in accordance with accounting principles, the whole of our grant to Flintshire County Council is charged in this year’s financial statements, as is the whole of the grant to us from Welsh Government to meet our constructive obligations.
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Overall, there was a net increase in funds for the year of £239,000: restricted funds reduced by £197,000 whilst unrestricted funds increased by £436,000.
The reduction in restricted funds reflects our use of reserves from the previous year for the Creative Learning through the Arts programme. There had been an unavoidable reduction in activity during the pandemic when schools faced much disruption.
The increase in unrestricted funds relates primarily to delays in delivering some elements of our strategic programmes. The funds have been rolled forward into next year’s budget.
At 31 March 2023 we had unrestricted reserves of £1.1m (2022: £0.7m) and restricted reserves of £1.6m (2022: £1.8m). The level of our unrestricted reserves is directly affected by the Welsh Government’s policy on year-end cash balances, as outlined in the Cash reserves section above. The Council is permitted to carry over from one financial year to the next no more than 2% of its total non-Lottery income. We were within this cap on 31 March 2023.
_Red Riding Hood,_ Ballet Cymru (Image © Sian Trenberth Photography)
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## Financial Results – Lottery Distribution
|2022/23
£’000|2021/22
£’000|
|---|---|
|Headlines from the LotteryDistribution accounts:||
|Share ofproceeds from the National Lottery
17,681|18,078|
|Netgrants made
15,170|20,637|
|Net expenditure for theyear
(855)|(6,165)|
|Balance held in the National Lottery
Distribution Fund at 31 March
24,399|26,165|
|Reserves at 31 March
5,325|6,180|
## Grants processed
|Grants processed|||
|---|---|---|
||2022/23|2021/22|
|Number of applications received:|||
|Capital schemes|4|6|
|Revenue schemes|955|766|
||959|772|
|Number ofgrants made:|502|374|
||||
|Value ofgrants made:|£’000|£’000|
|Capital schemes|330|5,739|
|Revenue schemes|15,003|15,179|
||15,333|20,918|
|Grantspayable at 31 March:|||
|Capital schemes|7,471|9,143|
|Revenue schemes|12,252|11,339|
|Arts Resilience Fund(Covid-19)|-|11|
||19,723|20,493|
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National Lottery income remained steady this year, though our share was £0.4m less than in 2021/22. The Gambling Commission has indicated some uncertainty regarding future income forecasts in the light of cost of living concerns and the circumstances faced by the new Licence holder when taking over in early 2024. Council continues to monitor closely the trend in the share of proceeds received by the good causes and the potential impact on future Lottery-funded programmes.
The ring-fencing of funds for our ongoing Capital programme and the progress of development of those key projects continues to impact our annual cash flows. Council allocated a total of £22m for the programme in 2012/13 for a period of five years. However, several priority projects remain at their development stages and Council considers it important to show commitment to them, and other financers, by leaving indicative funding offers in place. So our remaining capital budget allocation of approximately £1.5m has been rolled through to 2023/24.
As the arts sector emerged from the pandemic in 2021/22, we saw increased grant-making through our _Connect and Flourish_ and _Create_ schemes which provided a new way of thinking in the sector focused on collaborative working. We also awarded a £5m capital grant towards the redevelopment of Theatr Clwyd, a sum set aside by Council some time previously for the project which was delayed by the pandemic. As a result of those new and delayed grant commitments our expenditure in 2021/22 exceeded our in-year income by £6.2m, utilising reserves brought forward from previous years.
In 2022/23 our grant-making returned to more usual levels. In addition to our ongoing funding schemes we received partnership income from Welsh Government to support arts projects associated with the FIFA Men’s World Cup, and from the Baring Foundation for our Arts, Health and Wellbeing programme. Strategic funding for _Criw Celf 22-23_ opened to build on previous work delivering this creative talent development programme for young people in the visual arts, addressing barriers to access.
At year-end grants payable totalled £19.723m (2022: £20.493m). Undrawn funds in the National Lottery Distribution Fund plus cash and cash equivalents totalled £26.819m (2022: £27.966m). Our share of balances held in the National Lottery Distribution Fund fell by approximately 7% compared with last year-end, reflecting our use of reserves carried forward during the pandemic.
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## Remuneration and Staff Report
## Equal opportunities
The Council is committed to a policy of equality of opportunity in its employment practices. In particular, the Council aims to ensure that no potential or actual employee receives more or less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, ethnic or national origin, gender, marital or parental status, nationality, political belief, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Each year Council publishes a Pay Policy Statement. This includes a detailed breakdown of the make-up of our staff. It also addresses Gender Equality and Equal Pay reporting.
Council ensures that appropriate facilities are available for disabled employees. Public signage also promotes the Council as a bilingual organisation.
## Our H R policies
Council’s aim is to be a progressive, family-friendly employer. We operate a number of H R policies that reflect our legal obligations as an employer. Policies are reviewed on a regular basis and updated to reflect any relevant changes in legislation. The management of Council’s H R policies is monitored by the H R & Remuneration Committee.
## Employee communication, consultation and negotiation
Council’s recognised trade union is Unite, with which it has established a procedural agreement; representatives of management and union meet regularly to discuss matters of current concern.
We undertake regular surveys of staff to identity any issues or areas for improvement.
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## Remuneration
The terms of appointment of the Chair and Chief Executive are agreed with the Welsh Government.
The Council remunerates its remaining staff in accordance with an agreed pay and grading system.
With the approval of the Charity Commission the Chair is remunerated at a rate determined by the Welsh Government which reflects a minimum time commitment to Council business. Annual increases of the Chair’s salary are also advised by the Welsh Government but s/he receives no bonus payments and is not a member of the Arts Council’s pension scheme.
The Chief Executive’s remuneration consists of a basic salary plus eligibility for an annual bonus. Annual bonuses are recommended to Council by the H R & Remuneration Committee in consideration of the performance of the Chief Executive against a set of predetermined objectives.
Council members are appointed by the Welsh Ministers for a period of three years and may be re-appointed for a further period. The current Chair, Maggie Russell, took up the position on 1 April 2023.
The Chief Executive and Directors – the Senior Leadership Team – are all employed on permanent contracts on the Council’s standard terms and conditions. They are entitled to thirteen weeks’ notice of termination of employment. The Interim Chief Executive for the period 7 March 2022 to 1 November 2022 was employed on a temporary contract.
The current Chief Executive resigned his unpaid role as a Council member and Trustee and took up the position with the approval of the Charity Commission.
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The dates of commencement and termination of employment are:
## Maggie Russell
Chair 1 April 2023
## Dafydd Rhys
Chief Executive 17 October 2022
## Richard Nicholls
Director of Operations 28 September 2020
## Diane Hebb
13 January 1992 Director of Arts Engagement from 1 February 2012
## Phil George
## Chair
1 April 2016 to 31 March 2023
## Michael Elliott
Interim Chief Executive 7 March 2022 to 1 November 2022
## Rebecca Nelson
Director of Finance and Business Services 17 June 2019
## Lleucu Siencyn
Director of Arts Development 9 May 2022
## Staff turnover
Across the whole Council:
|Staff turnover
Across the whole Council:||
|---|---|
|2022/23|2021/22|
|Average number of employees (headcount)
91.92|86.25|
|Leavers
8|4|
|Starters
11|11|
|Average turnover
8.70%|4.64%|
Average turnover is calculated as follows:
total number of leavers over the year
X 100
average total number employed over the year
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## Sickness absence
Across the whole Council:
|Sickness absence
Across the whole Council:||
|---|---|
|2022/23|2021/22|
|Days lost as a result of sickness
715|532|
|Average number of employees (headcount)
91.92|86.25|
|Average number of days lost per employee
7.78|6.17|
This represented an absence rate of 3.12% (2021/22: 2.46%) based on 249.5 (2021/22: 250.5) working days.
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## Consultancy
During 2022/23 the Council paid £2,000 in consultancy costs (2021/22: £Nil) in relation to expert advice and opinion obtained to assist in strategic decision-making. £1,000 (2021/22: £Nil) is charged to General Activities and £1,000 (2021/22: £Nil) to Lottery Distribution.
The Chief Executive and Directors are responsible for directing the Council’s activities. Their actual emoluments and pension benefits were as shown in the following tables.
The amount of pension benefits for the year which contributes to the single total remuneration figures is calculated in a similar way to the method used to derive pension values for tax purposes, and is based on information received from the actuary of the Arts Council Retirement Plan 1994.
The value of pension benefits is calculated as follows:
(real increase in pension* x 20) + (real increase in any lump sum) – (contributions made by member)
*excluding increases due to inflation or any increase or decrease due to a transfer of pension rights
This is not an amount which has been paid to an individual by the Council during the year, it is a calculation which uses information from the pension benefit table. These figures can be influenced by many factors, e.g. changes in a person’s salary, whether or not they choose to make additional contributions to the pension scheme from their pay, and other valuation factors affecting the pension scheme as a whole.
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The single total remuneration figures of the Senior Leadership Team (audited):
|2022/23 £’000|2022/23 £’000|2022/23 £’000|2021/22 £’000|2021/22 £’000|2021/22 £’000|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Name
Position
Emoluments
band|Pension
benefts|Single total
remuneration|Emoluments
band|Pension
benefts|Single total
remuneration|
|Dafydd Rhys
Chief Executive from
17 October 2022
45-50
Fullyear equivalent
100-105|11|55-60|N/A|N/A|N/A|
|||||||
|Michael Elliott1
Interim Chief
Executive from 7
March 2022 to 1
November 2022
65-70
Full year equivalent
100-105|-|65-70|5-10|-|5-10|
||||100-105|||
|Siân Tomos
Director of Arts
Development to 5
September 2021
Chief Executive from 6
September 2021 to 19
November 2021
N/A
Full year equivalent|N/A|N/A|50-55|55|105-110|
||||90-95|||
|Nicholas Capaldi
Chief Executive to 30
September 2021
N/A
Full year equivalent|N/A|N/A|50-55|5|55-60|
||||100-105|||
|Richard Nicholls2
Director of Operations
80-85|17|95-100|85-90|20|105-110|
|Diane Hebb2
Director of Arts
Engagement
80-85|(35)|45-50|85-90|72|155-160|
|Rebecca Nelson2
Director of Finance
and Business Services
80-85|13|90-95|85-90|25|110-115|
|Lleucu Siencyn
Director of Arts
Development from 9
May 2022
65-70
Full year equivalent
70-75|14|80-85|N/A|N/A|N/A|
|||||||
> 1 The Interim Chief Executive elected not to join a pension scheme and there was no requirement to auto-enrol him.
> 2 The emoluments for 2021/22 include a temporary extra responsibility allowance of £5,000-£10,000.
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The pension benefits of the Senior Leadership Team (audited):
|2022/23
£’000|2022/23
£’000|2022/23
£’000|2021/22
£’000|2022/23
£’000|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Name
Position
Real increase
in pension and
related lump sum
at age 65|Total accrued
pension at age 65
as at 31/03/23,
or date of leaving
if earlier, and
related lumpsum|Cash
Equivalent
Transfer Value1
at 31/03/23|Cash Equivalent
Transfer Value
at 31/03/22, or
date of leaving
if earlier|Real increase
in Cash
Equivalent
Transfer
Value2|
|Dafydd Rhys
Chief Executive from
17 October 2022
Pension 0-2.5
Lump sum 0-2.5|Pension 0-5
Lump sum 0-5|9|N/A|6|
|Richard Nicholls
Director of
Operations
Pension 0-2.5
Lump sum 2.5-5|Pension 0-5
Lump sum 5-10|20|17|4|
|Diane Hebb
Director of Arts
Engagement
Pension (2.5)-0
Lump sum (5)-(2.5)|Pension 20-25
Lump sum 70-75|390|469|(25)|
|Rebecca Nelson
Director of Finance
and Business
Services
Pension 0-2.5
Lump sum 0-2.5|Pension 0-5
Lump sum 10-15|28|40|1|
|Lleucu Siencyn
Director of Arts
Development from 9
May 2022
Pension 0-2.5
Lump sum 0-2.5|Pension 0-5
Lump sum 0-5|7|N/A|3|
> 1 Cash Equivalent Transfer Values – A Cash Equivalent Transfer Value (CETV) is the actuarially assessed capitalised value of the pension scheme benefits accrued by a member at a particular point in time. The benefits valued are the member’s accrued benefits and any contingent spouse’s pension payable from the scheme. A CETV is a payment made by a pension scheme or arrangement to secure pension benefits in another pension scheme or arrangement when the member leaves a scheme and chooses to transfer the benefits accrued in their former scheme. The pension figures shown relate to the benefits that the individual has accrued as a consequence of their total membership of the pension scheme, not just their service in a senior capacity to which disclosure applies. The figures include the value of any pension benefit in another scheme or arrangement which the individual has transferred to the Arts Council Retirement Plan 1994. They also include any additional pension benefit accrued to the member as a result of their purchasing additional pension benefits at their own cost. CETVs are calculated within the guidelines and framework prescribed by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and do not take account of any actual or potential reduction to benefits resulting from Lifetime Allowance Tax which may be due when pension benefits are drawn.
> 2 Real increase in C E T V – This reflects the increase/(decrease) in CETV effectively funded by the employer. It does not include the increase in accrued pension due to inflation, contributions paid by the employee (including the value of any benefits transferred from another pension scheme or arrangement) and uses common market valuation factors for the start and end of the period.
The Chair is remunerated for his or her services but receives no bonus payments and is not a member of the pension scheme. Other Council and Committee Members receive no payment for their services. An aggregate amount of £3,035 (2021/22: £185) was reimbursed to 11 (2021/22: 1) Council members for travel and subsistence costs incurred on Council business. The aggregate amount allocated to General Activities was £1,002 (2021/22: £96) and to Lottery Distribution £2,033 (2021/22: £89).
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The total actual emoluments of the Chairs and Chief Executives were made up of (audited):
|2022/23
£|2021/22
£|
|---|---|
|Chairs1||
|Chair(to 31 March 2023)– Phil George||
|Salary
25,556|48,810|
|Interim Chair(from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023)– Kate Eden||
|Salary
17,524|-|
|Chairs’ total||
|Salary
43,080|43,810|
|1 Phil George remained in offce until the end of his term on 31 March 2023. He was
remunerated for his services until October 2022 when, due to his ill-health, Kate Eden
was appointed Interim Chair for the remainder of the fnancialyear.||
|Chief Executives||
|Chief Executive(from 17 October 2022)– Dafydd Rhys||
|Salary
46,721|-|
|Employer’spension contribution
9,764|-|
|56,485|-|
|Former Interim Chief Executive (from 7 March 2022 to 1 November
2022)– Michael Elliott||
|Salary
65,643|7,413|
|Former Chief Executive(to 30 September 2021)– Nicholas Capaldi||
|Salary
-|51,548|
|Employer’spension contribution
-|10,077|
|-|61,625|
|Former Chief Executive (from 6 September to 19 November 2021) –
Siân Tomos||
|Salary
-|21,751|
|Employer’spension contribution
-|4,546|
|-|26,297|
|Chief Executives’ total||
|Salary
112,364|80,712|
|Employer’spension contribution
9,764|14,623|
|122,128|95,335|
66% (2021/22: 66%) of the Chairs’ and 72% (2021/22: 72%) of the Chief Executives’ emoluments are charged to General Activities and 34% (2021/22: 34%) of the Chairs’ and 28% (2021/22: 28%) of the Chief Executives’ to Lottery Distribution.
|Reimbursed travel and subsistence expenses incurred and
defrayed whilst on Council business:
2022/23|2021/22
£|
|---|---|
|Chairs
£593|£185|
|Chief Executives
£11,050|£627|
51% (2021/22: 52%) of the Chairs’ and Chief Executives’ expenses are charged to General Activities and 49% (2021/22: 48%) to Lottery Distribution.
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Other than members of the Senior Leadership Team listed above, the number of employees (whole Council) whose remuneration for the year, excluding employer’s pension contributions, exceeded £60,000 was as follows:
|2022/23
£60,000 to £69,999
1
Fair pay(audited)
2023|2021/22|
|---|---|
||1|
||2022|
|The range of annual remuneration (full time equivalents) at 31
March was (whole Council):
£25,026 to
£101,830|£21,064 to
£101,830|
|The Chief Executive is the highest paid member of staff.
During the year the Chief Executive’s remuneration did not
change(2021/22: no change). Staff as a whole received a pay
award of 4.0%(2021/22: increase 2.75%).||
|The Chief Executive is the highest paid member of staff.
During the year the Chief Executive’s remuneration did not
change(2021/22: no change). Staff as a whole received a pay
award of 4.0%(2021/22: increase 2.75%).||
|---|---|
|The annual remuneration (full time equivalents) of employees
and the ratios between each of those and the pay of the Chief
Executive at 31 March were (whole Council):
25th percentile
Median (50th) percentile
75th percentile
£31,348
1:3.2
£45,582
1:2.2
£45,582
1:2.2||
||£30,142
1:3.4
£43,829
1:2.3
£43,829
1:2.3|
Annual remuneration comprises salary only. No benefits were paid and there was no performance-related pay.
|Staff composition at 31 March
(full time equivalents – whole
Council)|2023|2023|2023|2022|2022|2022|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Male|Female|Total|Male|Female|Total|
|Senior LeadershipTeam|2|3|5|2|2|4|
|Portfolio Managers/Heads of
Department|8|3|17|7|8|15|
|Senior Offcers|13|22|35|13|20|33|
|Offcers|3|9|12|2|9|11|
|Team Co-ordinators/Personal
Assistants|2|16|18|2|16|18|
||28|59|87|26|55|81|
||32%|68%||32%|68%||
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## Remote contingent liabilities
The Council is an admitted employer of the Arts Council Retirement Plan 1994. The Plan is a funded, defined benefit, multi-employer scheme where the participating employers are unable to identify their shares of the underlying assets and liabilities.
In the event of the withdrawal of an employer, the debt triggered under section 75 of the Pensions Act 1995 would be calculated using the solvency shortfall of the entire Plan, not the employer’s own asset share and liabilities. Also, in the event of Plan wind up, as the Plan is a “last man standing” arrangement all employers would be jointly and severally liable for the total shortfall in the Plan.
It is not practical to estimate the financial impact.
## Losses, special payments and gifts
The Council incurred no losses during the year and made no special payments or gifts.
## Fees and charges income
The Council has no material income of this kind.
Dafydd Rhys Accounting Officer 20 October 2023
## Endorsed on behalf of Council:
Maggie Russell Chair 20 October 2023
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## The year ahead: 2023/24
Our new Strategy will be launched. It will explain our long-term vision, our wellbeing goals and the actions we need to take. The Investment Review will be the key output for 2023/24 and we will see a fundamental change in the way we fund the sector in Wales.
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Seke Chimutengwende and Adeola Dewis in conversation, Chapter (Image: Kirsten McTernan)
Our new long-term Strategy will be launched this year. Closely aligned with the goals of the Well-being of Future Generations Act, it will also link to the Welsh Government’s Programme for Government and support the development a new Culture Strategy.
Our Strategic Plan will be flexible and respond to what’s currently needed as well as being relevant to new developments and changes. This 10-year plan has our future generations in mind. To achieve this, we will be reviewing and further developing our Strategy at regular intervals throughout its 10 years. This work will be done through regular consultation and building feedback and evaluation into our operational systems. The changes and updates will be communicated through Annual Plans and Communications Strategies. Our Strategy has been shaped by the 6 principles developed during the Investment Review consultation. These principles align with the 7 wellbeing goals.
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## Introducing the 6 Principles
Although we describe each one separately, all six principles are linked. Through our work, and the activities we support.
These six principles will protect, develop, and support the future of the arts in Wales. They will guide us and help us tell the story of how the arts can make a difference.
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## Creativity
Art has the power to connect and help us understand each other and the world around us. Art challenges our thinking and sparks our imagination. It brings joy and hope to audiences and participants. Creativity is in everything and everyone we support.
## Equality & Engagement
Everyone has the right to activities and experiences which reflect and celebrate our culture, language, landscape, and art. Arts and culture in Wales should reflect the lives of all people but many still face barriers and challenges in the arts. We want art to include all people. We will make sure that people from diverse communities are fully represented in the workforce, as leaders, decision makers, creators, visitors, participants and audience members.
## Welsh Language
Everyone should have equal opportunity to access, take part, enjoy, and create art through the medium of Welsh. Our focus will be on increasing availability of Welsh language provision in the arts sector; making sure the sector places Welsh at the centre of their actions; celebrating the role of the language in a progressive, multilingual Wales; and developing new audiences for the future.
## Climate Justice
We are on a vital journey to understand the role of the arts in addressing the climate change emergency. Our approach to climate justice will make sure that our actions now are socially, environmentally, and ethically sustainable for the future. Our focus will be to support the arts sector to become environmentally sustainable and adapted to climate change, and to enable the arts to play a key role in inspiring the change needed.
## Develop Talent
We will create an environment to help artists develop. We will make sure that the opportunities we develop are distributed more fairly. We need to make sure that there are ways to allow people from all backgrounds to develop their creativity, skills, and leadership potential.
## Transform
We want to find the best opportunities for the arts, and to learn from what’s happened in the past and to share what works best. We will be agile and confident enough to respond in a positive way to all the changes happening around us, and make sure the arts are relevant to the people of Wales.
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Our Strategy is based on the 3 Goals that reflect our original remit outlined in our Royal Charter and the wellbeing goals of the Future Generations Act.
These goals are: Develop, Connect, Promote
- Develop – develop and improve the knowledge, understanding and sustainable practice of the arts.
- Connect – make connections to improve the opportunity for the people of Wales to experience and enjoy the arts.
- Promote – collaborate with partners to promote a Wales of vibrant culture and thriving Welsh Language
Our Operation Plan for 2023/24 has been developed under this Framework and outlines in detail how we intend to use our grant-in-aid and National Lottery funds to support this strategy.
## Investment Review
After an extensive training and consultation period, the application process for the Investment Review closed on 31 March 2023.
The assessment of applications by Arts Council officers and Associates will occur from April 2023 until August 2023.
In September 2023 Council will take ‘in principle’ decisions on its future funding relationships and announce the indicative outcome of the Investment Review by the end of that month. Unsuccessful applicants will have the to right to appeal. By the end of December 2023, following conclusion of the appeals process, Council will publish confirmation of funding decisions.
The new funding arrangements will commence in April 2024.
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## Financial Statements General Activities
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Statement of the Accounting Officer’s responsibilities
Under Article 11 of the Royal Charter dated 30 March 1994 (as amended) the Council is required to prepare for each financial year a statement of accounts in the form and on the basis determined by Welsh Ministers. The accounts are prepared on an accruals basis and must give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Council and of its income and expenditure, Balance Sheet and cash flows for the financial year.
In preparing the accounts, the Accounting Officer is required to comply with the accounting principles and disclosure requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the U K and Republic of Ireland (F R S 102) issued on 16 July 2014 (“the S O R P”) and, to the extent that it _Government_ clarifies or builds on the requirements of the S O R P, the _Financial Reporting Manual_ and in particular to:
- observe the Accounts Direction issued by Welsh Ministers, including the relevant accounting and disclosure requirements, and apply suitable accounting policies on a consistent basis;
- make judgements and estimates on a reasonable basis;
- state whether applicable accounting standards as set out in the S O R P and the _Government Financial Reporting Manual_ have been followed, and disclose and explain any material departures in the financial statements;
- prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis; and
- confirm that the Report and Financial Statements as a whole is fair, balanced and understandable and take personal responsibility for the Report and Financial Statements and the judgements required for determining that it is fair, balanced and understandable.
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The Principal Accounting Officer for the Welsh Government has designated the Chief Executive as the Accounting Officer of the Council. The responsibilities of an Accounting Officer, including responsibility for the propriety and regularity of the public finances for which the Accounting Officer is answerable, for keeping proper records and for safeguarding the Council’s assets, are set out in _Managing Welsh Public Money_ published by the Welsh Government.
As the Accounting Officer, I have taken all the steps that I ought to have taken to make myself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Council’s auditor is aware of that information. So far as I am aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the auditors are unaware.
Dafydd Rhys Accounting Officer 20 October 2023
## Endorsed on behalf of Council:
Maggie Russell Chair 20 October 2023
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The Certificate and Report of the Auditor General for Wales to the Trustees of the Arts Council of Wales
## Opinion on financial statements
I certify that I have audited the financial statements of the Arts Council of Wales General Activities Account for the year ended 31 March 2023 under Article 11 of the Arts Council of Wales’ Royal Charter.
The financial statements comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows and related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the U K and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In my opinion, in all material aspects the financial statements:
- give a true and fair view of the state of the Arts Council of Wales’ affairs as at 31 March 2023 and of its net income for the year then ended;
- have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice;
- have been properly prepared in accordance with Welsh Ministers’ directions issued under Article 11 of the Arts Council of Wales’ Royal Charter.
## Opinion on regularity
In my opinion, in all material respects, the income and expenditure recorded in the financial statements have been applied to the purposes intended by the Senedd and the financial transactions recorded in the financial statements conform to the authorities which govern them.
## Basis for opinions
I conducted my audit in accordance with applicable law and International Standards on Auditing in the U K (I S As (U K)) and Practice Note 10 ‘Audit of Financial Statements of Public Sector Entities in the United Kingdom’. My responsibilities under those standards are further described in the auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of my certificate.
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My staff and I are independent of the body in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to my audit of the financial statements in the U K including the Financial Reporting Council’s Ethical Standard, and I have fulfilled my other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. I believe that the audit evidence I have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for my opinions.
## Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, I have concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work I have performed, I have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the body’s ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
My responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Accounting Officer with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this certificate.
## Other information
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report but does not include the financial statements nor my auditor’s report thereon. The Accounting Officer is responsible for the other information. My opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in my report, I do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
My responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If I identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, I am required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work I have performed, I conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, I am required to report that fact.
I have nothing to report in this regard.
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## Opinion on other matters
The Statement of Recommended Practice sets out the requirements for other information, however neither it nor legislation, nor the directions issued to the Arts Council of Wales set out the content and form of the Governance Statement or Remuneration and Staff Report presented with the financial statements. Therefore, I am not able to confirm that the Governance Statement or Remuneration and Staff Report issued with financial statements have been prepared in accordance with guidance.
In my opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of my audit, the information given in the other information to be issued with financial statements is consistent with the financial statements.
Although there are no legislative requirements for a Remuneration and Staff Report, the Arts Council of Wales has prepared such a report and, in my opinion, that part ordinarily required to be audited has been properly prepared in accordance with HM Treasury guidance.
In my opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of my audit, the information given in the ‘Performance Report and Operational Review’ and the Accountability Report (excluding the Governance Statement and the Remuneration and Staff Report), for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared, is consistent with the financial statements, and the Performance Report and Operational Review and the Accountability Report have been prepared in accordance with the applicable legal requirements.
## Matters on which I report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the body and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, I have not identified material misstatements in the Performance Report and Operational Review, Accountability Report or the Governance Statement.
I have nothing to report in respect of the following matters which I report to you if, in my opinion:
- I have not received all the information and explanations I require for my audit;
- sufficient accounting records have not been kept or returns adequate for my audit have not been received from branches not visited by my team;
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- information specified by Welsh Ministers regarding remuneration and other transactions is not disclosed.
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## Responsibilities of the Accounting Officer for the financial statements
As explained more fully in the Statement of the Accounting Officer’s Responsibilities, the Accounting Officer is responsible for:
- maintaining proper accounting records;
- the preparation of the financial statements and Annual Report in accordance with the applicable financial reporting framework and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view;
- ensuring the regularity of financial transactions;
- internal controls as the Accounting Officer determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements to be free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error; and
- assessing the body’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Accounting Officer anticipates that the services provided by the body will not continue to be provided in the future.
## Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
My responsibility is to audit, certify and report on the financial statements in accordance with the Arts Council of Wales’ Royal Charter.
My objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes my opinion.
Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. I design procedures in line with my responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud.
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My procedures included the following:
- enquiring of management, internal audit and those charged with governance, including obtaining and reviewing supporting documentation relating to the Arts Council of Wales’ policies and procedures concerned with:
- › identifying, evaluating and complying with laws and regulations and whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance;
- › detecting and responding to the risks of fraud and whether they have knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud; and
- › the internal controls established to mitigate risks related to fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations;
- considering as an audit team how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements and any potential indicators of fraud. As part of this discussion, I identified potential for fraud in the following areas: revenue recognition, expenditure recognition and posting of unusual journals;
- obtaining an understanding of the Arts Council of Wales’ framework of authority as well as other legal and regulatory frameworks in which it operates, focusing on those laws and regulations that had a direct effect on the financial statements or that had a fundamental effect on the operations of the Arts Council of Wales;
- obtaining an understanding of related party relationships.
In addition to the above, my procedures to respond to identified risks included the following:
- reviewing the financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with relevant laws and regulations discussed above;
- enquiring of management about actual and potential litigation and claims;
- reading minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
- in addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls, testing the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments; assessing whether the judgements made in making accounting estimates are indicative of a potential bias; and evaluating the business rationale of any significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.
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I also communicated relevant identified laws and regulations and potential fraud risks to all the audit team and remained alert to any indications of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit.
The extent to which my procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is affected by the inherent difficulty in detecting irregularities, the effectiveness of the Arts Council of Wales’ controls, and the nature, timing and extent of the audit procedures performed.
A further description of the auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website www.frc.org.uk/ auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of my auditor’s report.
## Other auditor’s responsibilities
I am required to obtain evidence sufficient to give reasonable assurance that the expenditure and income recorded in the financial statements have been applied to the purposes intended by the Senedd and the financial transactions recorded in the financial statements conform to the authorities which govern them.
I communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that I identify during my audit.
## Report
I have no observations to make on these financial statements.
|Adrian Crompton|1 Capital Quarter|
|---|---|
|Auditor General for Wales|Tyndall Street|
||Cardiff|
|20 October 2023|C F10 4BZ|
The maintenance and integrity of the Arts Council of Wales website is the responsibility of the Accounting Officer; the work carried out by auditors does not involve consideration of these matters and accordingly auditors accept no responsibility for any changes that may have occurred to the financial statements since they were initially presented on the website.
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## The Arts Council of Wales
## General Activities Account Statement of Financial Activities
for the year ended 31 March 2023
|INCOME
Note
Donations:
Grant-in-aid from the Welsh Government
Other grants and donations
3
Income from charitable activities:
Services and sponsorship
4
Investment income:
Bank interest
Other income
5
Total income
EXPENDI TURE
Charitable activities
6
Governance costs
8
Bank interest surrendered to Welsh Consolidated
Fund
Total expenditure
Net income/(expenditure)
Gross transfers between funds
13
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds
Fund balances brought forward
13
Total funds carried forward|Unrestricted
funds
£’000|Restricted
funds
£’000|2022/23
Total
£’000|2021/22
Total
£’000
31,300
16,610|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||
||||||
||32,591|300|32,891||
||12|28,129|28,141||
||32,603|28,429|61,032|47,910
64
0
26|
||151|-|151||
||||||
||8|10|18||
||15|-|15||
||32,777|28,439|61,216|48,000|
|||||47,970
77
-|
||||||
||31,337|29,554|60,891||
||78|-|78||
||8|-|8||
||31,423|29,554|60,977|48,047|
|||||(47)
-|
||1,354|(1,115)|239||
||(918)|918|-||
||436|(197)|239|(47)
2,466|
||||||
||666|1,753|2,419||
||1,102|1,556|2,658|2,419|
||||||
There are no gains or losses other than those shown above.
There are no discontinued activities and there have been no acquisitions during the year. The notes on pages 121 to 146 form part of these financial statements
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## The Arts Council of Wales
## General Activities Account Balance Sheet
as at 31 March 2023
|Fixed assets
Note
Intangible fxed assets
9a
Tangible fxed assets
9b
Total fxed assets
Non-current assets
Debtors
10a
Current assets
Debtors
10b
Cash and cash equivalents
Total current assets
Liabilities:falling due within one year
Creditors
11a
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Creditors:falling due after more than one year
Creditors
11b
Net assets
The funds of the charity
Unrestricted funds
13
Restricted funds
13|31 March 2023
£’000
4
130
134
8,570
16,768
1,491
18,259
(15,534)
(15,534)
2,725
11,429
(8,771)
2,658
1,102
1,556
2,658|31 March 2023
£’000
4
130
134
8,570
16,768
1,491
18,259
(15,534)
(15,534)
2,725
11,429
(8,771)
2,658
1,102
1,556
2,658|31 March 2022
£’000
0
67
67
-
2,762
1,525
4,287
(1,905)
(1,905)
2,382
2,449
(30)
2,419
666
1,753
2,419|31 March 2022
£’000
0
67
67
-
2,762
1,525
4,287
(1,905)
(1,905)
2,382
2,449
(30)
2,419
666
1,753
2,419|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||134||67|
|||8,570
2,725||-
2,382|
||18,259||4,287||
||(15,534)||(1,905)||
||(15,534)||(1,905)||
||||||
|||11,429
(8,771)||2,449
(30)|
|||2,658||2,419|
|||1,102
1,556||666
1,753|
|||2,658||2,419|
The notes on pages 121 to 146 form part of these financial statements
The financial statements were approved by the Arts Council of Wales and signed on its behalf by
Dafydd Rhys Accounting Officer 20 October 2023
Maggie Russell Chair 20 October 2023
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## The Arts Council of Wales
## General Activities Account Statement of Cash Flows
for the year ended 31 March 2023
|Note
Net cash infow from operating activities
15a
Net cash infow from investing activities
15b
Net cash outfow associated with capital assets
15c
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year
Cash and cash equivalents brought forward
Cash and cash equivalents carried forward|2022/23
£’000
55
10
(99)
(34)
1,525
1,491|2021/22
£’000
163
0
(54)
109
1,416
1,525|
|---|---|---|
The notes on pages 121 to 146 form part of these financial statements.
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## The Arts Council of Wales
## General Activities Account Notes forming part of the financial statements
for the year ended 31 March 2023
## 1. Accounting policies
## a. Basis of preparation
These financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis and under the historical cost convention modified to include certain fixed assets at their value to the Council on a current cost basis. They have been prepared in accordance with the Accounts Direction issued by Welsh Ministers and meet the requirements of the Charities Acts 2006, 2011 and 2016, of the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their account in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (F R S 102) issued on 16 July 2014 (“the SORP”) and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102). In addition to compliance with the S O R P regard is given to the requirements of the _Government Financial Reporting Manual_ (F R e M) issued by H M Treasury to the extent that it clarifies or builds on the requirements of the S O R P. A summary of the principal accounting policies which have been applied consistently are set out below.
## Impact of standards not yet effective
The application of any new or amended accounting standards is governed by their adoption by the Charity Commission and FReM. The Council applies changes to standards when they become effective. There are no known material impacts from accounting standard changes that have been issued and are not yet effective on the financial statements in the period of initial application.
## b. Income
Grant-in-aid from the Welsh Government is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities on a receivable basis.
All other income is recognised when the Council has entitlement to the funds, any associated performance conditions have been met, it is probable that the income will be received, and the amount can be measured reliably. Capital grants receivable are treated as income.
No income is recorded net of expenditure in the Statement of Financial Activities.
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## c. Lottery distribution
These financial statements do not cover the Council’s lottery distribution function for which separate financial statements have been prepared in accordance with directions issued by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport.
The Council incurs costs which support both its general activities and lottery distribution functions. In accordance its Financial Directions the Council apportions indirect costs properly between these two areas of activity with reference to the time spent on, or the consumption of the relevant resources by, the respective activities.
The apportionments are usually reviewed every two years and whenever there is a significant change to the staff structure or the programmes of activity.
## d. Expenditure
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with use of the resources.
## e. Grants awarded
Subsidy expenditure is incurred in the form of grants which are formally offered to organisations funded by the Council. Grants are offered in support of a programme of activities planned for, or to commence in, a particular financial year and in most circumstances are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in that year.
Forward commitments made in the year relating to next year’s activity, as disclosed in note 17, are not charged to the Statement of Financial Activities. The grant-inaid to meet these commitments cannot be recognised until it is received so, in this respect, we have been unable to apply all principles of paragraph 7 of the SORP. The Trustees do not believe the inclusion of the forward commitments would provide a true and fair view of the application of the Council’s resources.
Grants unpaid at the year end are shown as creditors in the Balance Sheet. Any advance payments which have been made in respect of approved grants relating to next year’s activities are shown in the Balance Sheet as current assets.
All grants offered are listed in the annex to this Annual Report
## f. Services and sponsorship
Services and sponsorship comprise the direct costs, including staff and depreciation, attributable to charitable activities.
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## g. Allocation of operating costs
Operating costs have been allocated first between charitable activities and governance. Operating costs relating to charitable activities have been apportioned to reflect the time spent by staff in delivering direct activities and in support of their delivery. The allocation and analysis of these costs is in notes 6 and 7.
## h. Governance costs
Governance costs comprise all costs involving the public accountability of the Council as a charity and its compliance with regulation and good practice. These costs are analysed in note 8.
## i. Foreign currency
Revenue received and expenditure incurred in foreign currencies is converted at the exchange rate prevailing at the time of the transaction. Balances held in foreign currencies are converted at the rate prevailing at the Balance Sheet date. Transactions and balances covered by forward contracts are converted at the contract rate.
## j. Recognition of liabilities
Liabilities are recognised when an obligation arises to transfer economic benefits as a result of past transactions or events.
## k. Fund accounting
Restricted funds are those which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the Council for particular purposes. The cost of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.
Unrestricted funds are those which are available for use at the discretion of Council in furtherance of its chartered objectives and which have not been designated for other purposes.
Where support costs are allocated to restricted charitable activities a transfer is made from unrestricted funds to cover these costs.
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## l. Fixed assets
The Council owns two freehold properties, the Sherman Theatre and the Rubicon Dance Studio, which are let on long leases at peppercorn rents to tenants which are not controlled by the Council and with no provision for repossession by the Council. Based on the advice of external and independent chartered surveyors, the residual value of these freehold interests is considered to be negligible so these assets are held in the accounts at a nil value.
Website development costs, in accordance with F R S 102, are treated as tangible fixed assets.
Computer software licences are treated as intangible fixed assets if they cover more than one year.
Other than freehold properties all tangible and intangible fixed assets are included at historical cost less an allowance for depreciation and amortisation. The Council considers that there is no significant difference between the book and market values.
## m. Amortisation and depreciation
Individual assets costing £1,000 or above are capitalised and a full year’s amortisation or depreciation is provided in the year of acquisition. Amortisation of intangible fixed assets and depreciation on tangible fixed assets is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost or valuation of each asset to its residual value on a straight line basis over its expected useful life as follows:
|Computer software licences|over 3years|
|---|---|
|Leasehold improvements|over the term of the lease|
|Furniture,fxtures and fttings|over 10years|
|Equipment|over 4years|
|Website development costs|over 3years|
|Computer system|over 3years|
## n. Leases
The costs of operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight line basis over the life of the lease.
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## o. Pensions
The Council is an admitted employer of the Arts Council Retirement Plan 1994 (ACRP) which provides defined benefits to Council employees. The costs of the Council’s contributions are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities so as to spread the cost of pensions over employees’ working lives.
The Plan is a funded, defined benefit, multi-employer scheme where the participating employers are unable to identify their shares of the underlying assets and liabilities. The scheme has therefore been accounted for as if it were a defined contribution scheme, in accordance with FRS 102. The Council has made payments to fund a deficit relating to past service. If further deficit payments are needed, following future revaluations, the Council will recognise a provision for the present value of contributions payable in accordance with the terms of any relevant funding agreement. All contributions towards the deficit are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities.
The Council also has a defined contribution scheme, The People’s Pension, as an alternative option to meet the needs of Auto Enrolment legislation. The scheme is accounted for in accordance with FRS 102.
## p. Taxation
Non-recoverable Value Added Tax arising from expenditure on non-business activities is charged to the Statement of Financial Activities or capitalised as a fixed asset where applicable.
## q. Financial instruments
Financial assets: Trade debtors do not carry any interest and are stated at their nominal value as reduced by appropriate allowances for estimated irrecoverable amounts. Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash in hand and cash at bank and on short term deposit on instant access terms.
Financial liabilities: Trade creditors are not interest bearing and are stated at their nominal value.
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## 2. General activities and Lottery distribution: combined income and charitable arts expenditure
The separate Lottery distribution account shows the Council’s 2022/23 share of the proceeds from the National Lottery of £17,681,000 (2021/22: £18,078,000). The combined total income for both general and Lottery activities for 2022/23 was £79,562,000 (2021/22: £66,242,000). The combined total direct charitable arts expenditure for 2022/23 was £78,113,000 (2021/22: £70,563,000).
## 3. Income
## Donations: Other grants and donations
||Unrestricted
funds
£’000|Restricted
funds
£’000
2022/23
Total
£’000|Restricted
funds
£’000
2022/23
Total
£’000|2021/22
Total
£’000|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|_Creative Learning through the Arts_Programme
(note 18):|||||
|Welsh Governmentgrant|-|1,000
1,000||978|
|Arts Council of Wales Lottery grant|-|1,000
1,000||750|
|Other income|-|22
22||-|
|Prioryeargrants no longer required or repaid|12|-
12||138|
|Welsh Government capitalgrants for theatres|-|24,100
24,100||-|
|Welsh Government contribution for other
activities|-|1,816
1,816||1,816|
|Welsh Government Cultural RecoveryFunding|-|-
-||12,697|
|Grants to Wales Arts International|-|72
72||83|
|National Centre for LearningWelsh|-|50
50||-|
|The Eirian Llwyd Trust|-|4
4||-|
|Arts Council England (for Hynt)|-|-
-||83|
|Natural Resources Wales (for Creative Nature
programme)|-|65
65||65|
||12|28,129|28,141|16,610|
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## 4. Income from charitable activities –
## Services and sponsorship
|Services and sponsorship|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted
funds
£’000|Restricted
funds
£’000
2022/23
Total
£’000||2021/22
Total
£’000|
|_Night Out_scheme:
– contributions from venues/promoters|116|-
116||24|
|_Collectorplan_– gallery fees|29|-
29||36|
|Other income|6|-
6||4|
||151|-|151|64|
## 5. Other income
|Contribution from the Lottery Distribution
account:
for use of fxed assets|Unrestricted
funds
£’000|
Restricted
funds
£’000
2022/23
Total
£’000|
Restricted
funds
£’000
2022/23
Total
£’000|2021/22
Total
£’000|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||15|-|15|26|
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## 6. Expenditure – Charitable activities
||Direct
activities
£’000|Grant1
funding
£’000|Support2
costs
£’000|2022/23
Total
£’000|2021/22
Total
£’000|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Grant makingand arts development|1,222|53,293|1,894|56,409|45,223|
|_Creative Learning through the Arts_
Programme(note 18)|1,005|1,209|-|2,214|1,219|
|Arts strategy|573|-|20|593|448|
|International|905|-|31|936|607|
|Services:_Night Out_&_Collectorplan_|489|-|17|506|284|
|Advocacyand research|225|-|8|233|189|
||4,419|54,502|1,970|60,891|47,970|
|From unrestricted funds||||31,337|31,128|
|From restricted funds||||29,554|16,842|
|||||60,891|47,970|
|1Grant funding|To
institutions
£’000|
To
individuals
£’000
2022/23
Total
£’000|
To
individuals
£’000
2022/23
Total
£’000|2021/22
Total
£’000|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|From unrestricted funds|||||
|Arts Portfolio Wales|27,184|-
27,184||26,782|
|Strategic awards|297|155
452||782|
|From restricted funds|||||
|Arts Portfolio Wales|300|-
300||300|
|_Creative Learning through the Arts_
Programme|1,209|-
1,209||263|
|Strategic awards - capital grant for
redevelopment of Theatr Clwyd|23,500|-
23,500||-|
|Strategic awards - capital grants
for theatres|600|-
600||-|
|Strategic awards - other|1,189|52
1,241||1,602|
|Memorial awards|-|16
16||-|
|Covid-19 support|-|-
-||12,934|
||54,279|223|54,502|42,663|
All grants are listed in the annex to this Annual Report.
|2Support costs|Gross costs
£’000|Deduct
Recharges
to Lottery
Distribution
£’000
2022/23
Net charge
to General
Activities
£’000|Deduct
Recharges
to Lottery
Distribution
£’000
2022/23
Net charge
to General
Activities
£’000|2021/22
Net charge
to General
Activities
£’000|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Staff and related costs|2,850|1,434
1,416||1,339|
|Pensions|116|57
59||-|
|Infrastructure|589|287
302||311|
|Offce runningcosts|14|7
7||9|
|Professional fees andpromotion|204|124
80||76|
|Irrecoverable VAT|146|71
75||65|
|Amortisation and depreciation|31|-
31||54|
||3,950|1,980|1,970|1,914|
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## 7. Staff costs
|a. Total staff costs consist of:|Permanently
employed
£’000|Other
£’000|Gross
costs
£’000|Deduct
Recharges
to Lottery
Distribution
£’000|
2022/23
Net charge
to General
Activities
£’000|2021/22
Net charge
to General
Activities
£’000|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Wages and salaries|3,056|799|3,855|1,060|2,795|2,509|
|Social securitycosts|347|86|433|119|314|263|
|Otherpension costs|576|119|695|196|499|465|
|ApprenticeshipLevy|5|-|5|-|5|3|
|Agencycosts|-|4|4|2|2|-|
||3,984|1,008|4,992|1,377|3,615|3,240|
|Staff costs are incorporated in the
fnancial statements as follows:|||||||
|Charged to Direct activities(note 6)|||2,243|-|2,243|1,894|
|Charged to Support costs(note 6)|||2,701|1,361|1,340|1,313|
|Charged to Governance(note 8)|||48|16|32|33|
||||4,992|1,377|3,615|3,240|
|The average number of staff
(full time equivalents) employed
duringtheyear was:|Permanently
employed|Other|Across
the whole
Council|On Lottery
Distribution
activities|2022/23
On General
Activities|2021/22
On General
Activities|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|On charitable activities:|||||||
|directlycharged|9|11|20|-|20|19|
|recharged|29|3|32|-|32|29|
|In support of our charitable
activities|31|3|34|25|9|9|
||69|17|86
25||61|57|
|Staff composition at 31 March
(full time equivalents – whole Council)|2023|2023|2023|2022|2022|2022|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Male|Female|Total|Male|Female|Total|
|Senior LeadershipTeam|2|3|5|2|2|4|
|Portfolio Managers/Heads of
Department|8|9|17|7|8|15|
|Senior Offcers|13|22|35|13|20|33|
|Offcers|3|9|12|2|9|11|
|Team Co-ordinators/Personal
Assistants|2|16|18|2|16|18|
||28|59|87|26|55|81|
||32%|68%||32%|68%||
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|Emoluments by bands
2022/23
Other than members of the Senior Leadership Team listed at note 7b, the
number of employees (whole Council) whose remuneration for the year,
excluding employer’s pension contributions, exceeded £60,000 was as follows:
£60,000 to £69,000
1
2023
The range of annual remuneration (full time equivalents) at 31 March was
(whole Council):
£25,026 to
£101,830
The Chief Executive is the highest paid member of staff.
During the year the Chief Executive’s remuneration did not change(2021/22:
no change). Staff as a whole received a pay award of 4%(2021/22: increase
2.75%).
The annual remuneration (full time equivalents) of employees and the ratios
between each of those and the pay of the Chief Executive at 31 March were
(whole Council):
25th percentile
Median (50th) percentile
75th percentile
£31,348
1:3.2
£45,582
1:2.2
£45,582
1:2.2
Annual remuneration comprises salary only. No benefts were paid and there
was no performance-related pay.|2021/22|
|---|---|
|||
||1|
|||
||2022|
||£21,064 to
£101,830|
|||
|||
||£30,142
1:3.4
£43,829
1:2.3
£43,829
1:2.3|
|||
- b. The Chief Executive and Directors – the Senior Leadership Team – are responsible for directing the Council’s activities. Their actual emoluments and pension benefits were as shown in the following tables.
The amount of pension benefits for the year which contributes to the single total remuneration figures is calculated in a similar way to the method used to derive pension values for tax purposes, and is based on information received from the actuary of the Arts Council Retirement Plan 1994.
The value of pension benefits is calculated as follows:
(real increase in pension* x 20) + (real increase in any lump sum) – (contributions made by member)
*excluding increases due to inflation or any increase or decrease due to a transfer of pension rights
This is not an amount which has been paid to an individual by the Council during the year, it is a calculation which uses information from the pension benefit table. These figures can be influenced by many factors, e.g. changes in a person’s salary, whether or not they choose to make additional contributions to the pension scheme from their pay, and other valuation factors affecting the pension scheme as a whole.
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The single total remuneration figures of the Senior Leadership Team:
|2022/23 £’000|2022/23 £’000|2022/23 £’000|2021/22 £’000|2021/22 £’000|2021/22 £’000|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Name
Position
Emoluments
band|Pension
benefts|Single total
remuneration|Emoluments
band|Pension
benefts|Single total
remuneration|
|Dafydd Rhys
Chief Executive from
17 October 2022
45-50
Fullyear equivalent
100-105|11|55-60|N/A|N/A|N/A|
|||||||
|Michael Elliott1
Interim Chief
Executive from 7
March 2022 to 1
November 2022
65-70
Full year equivalent
100-105|-|65-70|5-10|-|5-10|
||||100-105|||
|Siân Tomos
Director of Arts
Development to 5
September 2021
Chief Executive from 6
September 2021 to 19
November 2021
N/A
Full year equivalent|N/A|N/A|50-55|55|105-110|
||||90-95|||
|Nicholas Capaldi
Chief Executive to 30
September 2021
N/A
Full year equivalent|N/A|N/A|50-55|5|55-60|
||||100-105|||
|Richard Nicholls2
Director of Operations
80-85|17|95-100|85-90|20|105-110|
|Diane Hebb2
Director of Arts
Engagement
80-85|(35)|45-50|85-90|72|155-160|
|Rebecca Nelson2
Director of Finance
and Business Services
80-85|13|90-95|85-90|25|110-115|
|Lleucu Siencyn
Director of Arts
Development from 9
May 2022
65-70
Full year equivalent
70-75|14|80-85|N/A|N/A|N/A|
|||||||
> 1 The Interim Chief Executive elected not to join a pension scheme and there was no requirement to auto-enrol him.
> 2 The emoluments for 2021/22 include a temporary extra responsibility allowance of £5,000-£10,000.
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The pension benefits of the Senior Leadership Team:
|2022/23
£’000|2022/23
£’000|2022/23
£’000|2021/22
£’000|2022/23
£’000|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Name
Position
Real increase
in pension and
related lump sum
at age 65|Total accrued
pension at age 65
as at 31/03/23,
or date of leaving
if earlier, and
related lumpsum|Cash
Equivalent
Transfer Value1
at 31/03/23|Cash Equivalent
Transfer Value
at 31/03/22, or
date of leaving
if earlier|Real increase
in Cash
Equivalent
Transfer
Value2|
|Dafydd Rhys
Chief Executive from
17 October 2022
Pension 0-2.5
Lump sum 0-2.5|Pension 0-5
Lump sum 0-5|9|N/A|6|
|Richard Nicholls
Director of
Operations
Pension 0-2.5
Lump sum 2.5-5|Pension 0-5
Lump sum 5-10|20|17|4|
|Diane Hebb
Director of Arts
Engagement
Pension (2.5)-0
Lump sum (5)-(2.5)|Pension 20-25
Lump sum 70-75|390|469|(25)|
|Rebecca Nelson
Director of Finance
and Business
Services
Pension 0-2.5
Lump sum 0-2.5|Pension 0-5
Lump sum 10-15|28|40|1|
|Lleucu Siencyn
Director of Arts
Development from 9
May 2022
Pension 0-2.5
Lump sum 0-2.5|Pension 0-5
Lump sum 0-5|7|N/A|3|
> 1 Cash Equivalent Transfer Values – A Cash Equivalent Transfer Value (CETV) is the actuarially assessed capitalised value of the pension scheme benefits accrued by a member at a particular point in time. The benefits valued are the member’s accrued benefits and any contingent spouse’s pension payable from the scheme. A CETV is a payment made by a pension scheme or arrangement to secure pension benefits in another pension scheme or arrangement when the member leaves a scheme and chooses to transfer the benefits accrued in their former scheme. The pension figures shown relate to the benefits that the individual has accrued as a consequence of their total membership of the pension scheme, not just their service in a senior capacity to which disclosure applies. The figures include the value of any pension benefit in another scheme or arrangement which the individual has transferred to the Arts Council Retirement Plan 1994. They also include any additional pension benefit accrued to the member as a result of their purchasing additional pension benefits at their own cost. CETVs are calculated within the guidelines and framework prescribed by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and do not take account of any actual or potential reduction to benefits resulting from Lifetime Allowance Tax which may be due when pension benefits are drawn.
> 2 Real increase in C E T V – This reflects the increase/(decrease) in CETV effectively funded by the employer. It does not include the increase in accrued pension due to inflation, contributions paid by the employee (including the value of any benefits transferred from another pension scheme or arrangement) and uses common market valuation factors for the start and end of the period.
The Chair, with the approval of the Charity Commission, is remunerated for his or her services but receives no bonus payments and is not a member of the pension scheme. Other Council and Committee Members receive no payment for their services. Council meeting costs for 2022/23 include an aggregate amount of £3,035 (2021/22: £185) reimbursed to 11 (2021/22: 1) Council members for travel and subsistence costs incurred on Council business.
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The total actual emoluments of the Chairs and Chief Executives were made up of:
|The total actual emoluments of the Chairs and Chief Executives were made up of:||
|---|---|
|2022/23
£|2021/22
£|
|Chairs1||
|Chair(to 31 March 2023)– Phil George||
|Salary
25,556|48,810|
|Interim Chair(from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023)– Kate Eden||
|Salary
17,524|-|
|Chairs’ total||
|Salary
43,080|43,810|
|1 Phil George remained in offce until the end of his term on 31 March 2023. He was
remunerated for his services until October 2022 when, due to his ill-health, Kate Eden
was appointed Interim Chair for the remainder of the fnancialyear.||
|Chief Executives||
|Chief Executive(from 17 October 2022)– Dafydd Rhys||
|Salary
46,721|-|
|Employer’spension contribution
9,764|-|
|56,485|-|
|Former Interim Chief Executive (from 7 March 2022 to 1 November
2022)– Michael Elliott||
|Salary
65,643|7,413|
|Former Chief Executive(to 30 September 2021)– Nicholas Capaldi||
|Salary
-|51,548|
|Employer’spension contribution
-|10,077|
|-|61,625|
|Former Chief Executive (from 6 September to 19 November 2021) –
Siân Tomos||
|Salary
-|21,751|
|Employer’spension contribution
-|4,546|
|-|26,297|
|Chief Executives’ total||
|Salary
112,364|80,712|
|Employer’spension contribution
9,764|14,623|
|122,128|95,335|
66% (2021/22: 66%) of the Chairs’ and 72% (2021/22: 72%) of the Chief Executives’ emoluments are charged in these financial statements and the remainder to lottery distribution activities.
|Travel and subsistence expenses incurred and defrayed whilst on
Council business:
2022/23
£|2021/22
£|
|---|---|
|Chairs
593|185|
|Chief Executives
11,050|627|
51% (2021/22: 52%) of the Chairs’ and Chief Executives’ expenses are charged in these financial statements and the remainder to lottery distribution activities.
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c. Most employees are members of the Arts Council Retirement Plan 1994 (ACRP). The fund is a defined benefit scheme. It is also a multi-employer scheme so the Council is unable to identify its share of the underlying assets and liabilities. The scheme has therefore been accounted for as if it were a defined contribution scheme, in accordance with FRS 102.
An independent actuarial valuation of the ACRP normally takes place every three years. The most recent valuation, as at 31 March 2022, came into effect on 1 April 2023. It showed that the ACRP had a funding deficit relative to its statutory funding objective.
The valuation introduced new ordinary contribution rates for the Council in respect of accruing benefits. It also assumes a continuing requirement that a minimum level of payment be made each year towards the deficit, at a rate advised by the scheme actuary, until 31 March 2034. Participating employers may pay contributions at a higher rate or pay additional lump sum contributions at any time before they are due if they so wish.
On the assumption that the recommended amounts would be paid to ACRP, the actuary’s opinion was that the statutory funding objective could have been expected on 31 March 2022 to be met by the end of the period specified in the recovery plan.
The valuation was carried out for the purposes of section 179 of the Pensions Act 2004 and the key financial assumptions (net of price inflation) were:
|Net discount rate prior to retirement (pre 2009
compensation)|-2.39% p.a.|
|---|---|
|Net discount rate prior to retirement (post
2009 compensation)|-0.68% p.a.|
|Net discount rate for pre 1997 benefts in
payment (current pensioners)|1.95% p.a.|
|Net discount rate for pre 1997 benefts in
payment (future pensioners)|1.65% p.a.|
|Net discount rate for post 1997 benefts in
payment (current pensioners)|-0.25% p.a.|
|Net discount rate for post 1997 benefts in
payment (future pensioners)|-0.65% p.a.|
|Longevity|S3PMA (for males frst life), S3PFA (for females
frst life), S3DMA (for males second life) and
SDFA (for females second life), in each case
with future improvements in line with the CMI
2019 model, with a long term improvement rate
of 1.5%/1.25% for males/females, and a core
smoothing parameter of 7.5|
|Contingent benefts|85% (males) or 75% (females) assumed married
at retirement
Females are assumed to be 3 years younger|
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Contributions by the Council and its employees were:
||Council|Council|Employees|Employees|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||2022/23|2021/22
2022/23||2021/22|
|For all staff|20.9%|20.9%|6.0%|6.0%|
In addition, the Council made a lump sum payment of £115,900 in 2022/23 and it was agreed with the actuaries that no further deficit payments would be needed until the next revaluation. The Council’s Lottery Distribution account contributed £56,550 towards the deficit payment.
From 1 April 2023 the Council’s contribution rate chaged to 19.9%. There was no change to the employees’ contribution rate.
The Council also paid 0.1% of pensionable salary in respect of each life assurance only member. From 1 April 2023 that rate changed to 0.2%.
Under Auto Enrolment legislation all eligible employees are required to join a qualifying pension scheme, unless they formally opt out. We have a defined contribution scheme, The People’s Pension, as an alternative option for employees who are not members of the ACRP. The Council contributed 5% and the employee 3% during the year. These rates may change in the future, in line with the requirements of the legislation.
## 8. Resources expended Governance costs
|8. Resources expended
Governance costs|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Gross
costs
£’000|Deduct
Recharges
to Lottery
Distribution
£’000|2022/23
Net charge
to General
Activities
£’000|2021/22
Net charge
to General
Activities
£’000|
|Chair’s remuneration|48|16|32|33|
|Auditor’s remuneration – Audit|56|26|30|26|
|Internal audit|25|12|13|17|
|Legal and consultancyfees|1|-|1|1|
|Council meetings,includingtravel and subsistence|4|2|2|-|
||134|56|78|77|
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## 9. Fixed assets
|9. Fixed assets||
|---|---|
|a. Intangible fxed assets|Computer software
licences
£’000|
|Cost at 1 April 2022|297|
|Additions|4|
|Disposals|-|
|Cost at 31 March 2023|301|
|Amortisation at 1 April 2022|297|
|Charge for theyear|0|
|Disposals|-|
|Amortisation at 31 March 2023|297|
|Net book value at 31 March 2023|4|
|Net book value at 1 April 2022|0|
|b. Tangible fxed assets|Alterations
to leasehold
properties
£’000|Computer
system,
furniture, etc
£’000|Website
£’000|Total
£’000|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Cost at 1 April 2022|107|760|95|962|
|Additions|-|95|-|95|
|Disposals|-|(4)|-|(4)|
|Cost at 31 March 2023|107|851|95|1,053|
|Depreciation at 1 April 2022|107|693|95|895|
|Charge for theyear|-|32|-|32|
|Disposals|-|(4)|-|(4)|
|Depreciation at 31 March 2023|107|721|95|923|
|Net book value at 31 March 2023|0|130|0|130|
|Net book value at 1 April 2022|0|67|0|67|
Amortisation and depreciation charged has been allocated to charitable activities within support costs (note 6).
Annual Report 2022-23 | 136
- c. Net book value at 31 March 2023 represents fixed assets used by the Council in support of its charitable activities.
The Council’s freehold properties in Cardiff, the Sherman Theatre and the Rubicon Dance Studio, are let on long leases at peppercorn rents to tenants which are not controlled by the Council and with no provisions either for reviewing the rents or repossession by the Council.
The Sherman Theatre was acquired by the Welsh Arts Council, a division of the Arts Council of Great Britain, in September 1987 at a cost of £897,000 and immediately let for a term of 125 years. At the dissolution of the Arts Council of Great Britain in March 1994 the freehold interest was transferred to the newly formed Arts Council of Wales.
The Rubicon Dance Studio was acquired by the Welsh Arts Council in February 1988 at a cost of £11,315 and subject to an existing lease for a term of 999 years commencing 1 January 1986. The freehold interest was transferred to the Arts Council of Wales in March 1994.
The most recent external and independent valuation of the Council’s freehold properties was as at 31 March 2004. It was undertaken by Elizabeth Hill, a Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, for and on behalf of Cooke & Arkwright, Chartered Surveyors. Because of the impact of the leases it was the surveyor’s opinion that the freehold interests had a nil or nominal value, so these assets are held in the accounts at nil value.
Council does not consider it necessary to undertake a further valuation until there is a significant reduction in the residual terms of the leases or earlier termination.
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## 10. Debtors
|10. Debtors|10. Debtors||
|---|---|---|
|2022/23
£’000||2021/22
£’000|
|a. Debtors:fallingdue after more than oneyear|||
|Welsh Government - capital funding for redevelopment of Theatr Clwyd
8,570||-|
|8,570||-|
|b. Debtors:fallingdue within oneyear|||
|Welsh Government –grant-in-aid
583||300|
|Welsh Government - capital funding for redevelopment of Theatr Clwyd
13,766||-|
|Welsh Government – other funds
394||148|
|Welsh Government – Cultural RecoveryFunding
-||462|
|_Collectorplan_loans1
383||479|
|Trade debtors
119||135|
|Other debtors
924||812|
|16,169||2,336|
|_Deduct_Specifcprovision for doubtful debts
-||-|
|_Sub-total: Debtors_
16,169||2,336|
|Prepayments
286||199|
|16,455||2,535|
|Due from Lotterydistribution fund for recharged costs:|||
|Cost apportionments
313||227|
||16,768|2,762|
> 1 _Collectorplan_ is the Council’s interest-free loan scheme, available to the general public to support the purchase of contemporary works of art and crafts from participating galleries across Wales. Loans from £50 up to £5,000 are repaid by monthly instalments over a maximum period of 1 year.
## 11. Creditors
|Creditors|||
|---|---|---|
||2022/23
£’000|2021/22
£’000|
|Creditors: fallingdue within oneyear|||
|Grantspayable - capital funding for redevelopment of Theatr Clwyd|13,766|-|
|Grantspayable - other|1,144|1,280|
|Taxation and social security|118|145|
|Trade creditors|148|141|
|Other creditors|109|130|
|Accruals and deferred income|249|209|
||15,534|1,905|
|Creditors: fallingdue after more than oneyear|||
|Grantspayable - capital funding for redevelopment of Theatr Clwyd|8,570|-|
|Grantspayable - other|201|30|
||8,771|30|
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## 12. Contingent liability
The Council is an admitted employer of the Arts Council Retirement Plan 1994. The Plan is a funded, defined benefit, multi-employer scheme where the participating employers are unable to identify their shares of the underlying assets and liabilities.
In the event of the withdrawal of an employer, the debt triggered under section 75 of the Pensions Act 1995 would be calculated using the solvency shortfall of the entire Plan, not the employer’s own asset share and liabilities. Also, in the event of Plan wind up, as the Plan is a “last man standing” arrangement all employers would be jointly and severally liable for the total shortfall in the Plan.
## 13. Statement of funds
|13. Statement of funds||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||At 1 April
2022
£’000|Incoming
resources
£’000|Resources
expended
£’000|Transfers
£’000|At 31 March
2023
£’000|
|Unrestricted income funds||||||
|General fund|666|32,777|(31,423)|(918)|1,102|
|Total unrestricted funds|666|32,777|(31,423)|(918)|1,102|
|Restricted funds
Income||||||
|Welsh Government for specifc arts activity|20|26,216|(27,144)|912|4|
|CLTA Programme|1,520|2,031|(2,214)|-|1,337|
|Arts Council England (for Hynt)|71|-|(31)|1|41|
|Eirian Llwyd memorial awards|-|4|(4)|-|-|
|Natural Resources Wales (for Creative Nature)|-|65|(67)|2|-|
|National Centre for LearningWelsh|-|50|(28)|1|23|
|Wales Arts International activity|49|72|(54)|2|69|
||1,660|28,438|(29,542)|918|1,474|
|Capital||||||
|Alun Llywelyn Williams Memorial Fund(income
to provide bursary for young artist)|13|-|-|-|13|
|Brian Ross Memorial Fund(income to provide
bursary for young visual artist)|80|1|(12)|-|69|
||93|1|(12)|-|82|
|Total restricted funds|1,753|28,439|(29,554)|918|1,556|
|Total funds|2,419|61,216|(60,977)|0|2,658|
The Alun Llywelyn Williams and Brian Ross Memorial Funds are represented by cash at bank and are within the total of £1,491,000 shown on the Balance Sheet.
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## 14. Analysis of net assets between funds
|Fund balances at 31 March 2023 are represented
by:|Unrestricted
funds
£’000|Restricted
funds
£’000|Total
£’000|
|---|---|---|---|
|Fixed assets|134|-|134|
|Current assets|1,887|24,942|26,829|
|Creditors: fallingdue within oneyear|(886)|(14,648)|(15,534)|
|Creditors: fallingafter more than oneyear|(33)|(8,738)|(8,771)|
|Total net assets|1,102|1,556|2,658|
## 15. Cash flow information
|a.
b.
c.||2022/23
£’000|2021/22
£’000|
|---|---|---|---|
||Cash fows from operatingactivities|||
||Net incoming/(outgoing) resources|239|(47)|
||Bank interest received (net of surrender)|(10)|0|
||Amortisation and depreciation(note 9)|32|54|
||(Increase)/Decrease in debtors|(22,576)|3,576|
||Increase/(Decrease) in creditors fallingdue within oneyear|13,629|(3,417)|
||Increase/(Decrease) in creditors falling due after more than
one year|8,741|(3)|
||Net cash infow/(outfow) from operatingactivities|55|163|
||Cash fows from investingactivities|||
||Bank interest received|18|0|
||Bank interest surrendered to Welsh Consolidated Fund|(8)|0|
||Net cash infow from operatingactivities|10|0|
||Cash fows associated with capital assets|||
||Payments to acquire intangible fxed assets(note 9a)|(4)|0|
||Payments to acquire tangible fxed assets (note 9b)|(95)|(54)|
||Net cash infow/(outfow) associated with capital assets|(99)|(54)|
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## 16. Commitments on operating leases
At 31 March 2023 the Council had the following commitments for future payments under non-cancellable operating leases:
|Total due|Land and buildings|Land and buildings|Equipment|Equipment|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||2023
£’000|2022
£’000|2023
£’000|2022
£’000|
|within oneyear|144|123|2|0|
|later than one year and not later than fve years|516|499|2|-|
|later than fveyears|106|233|-|-|
||766|855|4|0|
Lease payments of £155,000 have been recognised as an expense during the year (2021/22: £154,000). 51% (2021/22: 51%) of the costs are charged in these financial statements and the remainder to lottery distribution activities.
## 17. Forward commitments
|17. Forward commitments||
|---|---|
|2023
£’000|2022
£’000|
|Grants||
|Forward funding–grants formallyoffered
27,180|27,484|
Forward funding at 31 March 2023 represents allocations to Arts Portfolio Wales organisations for 2023/24.
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## 18. _Creative Learning through the Arts_ Programme
The _Creative Learning through the Arts_ Programme is designed to:
- improve educational attainment
- build an education system that will directly contribute to a stronger economy, greater innovation, greater creativity, and to the cultural capital of the nation
- bring about a step change in the range and quality of opportunities given to children and young people to engage with and learn about the arts and culture
The first phase, from 2015 to 2020, was funded by a joint investment of £20 million pounds from the Welsh Government in partnership with the Arts Council of Wales, working with the regional education consortia, schools, local authorities and the wider arts and cultural sector. The Programme requires the active involvement of artists, creative professionals and arts, culture and heritage organisations working in partnership with teachers and schools.
The programme was extended for two years from 2020 to 2022 and the Welsh Government has announced a further extension for another three years to 2025.
The Council’s investment comes from Lottery funds. This, together with the Welsh Government’s contribution and all Programme expenditure, is accounted for in these financial statements. This approach has been agreed with the Council’s external auditors and the Department for Culture, Media & Sport.
||2022/23
£’000|2021/22
£’000|
|---|---|---|
|Income|||
|Welsh Governmentgrant|1,000|978|
|Arts Council of Wales Lottery grant|1,000|750|
|Prioryeargrants repaid|0|12|
|Partnershipincome|22|-|
|Bank interest|10|0|
||2,032|1,740|
|Expenditure|||
|Lead Creative Schools|1,642|718|
|Arts and educationprogramme|3|20|
|Arts and creative learningcross-programme|14|37|
|Central management costs|555|444|
||2,214|1,219|
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## 19. Financial instruments
Financial Reporting Standard 102 requires disclosure of the role which financial instruments have had during the period in creating or changing the risks the Council faces in undertaking its functions.
Liquidity risks – In 2022/23 £59,807,000 or 98% of the Council’s income was derived from the Welsh Government (2021/22: £46,791,000 or 97%). Of the remaining income £1,000,000 or 1% was derived from the Arts Council of Wales’ Lottery Distribution account for the _Creative Learning through the Arts_ Programme (2021/22: £750,000 or 2%) and £409,000 or 1% was derived from investment income and sundry income (2021/22: £459,000 or 1%). The Council does not consider that its general activities are exposed to any significant liquidity risk and is satisfied that future income is sufficient to meet its commitments.
Interest rate risks – Cash balances which are drawn down from the Welsh Government to pay grant commitments and operating costs are held in instant access, variable rate bank accounts which on average carried an interest rate of 0.88% in the year (2021/22: 0.02%). The effective unrestricted cash balance at the year end was £279,000 (2022: £335,000). The Council does not consider that its general activities are exposed to significant interest rate risks.
Foreign currency risk – The general activities of the Council are not exposed to any significant foreign exchange risks.
Cash flow risk – The Council is not exposed to any significant cash flow risks.
Credit risk – The Council is not exposed to any significant credit risk as the majority of debtors relate to Welsh Government income.
## 20. Corporation Tax
The Council is a charitable Welsh Government sponsored body and as such is exempt from Corporation Tax under Section 505 I C TA 1988.
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## 21. Events after the reporting period
Authorisation of these financial statements for issue
The financial statements were authorised for issue by the Accounting Officer on the same date as the Auditor General for Wales certified them.
There were no material post balance sheet events up to the date on which the accounting statements were authorised by the Accounting Officer which would have meant that the accounts had to be adjusted.
## 22. Related party transactions
## Public bodies
The Council is a Welsh Government sponsored body.
The Welsh Parliament/Welsh Government is regarded as a related party. During the year the Council had no material transactions with the Welsh Parliament/Welsh Government apart from the grant-in-aid disclosed in the Statement of Financial Activities and the restricted grants disclosed in note 3.
## Individuals
Members of Council, Committees, staff or other related parties (being close family members) undertook financial transactions (listed below) with the Council during the year.
Where the individuals and/or their close family were members of the Boards of Management (or equivalent) or were senior employees of organisations offered grants or other payments by the Council in 2022/23 in all such cases, in accordance with the Council’s Code of Best Practice, the individual concerned withdrew from any meeting where there was a discussion or decision regarding funding.
Under the Council’s Code of Best Practice an interest is deemed to persist for a minimum period of one year after the individual has left the position which created the interest. This policy is reflected in the disclosures which follow.
Transactions with the Council as a Lottery distributor are recorded in the equivalent note to the separate Lottery Distribution Account.
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Transaction Total balance
Council members
Organisation 2022/23 Total Value outstanding at
Role
(number) 2022/23 31 March 2023 [1]
£ £
Elen ap Robert
Chair National Eisteddfod of Wales Grant (1) 15,000 15,000
Director Welsh National Opera Grant (2) 4,699,135 Nil
Lhosa Daly
Employment National Trust Grant (1) 25,000 2,500
Devinda De Silva
Grant (0) Nil 6,175
Board member Dirty Protest
Invoice (3) 2,100 Nil
Board member Disability Arts Cymru Grant (2) 175,008 6,963
Employment National Theatre Wales Grant (2) 1,664,920 Nil
Andy Eagle
Grant (4) 741,337 50,000
Employment Chapter
Invoice (3) 2,401 Nil
Kate Eden
Council member Aberystwyth University Grant (3) 616,193 30,000
Ruth Fabby
Employment
Disability Arts Cymru Grant (2) 175,008 6,963
(until December 2022)
Tafsila Khan
Board member F io Grant (0) Nil 500
Panel member National Theatre Wales Grant (2) 1,664,920 Nil
Employment Wales Millennium Centre Grant (3) 3,966,792 Nil
Gwennan Mair
Drama board member National Eisteddfod of Wales Grant (1) 15,000 15,000
Employment Theatr Clwyd Grant (4) 25,368,645 22,336,617
Victoria Provis
Council member University of Wales Trinity Saint David Invoice (3) 203 Nil
Dafydd Rhys
(Transactions while Council member up to August 2022)
Employment
Aberystwyth University Grant (1) 550,686 Nil
(until August 2022)
Prue Thimbleby
Employment Swansea Bay Health Board Grant (1) 25,000 27,500
Dr Sarah Younan
Volunteer Watch Africa Cymru Grant (0) Nil 1,000
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|Capital Committee
members
Role|Organisation|Transaction
2022/23
(number)|Total Value
2022/23
£|Total balance
outstanding at
31 March 20231
£|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Jayne Woods|||||
|Council member|University of Wales Trinity Saint David|Invoice (3)|203|Nil|
|Senior Leadership Team
members
Role|Organisation|Payable
Transaction
2022/23
(number)|Total Value
2022/23
£|Total balance
outstanding at
31 March 20231
£|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Diane Hebb|||||
|Governor|Gwernyfed High School|Grant (1)|1,000|Nil|
|Dafydd Rhys
(Transactions while staff member from October 2022)|||||
|Former employment
(until August 2022)|Aberystwyth University|Grant (2)|65,507|30,000|
|Lleucu Siencyn|||||
|Former employment
(until April 2022)|Literature Wales|Grant (2)
Invoice (4)|818,788
3,100|31,407
Nil|
1 The total balance outstanding at the year-end may include amounts in respect of grants awarded in previous years but not yet paid.
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## Financial Statements Lottery Distribution
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Statement of Accounting Officer’s responsibilities
Under Section 35 of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (as amended) the Council is required to prepare for each financial year a statement of accounts for its Lottery distribution activities in the form and on the basis determined by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport. The accounts are prepared on an accruals basis and must give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Council and of its income and expenditure, Statement of Financial Position and cash flows for the financial year.
In preparing the accounts, the Accounting Officer is required to comply with the requirements of the _Government Financial Reporting Manual_ and in particular to:
- observe the Accounts Direction issued by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport, including the relevant accounting and disclosure requirements, and apply suitable accounting policies on a consistent basis;
- make judgements and estimates on a reasonable basis;
- state whether applicable accounting standards as set out in the _Government Financial Reporting Manual_ have been followed, and disclose and explain any material departures in the financial statements;
- prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis; and
- confirm that the Report and Financial Statements as a whole is fair, balanced and understandable and take personal responsibility for the Report and Financial Statements and the judgements required for determining that it is fair, balanced and understandable.
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The Principal Accounting Officer for the Welsh Government has designated the Chief Executive as the Accounting Officer of the Council. The responsibilities of an Accounting Officer, including responsibility for the propriety and regularity of the public finances for which the Accounting Officer is answerable, for keeping proper records and for safeguarding the Council’s assets, are set out in _Managing Welsh Public Money_ published by the Welsh Government and _Managing Public Money_ published by H M Treasury.
As the Accounting Officer, I have taken all the steps that I ought to have taken to make myself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Council’s auditor is aware of that information. So far as I am aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the auditors are unaware.
Dafydd Rhys Accounting Officer 20 October 2023
## Endorsed on behalf of Council:
Maggie Russell Chair 20 October 2023
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## The Certificate and Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General to the Houses of Parliament and the Senedd
## Opinion on financial statements
I certify that I have audited the financial statements of the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Distribution Account for the year ended 31 March 2023 under the National Lottery etc Act 1993.
The financial statements comprise the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Distribution Account’s
- Statement of Financial Position as at 31 March 2023;
- Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure, Statement of Cash Flows and Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended; and
- the related notes including the significant accounting policies.
The financial reporting framework that has been applied in the preparation of the financial statements is applicable law and U K adopted International Accounting Standards.
In my opinion the financial statements:
- give a true and fair view of the state of the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Distribution Account’s affairs as at 31 March 2023 and of its net expenditure for the year then ended; and
- have been properly prepared in accordance with the National Lottery etc Act 1993 and Secretary of State directions issued thereunder.
## Opinion on regularity
In my opinion, in all material respects, the income and expenditure recorded in the financial statements have been applied to the purposes intended by Parliament and the financial transactions recorded in the financial statements conform to the authorities which govern them.
## Basis for opinions
I conducted my audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs UK), applicable law and Practice Note 10 _Audit of Financial Statements and Regularity of Public Sector Bodies in the United Kingdom (2022)_ . My responsibilities under those standards are further described in the _Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements_ section of my certificate.
Those standards require me and my staff to comply with the Financial Reporting Council’s _Revised Ethical Standard 2019_ . I am independent of the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Distribution Account in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to my audit of the financial statements in the UK. My staff and I have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements.
I believe that the audit evidence I have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for my opinion.
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## Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, I have concluded that the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Distribution Account’s use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work I have performed, I have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Distribution Account's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
My responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Accounting Officer with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this certificate.
The going concern basis of accounting for the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Distribution Account is adopted in consideration of the requirements set out in H M Treasury’s Government Financial Reporting Manual, which require entities to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements where it is anticipated that the services which they provide will continue into the future.
## Other information
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report but does not include the financial statements nor my auditor’s certificate and report. The Accounting Officer is responsible for the other information.
My opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in my certificate, I do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
My responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements, or my knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If I identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, I am required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work I have performed, I conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, I am required to report that fact.
I have nothing to report in this regard.
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## Opinion on other matters
In my opinion the part of the Remuneration and Staff Report to be audited has been properly prepared in accordance with Secretary of State directions issued under the National Lottery etc Act 1993.
In my opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the parts of the Accountability Report subject to audit have been properly prepared in accordance with Secretary of State directions made under the National Lottery etc Act 1993; and
- the information given in the Performance Report and Operational Review and Accountability Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements and is in accordance with the applicable legal requirements.
## Matters on which I report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Distribution Account and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, I have not identified material misstatements in the Performance Report and Operational Review and Accountability Report.
I have nothing to report in respect of the following matters which I report to you if, in my opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept by the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Distribution Account or returns adequate for my audit have not been received from branches not visited by my staff; or
- I have not received all the information and explanations I require for my audit; or
- the financial statements and the parts of the Accountability Report subject to audit are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of remuneration specified by HM Treasury’s Government Financial Reporting Manual have not been made or parts of the Remuneration and Staff Report to be audited is not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- the Governance Statement does not reflect compliance with HM Treasury’s guidance.
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## Responsibilities of the Council and Accounting Officer for the financial statements
As explained more fully in the Statement of Accounting Officer’s Responsibilities, the Arts Council of Wales and the Accounting Officer are responsible for:
- maintaining proper accounting records;
- providing the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) with access to all information of which management is aware that is relevant to the preparation of the financial statements, such as records, documentation and other matters;
- providing the C&AG with additional information and explanations needed for his audit;
- providing the C&AG with unrestricted access to persons within the Arts Council of Wales from whom the auditor determines it necessary to obtain audit evidence;
- ensuring such internal controls are in place as deemed necessary to enable the preparation of financial statement to be free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error;
- ensuring that the financial statements give a true and fair view and are prepared in accordance with Secretary of State directions made under the National Lottery etc Act 1993;
- ensuring that the annual report, which includes the Remuneration and Staff Report, is prepared in accordance with Secretary of State directions made under the National Lottery etc Act 1993; and
- assessing the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Distribution Account’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Accounting Officer anticipates that the services provided by the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Distribution Account will not continue to be provided in the future.
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## Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
My responsibility is to audit, certify and report on the financial statements in accordance with the National Lottery etc Act 1993.
My objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a certificate that includes my opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
## Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting non-compliance with laws and regulations including fraud
I design procedures in line with my responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of non-compliance with laws and regulations, including fraud. The extent to which my procedures are capable of detecting non-compliance with laws and regulations, including fraud, is detailed below.
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## Identifying and assessing potential risks related to non-compliance with laws and regulations, including fraud
In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of non-compliance with laws and regulations, including fraud, I:
- considered the nature of the sector, control environment and operational performance including the design of the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Distribution Account’s accounting policies;
- inquired of management, the Arts Council of Wales’s head of internal audit and those charged with governance, including obtaining and reviewing supporting documentation relating to the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Distribution Account’s policies and procedures on:
- › identifying, evaluating and complying with laws and regulations;
- › detecting and responding to the risks of fraud; and
› the internal controls established to mitigate risks related to fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations including the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Distribution Account’s controls relating to the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Distribution Account’s compliance with the National Lottery etc Act 1993, Managing Public Money and Managing Welsh Public Money;
- inquired of management, the Arts Council of Wales’s head of internal audit and those charged with governance whether:
- › they were aware of any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations;
- › they had knowledge of any actual, suspected, or alleged fraud;
- discussed with the engagement team regarding how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements and any potential indicators of fraud.
As a result of these procedures, I considered the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Distribution Account for fraud and identified the greatest potential for fraud in the following areas: posting of unusual journals, complex transactions, and bias in management estimates. In common with all audits under ISAs (UK), I am also required to perform specific procedures to respond to the risk of management override.
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I obtained an understanding of the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Distribution Account’s framework of authority and other legal and regulatory frameworks in which the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Distribution Account operates. I focused on those laws and regulations that had a direct effect on material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements or that had a fundamental effect on the operations of the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Distribution Account. The key laws and regulations I considered in this context included the National Lottery etc Act 1993, Managing Public Money, Managing Welsh Public Money, employment law, pensions legislation and tax legislation.
## Audit response to identified risk
To respond to the identified risks resulting from the above procedures:
- I reviewed the financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with provisions of relevant laws and regulations described above as having direct effect on the financial statements;
- I enquired of management and the Audit & Risk Assurance Committee concerning actual and potential litigation and claims;
- I reviewed minutes of meetings of those charged with governance and the Council and internal audit reports; and
- in addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls, I tested the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments; assessed whether the judgements on estimates are indicative of a potential bias; and evaluated the business rationale of any significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.
I communicated relevant identified laws and regulations and potential risks of fraud to all engagement team members including internal specialists and remained alert to any indications of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit.
A further description of my responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/ auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of my certificate.
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## Other auditor’s responsibilities
I am required to obtain evidence sufficient to give reasonable assurance that the expenditure and income recorded in the financial statements have been applied to the purposes intended by Parliament and the financial transactions recorded in the financial statements conform to the authorities which govern them.
I communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control I identify during my audit.
## Report
I have no observations to make on these financial statements.
Gareth Davies National Audit Office 157-197 Buckingham Palace Road Comptroller and Auditor General Victoria 23 October 2023 London S W1W 9S P
The maintenance and integrity of the Arts Council of Wales website is the responsibility of the Accounting Officer; the work carried out by auditors does not involve consideration of these matters and accordingly auditors accept no responsibility for any changes that may have occurred to the financial statements since they were initially presented on the website.
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## The Arts Council of Wales
## Lottery Distribution Account Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure
for the year ended 31 March 2023
|Notes
Expenditure
Management and administration:
Staff costs
2a
Other operating costs
2b
Expenditure on the arts:
Grants made
Less: Lapsed and revoked grants
Net grants made
7
Delegated distributors
9
Other arts awards
3
Direct costs of grant making
2c
Total expenditure
Income
Share of proceeds from the National Lottery
4
Investment income on balances in the
National Lottery Distribution Fund
4
Partnership income
Interest receivable
Grants recoverable
Total income
Total Comprehensive Expenditure for the
year|2022/23
£’000
£’000
1,362
617|2022/23
£’000
£’000
1,362
617|2021/22
£’000
£’000
1,219
595|2021/22
£’000
£’000
1,219
595|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||15,333
(163)|1,979|20,918
(281)|1,814|
|||15,170
1,864
60
128||20,637
1,885
60
11|
||||||
|||17,222||22,593|
||||||
|||19,201||24,407|
|||17,681
355
260
27
23||18,078
25
100
1
38|
|||18,346||18,242|
|||(855)||(6,165)|
There are no discontinued activities and there have been no acquisitions during the year. There are no gains or losses other than those shown above.
The notes on pages 161 to 172 form part of these financial statements.
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## The Arts Council of Wales
## Lottery Distribution Account Statement of Financial Position
as at 31 March 2023
|Notes
Current assets:
Financial assets:
Investments – balance held in the
National Lottery Distribution Fund
4
Trade and other receivables
5
Cash and cash equivalents
8
_Total current assets_
Total assets
Trade payables and other current liabilities –
amounts falling due within one year:
Trade and other payables
6
Other liabilities:
Delegated distributors
6
Grants
6,7
_Total payables and other current liabilities_
Non-current assets plus net current assets
Trade payables and other non-current
liabilities – amounts due after more than
one year:
Grants
7
Assets less liabilities
Equity/Reserves:
Net Expenditure account|31 March 2023
£’000
£’000
24,399
6
2,420
26,825
26,825
(333)
(1,444)
(16,875)
(18,652)
8,173
(2,848)
5,325
5,325|31 March 2023
£’000
£’000
24,399
6
2,420
26,825
26,825
(333)
(1,444)
(16,875)
(18,652)
8,173
(2,848)
5,325
5,325|31 March 2022
£’000
£’000
26,165
151
1,801
28,117
28,117
(255)
(1,189)
(16,078)
(17,522)
10,595
(4,415)
6,180
6,180|31 March 2022
£’000
£’000
26,165
151
1,801
28,117
28,117
(255)
(1,189)
(16,078)
(17,522)
10,595
(4,415)
6,180
6,180|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||(333)
(1,444)
(16,875)||(255)
(1,189)
(16,078)||
|||26,825
(18,652)||28,117
(17,522)|
||||||
|||8,173
(2,848)||10,595
(4,415)|
|||5,325||6,180|
|||5,325||6,180|
The notes on pages 161 to 172 form part of these financial statements.
The financial statements were approved by the Arts Council of Wales and signed on its behalf by
Dafydd Rhys Accounting Officer 20 October 2023
Maggie Russell Chair 20 October 2023
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## The Arts Council of Wales
## Lottery Distribution Account Statement of Cash Flows
for the year ended 31 March 2023
|Cash fows from operating activities
Net expenditure
Bank interest
Decrease/(Increase) in the balance held in the National Lottery Distribution Fund
Decrease in trade and other receivables
Increase in trade and other payables and other liabilities
(Decrease)/ Increase in grants payable
Net cash infow/(outfow) from operating activities
Cash fows from investing activities
Bank interest
Net cash infow from investing activities
Cash and cash equivalents
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalent balances
Balance at 1 April
Balance at 31 March|2022/23
£’000
(855)
(27)
1,766
145
333
(770)|2021/22
£’000
(6,165)
(1)
(4,044)
-
261
9,606|
|---|---|---|
||592|(343)|
||27|1|
||27|1|
||619
1,801|(342)
2,143|
||2,420|1,801|
||||
## Statement of Changes in Equity
for the year ended 31 March 2023
|Statement of Changes in Equity
or the year ended 31 March 2023|||
|---|---|---|
|Balance at beginning of year
Net expenditure for the year
Balance at end of year|2022/23
£’000
6,180
(855)|2021/22
£’000
12,345
(6,165)|
||5,325|6,180|
||||
The notes on pages 161 to 172 form part of these financial statements.
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## The Arts Council of Wales
## Lottery Distribution Account Notes forming part of the financial statements
for the year ended 31 March 2023
## 1. Accounting policies
## a. Basis of preparation
These financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis and under the historical cost convention. They have been prepared in a form directed by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport with the consent of HM Treasury, in accordance with Section 35(3) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993, and with the consent of Welsh Ministers.
These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as interpreted for the public sector context within the Government Financial Reporting Manual issued by HM Treasury.
IFRS 17 is a new accounting standard that sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of insurance contracts. It is generally effective from 1 January 2023.
## Impact of standards not yet effective
The application of any new or amended IFRS is governed by their adoption by the Government Financial Reporting Manual. The Council applies changes to standards when they become effective. There are no known material impacts from IFRS changes that have been issued and are not yet effective on the financial statements in the period of initial application.
## b. Recognition of income and expenditure
All income is accounted for on an accruals basis. All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with use of the resources.
## c. General activities
These financial statements do not cover the Council's general activities, funded mainly by grant-in-aid, for which separate financial statements have been prepared.
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## d. Grants
Grants are accounted for as expenditure in the Statement of Comprehensive Net Income/Expenditure and, until paid, as liabilities in the Statement of Financial Position if:
- i. they have been formally approved by Council, or under delegated authority; and
- ii. formal written notification (including email or other electronic communication) has been issued to the intended recipients; and
iii. the offers are free from any conditions under the Council’s control.
Grants payable within one year of the year-end are recognised in the Statement of Financial Position as current liabilities. Those payable more than one year after the Statement of Financial Position date are shown as such.
Grants which have been formally approved by Council, or under delegated authority, which do not meet the definition of liabilities are not included in expenditure in the Statement of Comprehensive Net Income/ Expenditure or as liabilities in the Statement of Financial Position but are disclosed in note 7.
## e. Delegation to external partners
The Council has fully operational delegation agreements in place with a number of bodies to act as lead organisations in the delivery of grant schemes. The statutory grant decision-making function is delegated to the bodies. The terms of the external delegation are set out in formal agreements and satisfy the conditions of the Council’s Financial Directions. The obligations of the Council’s Accounting Officer are unchanged by the delegation.
Annual sums delegated by the Council to the partners are recognised as expenditure in the Statement of Comprehensive Net Income/Expenditure. Funds are drawn down by the partners to meet grant commitments as they fall due. Undrawn funds at the yearend are included in the Statement of Financial Position as liabilities. Further details are disclosed in note 9.
## f. National Lottery Distribution Fund
Balances held in the National Lottery Distribution Fund remain under the stewardship of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport. However, the share of these balances attributable to the Council is as shown in the accounts at amortised cost and, at the Statement of Financial Position date, has been certified by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport as being available for distribution by the Council in respect of current and future commitments.
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## g. Pensions
The Council is an admitted employer of the Arts Council Retirement Plan 1994. The pension scheme provides defined benefits to Council employees. The costs of the Council’s contributions are charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Net Income/Expenditure so as to spread the cost of pensions over employees’ working lives.
The Plan is a funded, defined benefit, multi-employer scheme where the participating employers are unable to identify their shares of the underlying assets and liabilities. The scheme has therefore been accounted for as if it were a defined contribution scheme, in accordance with IAS 19. The Council has made payments to fund a deficit relating to past service. If further deficit payments are needed, following future revaluations, the Council will recognise a provision for the present value of contributions payable in accordance with the terms of any relevant funding agreement. A share of all contributions towards the deficit is charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Net Income/Expenditure.
The Council also has a defined contribution scheme, The People’s Pension, as an alternative option to meet the needs of Auto Enrolment legislation. The scheme is accounted for in accordance with IAS 19.
## h. Taxation
Non-recoverable Value Added Tax arising from expenditure is charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Net Income/Expenditure or capitalised as a fixed asset where applicable.
- i. Apportionment of management and administration costs from the General Activities Account
The Council incurs costs which support both its general activities and lottery distribution functions. In accordance with its Financial Directions the Council apportions indirect costs properly between these two areas of activity with reference to the time spent on, or the consumption of the relevant resources by, the respective activities.
The apportionments are usually reviewed every two years and whenever there is a significant change to the staff structure or the programmes of activity.
## j. Financial instruments
Financial assets: Trade receivables and other current assets do not carry any interest and are stated at their nominal value as reduced by appropriate allowances for estimated irrecoverable amounts. Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash in hand and cash at bank and on short term deposit on instant access terms.
Financial liabilities: Trade payables and other current liabilities are not interest bearing and are stated at their nominal value.
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## 2. Costs in support of our operations
|2. Costs in support of our operations|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|a. Staff costs|Permanently
employed
£’000|Other
£’000|2022/23
Total
£’000|2021/22
Total
£’000|
|Wages and salaries charged to Lottery distribution
activity|979|81|1,060|943|
|Social securitycosts|112|7|119|99|
|Otherpension costs1|245|8|253|177|
|Agencycosts|-|2|2|-|
||1,336|98|1,434|1,219|
|1Including a lump sum payment of £56,550 towards the pension defcit in 2022/23(2021/22: £Nil)|||||
|Charged to Management and administration|||1,362|1,219|
|Charged to Expenditure on the arts(note 2c)|||72|-|
||||1,434|1,219|
More detailed disclosures are contained in the Remuneration and Staff Report.
|1Including a lump sum payment of £56,550 towards the pension defcit in 2022/23(2021/22: £Nil)
Charged to Management and administration
Charged to Expenditure on the arts(note 2c)
More detailed disclosures are contained in the Remuneration and Staff Report.|1,362
72
1,434|1,219
-
1,219|
|---|---|---|
|b. Management and administration: Other operating costs|2022/23
£’000|2021/22
£’000|
|Staff related costs|73|58|
|Infrastructure|287|291|
|Offce runningcosts|7|8|
|Professional and consultancyfees|99|77|
|Lottery promotion|25|29|
|Irrecoverable VAT|71|67|
|Charge for use of fxed assets|15|26|
|Auditor's remuneration – Audit1|26|23|
|Internal audit|12|16|
|Council and committee meetings, includingtravel and subsistence|2|0|
||617|595|
1 The audit fee is for audit services and no non-audit services were provided.
Management and administration costs are apportioned between the Council’s general activities and Lottery distribution accounts with reference to the time spent on, or the consumption of, the relevant resources by the respective functions. The rates applied differ according to the expenditure heading but the average charge to Lottery activities was 49% (2021/22: 48%).
|(2021/22: 48%).|||
|---|---|---|
|c. Expenditure on the arts: Direct costs of grant making|2022/23
£’000|2021/22
£’000|
|Assessors’ fees|13|8|
|Irrecoverable VAT|3|2|
|Arts and Health|72|-|
|Men’s Football World Cup|40|-|
|Resilience Fund support|-|1|
||128|11|
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3. Other arts awards
|3. Other arts awards|3. Other arts awards||
|---|---|---|
|2022/23
£’000||2021/22
£’000|
|_Unlimited_awards in association with Arts Council England|60|90|
## 4. National Lottery Distribution Fund
Distributing activities are funded by allotted proceeds from the National Lottery which are held in the National Lottery Distribution Fund (NLDF). The NLDF is administered by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The National Lottery operator calculates the proceeds on an annual basis as set out in the National Lottery Licence. Payments are made to the NLDF each week on the basis of actual sales and prizes. The percentages of proceeds receivable into the NLDF then payable to each lottery distributing body are set out in National Lottery etc. Act 1993 sections 22 and 23 as amended by Statutory Instrument 2010 No. 2863 ‘The Apportionment of Money in the National Lottery Distribution Fund Order 2010’. The Council receives 1% of total annual proceeds receivable into the NLDF and draws down the proceeds when needed.
|payable to each lottery distributing body are set out in National Lottery etc. Act
1993 sections 22 and 23 as amended by Statutory Instrument 2010 No. 2863 ‘The
Apportionment of Money in the National Lottery Distribution Fund Order 2010’. The
Council receives 1% of total annual proceeds receivable into the NLDF and draws
down the proceeds when needed.|payable to each lottery distributing body are set out in National Lottery etc. Act
1993 sections 22 and 23 as amended by Statutory Instrument 2010 No. 2863 ‘The
Apportionment of Money in the National Lottery Distribution Fund Order 2010’. The
Council receives 1% of total annual proceeds receivable into the NLDF and draws
down the proceeds when needed.||
|---|---|---|
|2022/23
£’000||2021/22
£’000|
|Balance held in the National LotteryDistribution Fund at 1 April
26,165||22,121|
|Allocation of Lottery proceeds
17,681||18,078|
|Investment income receivable
355||25|
|Drawn down in theyear
(19,802)||(14,059)|
|Balance held in the National LotteryDistribution Fund at 31 March|24,399|26,165|
The balance in the National Lottery Distribution Fund at 31 March 2032 is in accordance with the Interim Certificate issued by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport.
## 5. Trade and other receivables
|5. Trade and other receivables|||
|---|---|---|
||2022/23
£’000|2021/22
£’000|
|Grants recoverable|6|1|
|Other receivables|-|150|
||6|151|
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## 6. Trade payables and other current liabilities – amounts falling due within one year
|2022/23
£’000|2021/22
£’000|
|---|---|
|Trade and otherpayables:||
|Tradepayables
2|5|
|Due to the Arts Council of Wales General Activities account:||
|for apportioned costs1
313|227|
|Accruals and deferred income
18|23|
|_Sub-total: Trade and otherpayables_
333|255|
|||
|Other liabilities:||
|Delegated distributors2
1,444|1,189|
|Grants(note 7)
16,875|16,078|
|_Sub-total: Other liabilities_
18,319|17,267|
|Total current liabilities
18,652|17,522|
|||
|1The amount due to the Arts Council of Wales General Activities account is
made upof:||
|Recharges of apportioned costs||
|– Staff
114|144|
|– Overheads
127|57|
|– Charge for use of assets
15|26|
|– Pension defcit lumpsum
57|-|
|313|227|
|||
|2The Council has delegated Lotteryfunds (note 9) to the followingdistributors:||
|Undrawn funds at 31 March||
|– Fflm Cymru Wales (for flm)
1,425|1,152|
|– Literature Wales (for writers’ bursaries)
19|31|
|– Nesta (for specifcprojects)
-|6|
|1,444|1,189|
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## 7. Grants
|7. Grants|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||£’000
Capital||£’000
Revenue
schemes|2022/23
£’000
Total|2021/22
£’000
Total||
|Payable at 1 April|9,143||11,350|20,493|10,887||
|Grants made in theyear||330|15,003|15,333||20,918|
|Amounts not taken up||(3)|(160)|(163)||(281)|
|Charged to Statement of Comprehensive Net
Income/Expenditure|327||14,843|15,170|20,637||
|Grantspaid in theyear|(1,999)||(13,941)|(15,940)|(11,031)||
|Payable at 31 March1|7,471||12,252|19,723|20,493||
||||||||
|Fallingdue within oneyear|5,671||11,204|16,875|16,078||
|Fallingdue after more than oneyear|1,800||1,048|2,848|4,415||
||7,471||12,252|19,723|20,493||
|1Ageingofgrantspayable:|||||||
|2022/23|-||-|-|16,078||
|2023/24|5,671||11,204|16,875|4,329||
|2024/25|1,800||924|2,724|86||
|2025/26|-||119|119|-||
|2026/27|-||5|5|-||
|7,471
12,252
Grants approved but not formally offered at 31 March which are not recognised
in the Statement of Comprehensive Net Income/Expenditure and Statement of
Financial Position|7,471||12,252|19,723|20,493||
|||||10|-||
## 8. Cash and cash equivalents
|2022/23
£’000|2022/23
£’000|
2021/22
£’000|
|---|---|---|
|The following balances at 31 March were held at:
Commercial banks and cash in hand|2,420|1,801|
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## 9. Delegated Lottery distributors
The Council has fully operational delegation agreements in place with the following bodies for the distribution of Lottery funds:
||Fflm
Cymru
Wales
for flm
£’000|Nesta
for
Digital
R&D
projects
£’000|B B C
Cymru
Wales
for
_Horizons_
£’000|Literature
Wales
for
writers’
bursaries
£’000|Tŷ Cerdd
for
community
& Welsh
music
£’000
2022/23
Total
£’000|2021/22
Total
£’000|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Undrawn funds at 1 April
(restated)|1,152|6|-|31|-
1,189|973|
|Delegated for theyear|1,437|-|174|97|156
1,864|1,885|
|Drawn down in theyear|2,589|6|174|128|156
3,053|2,858|
||(1,164)|(6)|(174)|(109)|(156)
(1,609)|(1,669)|
|Undrawn funds at 31 March|1,152|-|-|19|-
1,444|1,189|
|Grants recorded as payable by
the delegated distributors at
31 March|757|-|-|67|32
856|1,162|
Full lists of the grants administered by the delegated distributors during 2022/23 are included in the annexes to this Annual Report.
## 10. Contingent asset
## Sale of Olympic Park
The National Lottery Distributors are entitled to receive a share of receipts from the sale of land on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in return for their contribution of an additional £675m to the funding of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. This was announced in 2007. The arrangements are set out in a legal agreement between the Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport and the Greater London Authority (GLA) dated 29 March 2012 which sets out the distribution of funds between the GLA and the Lottery Distributors via the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS). Land sales are likely to take place over a lengthy period, estimated to be up to 2036/37. The GLA has advised that sales are forecast to return less than £200m with payments to the Lottery Distributors beginning in 2026/27.
## 11. Events after the reporting period
## Authorisation of these financial statements for issue
The financial statements were authorised for issue by the Accounting Officer on the same date as the Comptroller and Auditor General certified them.
There were no material post balance sheet events up to the date on which the accounting statements were authorised by the Accounting Officer which would have meant that the accounts had to be adjusted.
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## 12. Financial instruments
International Financial Reporting Standard 7, _Financial Instruments: Disclosures_ , requires disclosure of the role which financial instruments have had during the period in creating or changing the risks the Council’s function faces in undertaking its role.
Liquidity risks – In 2022/23 £17,681,000 or 96.4% of the Council’s Lottery distribution income was derived from the National Lottery (2021/22: £18,078,000 or 99.1%). Of the remaining income £355,000 or 1.9% was derived from investment returns from the balance held with the National Lottery Distribution Fund (2021/22: £25,000 or 0.14%) and £310,000 or 1.7% from other investment income and sundry income (2021/22: £139,000 or 0.80%). The Council does not consider that its Lottery Distribution function is exposed to any significant liquidity risk, and is satisfied that the balance within the National Lottery Distribution Fund and projected future Lottery proceeds are sufficient to meet its hard commitments.
Interest rate risks – The financial assets of the Lottery are invested in the National Lottery Distribution Fund, which invests in a narrow band of low risk assets such as government bonds and cash. The Council has no control over the investment of funds in the National Lottery Distribution Fund. Cash and cash equivalents which are drawn down from the Fund to pay grant commitments and operating costs are held in instant access, variable rate bank accounts which on average carried an interest rate of 0.88% in the year (2021/22: 0.02%). The cash and cash equivalents balance at the year end was £2,420,000 (2022: £1,801,000). The Council does not consider that its Lottery Distribution function is exposed to significant interest rate risks.
Foreign currency risk – The lottery distribution function of the Council is not exposed to any significant foreign exchange risks.
Cash flow risk – The Council is not exposed to any significant cash flow risks.
Credit risk – The Council is not exposed to any significant credit risk.
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## 13. Related party transactions
## Public bodies
The Council is a Welsh Government sponsored body.
The Welsh Parliament/Welsh Government is regarded as a related party and details of transactions with the Welsh Parliament/Welsh Government are given in the separate accounts covering the Council’s general activities.
The National Lottery Distribution Fund is administered by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport which is regarded as a related party. During the year the Council had no material transactions with them other than those shown in the Statement of Comprehensive Net Income/Expenditure.
## Delegated Lottery distributors
As disclosed in note 9, Ffilm Cymru Wales, Nesta, BBC Cymru Wales, Literature Wales and Tŷ Cerdd are delegated distributors of the Council’s Lottery funding. During the year the Council had no material transactions with them other than those shown in the Statement of Comprehensive Net Income/Expenditure.
## Individuals
Members of Council, Committees, staff or other related parties (being close family members) undertook financial transactions (listed below) with the Council in its role as Lottery distributor during the year.
Where the individuals and/or their close family were members of the Boards of Management (or equivalent) or were senior employees of organisations offered Lottery grants or other Lottery payments by the Council in 2022/23 in all such cases, in accordance with the Council’s Code of Best Practice, the individual concerned withdrew from any meeting where there was a discussion or decision regarding funding.
Under the Council’s Code of Best Practice an interest is deemed to persist for a minimum period of one year after the individual has left the position which created the interest. This policy is reflected in the disclosures which follow.
Financial transactions with the Council in respect of its general activities are recorded in the separate accounts covering those activities.
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Payable Total balance
Council members Transaction
Organisation Total Value outstanding at
Role 2022/23
2022/23 31 March 2023 [1]
(number) £ £
Elen ap Robert
Chair National Eisteddfod of Wales Grant (2) 199,755 109,755
Director Welsh National Opera Grant (1) 25,000 2,500
Devinda De Silva
Board member Dirty Protest Grant (1) 4,000 65,035
Board member Disability Arts Cymru Grant (0) Nil 22,251
Employment National Theatre Wales Grant (1) 500 Nil
Andy Eagle
Employment Chapter Grant (2) 9,900 64,132
Kate Eden
Council member Aberystwyth University Grant (3) 101,625 34,237
Ruth Fabby
Employment
Disability Arts Cymru Grant (0) Nil 22,251
(until December 2022)
Board member Unlimited Invoice (1) 60,000 Nil
Tafsila Khan
Board member Fio Grant (5) 186,829 179,052
Panel board member National Theatre Wales Grant (1) 500 Nil
Grant (4) 427,362 335,272
Board member Taking Flight
Invoice (2) 500 Nil
Gwennan Mair
Drama board member National Eisteddfod of Wales Grant (2) 199,755 109,755
Employment Theatr Clwyd Grant (1) 46,193 5,026,636
Victoria Provis
Council member University of Wales Trinity Saint David Grant (4) 101,675 194,675
Dafydd Rhys (transactions while Council member up to August 2022)
Employment
Aberystwyth Arts Centre Grant (1) 80,000 16,000
(until August 2022)
Prue Thimbleby
Employment Swansea Bay Health Board Grant (3) 28,600 34,465
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|Capital Committee
members
Role|Organisation|Payable
Transaction
2022/23
(number)|Total Value
2022/23
£|Total balance
outstanding at
31 March 20231
£|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Ruth Cayford|||||
|Employment|Cardiff Council (St David’s Hall)|Grant (2)|162,169|134,170|
|Roland Evans|||||
|Employment|Gwynedd Council|Grant (1)|19,045|19,045|
|Jayne Woods|||||
|Council member|University of Wales Trinity Saint David|Grant (4)|101,675|194,675|
||||||
|Senior Leadership
Team members
Role|Organisation|Payable
Transaction
2022/23
(number)|Total Value
2022/23
£|Total balance
outstanding at
31 March 20231
£|
|Dafydd Rhys(transactions while staff member from October 2022)|||||
|Former employment
(until August 2022)|Aberystwyth University|Grant (2)|21,625|1,163|
|Lleucu Siencyn|||||
|Former employment
(until April 2022)|Literature Wales|Grant (1)|5,000|Nil|
1 The total balance outstanding at the year-end may include amounts in respect of grants awarded in previous years but not yet paid.
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## Annexes
not forming part of the financial statements
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General Activities – Grants 2022/23
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Core funding to Arts Portfolio Wales organisations
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|Aberystwyth Arts Centre|£550,686|
|---|---|
|Arad Goch|£355,964|
|Artes Mundi Prize|£151,834|
|Artis CommunityCymuned|£205,192|
|Arts Care Gofal Celf|£136,393|
|Arts Connection - Cyswllt Celf|£66,910|
|Ballet Cymru|£258,979|
|BBC National Orchestra of Wales|£826,199|
|Blackwood Miners Institute|£132,760|
|Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias|£82,351|
|Canolfan Ucheldre Centre|£77,204|
|Chapter|£674,591|
|CommunityMusic Wales|£108,085|
|Cwmni’r Frân Wen|£239,110|
|Dawns i Bawb|£87,497|
|DisabilityArts Cymru|£169,746|
|Eleni Dance|£77,499|
|Ffotogallery|£204,691|
|g39|£72,057|
|Galeri Caernarfon|£324,512|
|Glynn Vivian Art Gallery|£128,672|
|Hafren|£109,814|
|Head4Arts|£154,407|
|Hijinx Theatre|£159,761|
|Impelo|£115,549|
|Jukebox Collective|£172,057|
|Literature Wales|£761,685|
|Live Music Now Wales|£46,322|
|Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre|£87,497|
|Mid Wales Opera|£107,056|
|Mission Gallery|£97,791|
|MOSTYN|£399,398|
|Music Theatre Wales|£224,662|
|National Dance CompanyWales|£856,012|
|National Theatre Wales|£1,648,436|
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Core funding to Arts Portfolio Wales organisations
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|NoFit State CommunityCircus|£199,700|
|---|---|
|Oriel Davies Gallery|£229,654|
|Oriel Myrddin|£48,381|
|Peak Cymru|£79,656|
|Pontardawe Arts Centre|£64,850|
|Pontio Arts|£287,447|
|Rhondda Cynon Tâf CountyBorough Council|£154,767|
|The Riverfront Theatre and Arts Centre - Newport Live|£128,672|
|Rubicon Dance|£199,700|
|Ruthin Craft Centre|£399,398|
|Sherman Theatre|£1,155,459|
|Sinfonia Cymru|£223,524|
|Taliesin Arts Centre|£225,660|
|Tanio|£179,730|
|Theatr Bara Caws|£287,124|
|Theatr Brycheiniog|£199,700|
|Theatr Clwyd|£1,850,144|
|Theatr Felinfach|£61,763|
|Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru|£1,056,505|
|Theatr Iolo|£263,467|
|Theatr Mwldan|£274,889|
|Theatr na nÓg|£324,363|
|Torch Theatre Company|£459,310|
|trac Cymru|£82,351|
|TŷCerdd|£209,877|
|Valleys Kids|£125,585|
|Volcano Theatre Company|£214,678|
|Wales Millennium Centre|£3,930,487|
|Welsh National Opera|£4,652,609|
|Ystradgynlais Miners Welfare and CommunityHall|£42,698|
|Total Arts Portfolio Wales grants|£27,483,527|
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|Cost-of-living support to Arts Portfolio Wales organisations|Cost-of-living support to Arts Portfolio Wales organisations|Cost-of-living support to Arts Portfolio Wales organisations||
|---|---|---|---|
|Aberystwyth Arts Centre|||£5,507|
|Arad Goch|||£11,035|
|Artes Mundi Prize|||£4,707|
|Artis CommunityCymuned|||£6,361|
|Arts Care Gofal Celf|||£4,228|
|Arts Connection - Cyswllt Celf|||£2,074|
|Ballet Cymru|||£8,028|
|BBC National Orchestra of Wales|||£8,262|
|Blackwood Miners Institute|||£4,116|
|Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias|||£2,553|
|Canolfan Ucheldre Centre|||£2,393|
|Chapter|||£6,746|
|CommunityMusic Wales|||£3,351|
|Cwmni’r Frân Wen|||£7,412|
|Dawns i Bawb|||£2,712|
|DisabilityArts Cymru|||£5,262|
|Eleni Dance|||£2,402|
|Fflm Cymru Wales|||£14,366|
|Ffotogallery|||£6,345|
|g39|||£2,234|
|Galeri Caernarfon|||£10,060|
|Glynn Vivian Art Gallery|||£3,989|
|Hafren|||£3,404|
|Hijinx Theatre|||£4,953|
|Impelo|||£3,582|
|Jukebox Collective|||£5,334|
|Live Music Now Wales|||£1,436|
|Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre|||£2,712|
|Mid Wales Opera|||£3,319|
|Mission Gallery|||£3,032|
|MOSTYN|||£12,381|
|Music Theatre Wales|||£6,965|
|National Dance CompanyWales|||£8,560|
|National Theatre Wales|||£16,484|
|National Youth Arts Wales|||£11,137|
|NoFit State CommunityCircus|||£6,191|
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|Cost-of-living support to Arts Portfolio Wales organisations|Cost-of-living support to Arts Portfolio Wales organisations|Cost-of-living support to Arts Portfolio Wales organisations||
|---|---|---|---|
|Oriel Davies Gallery|||£7,119|
|Oriel Myrddin|||£1,500|
|Peak Cymru|||£2,469|
|Pontardawe Arts Centre|||£2,010|
|Pontio Arts|||£8,911|
|Rhondda Cynon Tâf CountyBorough Council|||£4,798|
|The Riverfront Theatre and Arts Centre - Newport Live|||£3,989|
|Rubicon Dance|||£6,191|
|Ruthin Craft Centre|||£12,381|
|Sherman Theatre|||£11,555|
|Sinfonia Cymru|||£6,929|
|Tanio|||£5,572|
|Theatr Bara Caws|||£8,901|
|Theatr Brycheiniog|||£6,191|
|Theatr Clwyd|||£18,501|
|Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru|||£10,565|
|Theatr Iolo|||£7,904|
|Theatr Mwldan|||£8,522|
|Theatr na nÓg|||£10,055|
|Torch Theatre Company|||£14,239|
|trac Cymru|||£2,553|
|TŷCerdd|||£6,506|
|Valleys Kids|||£3,893|
|Volcano Theatre Company|||£6,655|
|Wales Millennium Centre|||£36,305|
|Welsh National Opera|||£46,526|
|Ystradgynlais Miners Welfare and CommunityHall|||£1,324|
|Total Arts Portfolio Wales cost-of-living support|||£475,697|
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|AbbeyPrimarySchool|£4,000|
|---|---|
|Abercanaid CommunitySchool|£720|
|Aberdare CommunitySchool|£150|
|Aberdare Park PrimarySchool|£10,000|
|Abermule PrimarySchool|£874|
|Abersychan School (2 awards)|£2,000|
|AbertillerySecondary3-16 campus|£900|
|Adamsdown PrimarySchool|£1,000|
|Afon Tâf High School|£306|
|All Saints School,Gresford|£1,000|
|AlwayPrimarySchool|£10,000|
|Archdeacon Griffths CIW VA PrimarySchool|£288|
|BishopGore School|£1,000|
|BishopHedleyHigh School (2 awards)|£11,000|
|The Bishopof Llandaff High School|£625|
|BishopVaughan Catholic School (2 awards)|£2,000|
|Bishopston Comprehensive School|£4,000|
|Black Lane CountyPrimary|£950|
|Blaengarw PrimarySchool|£638|
|Blaenymaes PrimarySchool (3 awards)|£1,044|
|Bryn Deri Primary(2 awards)|£2,633|
|Bryn TegCommunityPrimarySchool|£1,000|
|BryncelynnogComprehensive School|£792|
|Brynmawr Foundation School (3 awards)|£3,000|
|BryntegSchool|£1,000|
|Builth Wells PrimarySchool|£727|
|Buttington Trewern CountyPrimarySchool (2 awards)|£1,500|
|Bwlchgwyn CP School (2 awards)|£1,535|
|Cadoxton PrimarySchool|£400|
|Caerleon Comprehensive School|£540|
|Caersws CommunityPrimarySchool|£540|
|Cantonian High School|£2,000|
|CaradogPrimarySchool|£10,000|
|Carreghofa CountyPrimarySchool (2 awards)|£10,520|
|Cefn Fforest Primary|£4,000|
|Cefneithin CP School|£10,000|
|Christ the KingPrimarySchool (2 awards)|£10,126|
|Christchurch CP School|£4,000|
|Clydach PrimarySchool|£900|
|Coed Eva PrimarySchool|£2,000|
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|Coed Glas PrimarySchool|£2,000|
|---|---|
|Coedcae School|£200|
|Coedylan PrimarySchool|£2,000|
|ColegCymunedolyDderwen|£500|
|Creativity,Culture & Education|£25,000|
|Creunant PrimarySchool|£388|
|Crindau Primary(2 awards)|£3,000|
|Crownbridge School|£959|
|Cwmbran High School|£5,000|
|Cwmcarn PrimarySchool|£10,000|
|Cwmffrwdoer PrimarySchool|£10,000|
|DanygraigPrimarySchool (2 awards)|£1,450|
|Deri View PrimarySchool|£10,000|
|Edwardsville PrimarySchool|£1,000|
|Elfed High School|£945|
|Evenlode C.P. School|£10,000|
|Fairwater PrimarySchool|£1,000|
|Fenton CommunityPrimarySchool|£1,000|
|Forden Church in Wales School (2 awards)|£717|
|Franksbridge PrimarySchool (3 awards)|£1,695|
|Froncysyllte CP School|£10,000|
|Garth CP School|£10,000|
|Gelli PrimarySchool (2 awards)|£5,000|
|Gelliswick V.C. PrimarySchool|£10,000|
|Glyn Gaer PrimarySchool|£1,000|
|Greenhill Special School|£749|
|Gwernyfed High School|£1,000|
|Gwernymynydd CP|£10,000|
|Haverfordwest High School|£1,000|
|Hawarden Village Church School|£4,000|
|High Street PrimarySchool|£540|
|Holton PrimarySchool|£2,000|
|Idris Davies School 3 - 18|£1,000|
|The John Frost School (2 awards)|£2,792|
|Johnstown PrimarySchool|£234|
|Jubilee Park PrimarySchool (2 awards)|£11,000|
|Kitchener PrimarySchool (2 awards)|£2,000|
|Leighton CP School (2 awards)|£1,055|
|Lewis School Pengam|£1,000|
|Llanbister CP School|£2,000|
|Llandeilo CP School|£10,000|
|Llandrindod Wells Church in Wales PrimarySchool|£972|
|Llanfaes CommunityPrimarySchool (3 awards)|£10,753|
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|Llanfair Primary|£2,000|
|---|---|
|Llanfechain Church in Wales PrimarySchool (2 awards)|£10,810|
|LlangatwgCommunitySchool|£100|
|Llangedwyn School|£10,000|
|Llanilltud Faerdref PrimarySchool|£1,000|
|Llanishen High School|£589|
|Llanmiloe CP School|£10,000|
|Llansannor and LlanharryCinW PrimarySchool|£4,000|
|Llantwit Major School (2 awards)|£2,518|
|Llanwern High School|£5,500|
|Machen PrimarySchool|£594|
|Madras VA PrimarySchool (3 awards)|£2,615|
|The Maelor School (2 awards)|£5,000|
|Maesglas PrimarySchool|£10,000|
|MaestegComprehensive School|£1,000|
|Maesyrhandir CP School|£729|
|Maindee PrimarySchool|£2,000|
|Malpas Court PrimarySchool|£10,000|
|Milford Haven School|£990|
|Miskin PrimarySchool|£1,000|
|Model Church In Wales PrimarySchool|£1,000|
|MontgomeryChurch in Wales School|£700|
|Moorland PrimarySchool|£10,000|
|Morriston PrimarySchool|£4,000|
|Mount Street Infant and NurserySchool|£1,000|
|Mount Stuart PrimarySchool|£1,000|
|Mountain Lane CP School|£10,000|
|Nant Celyn PrimarySchool|£10,000|
|Newbridge on Wye Church in Wales School (2 awards)|£2,900|
|Newport High School|£360|
|Oak Field PrimarySchool|£4,000|
|Our Ladyand St Michael's R.C. PrimarySchool|£4,000|
|Pantside PrimarySchool|£1,000|
|PembreyPrimarySchool|£1,000|
|Pentre'r GraigPrimarySchool|£990|
|Penybont PrimarySchool|£445|
|Penyrheol PrimarySchool|£10,000|
|Penywaun PrimarySchool|£10,000|
|Peter Lea PrimarySchool|£1,000|
|Pil PrimarySchool|£2,000|
|Presteigne PrimarySchool|£684|
|PrioryChurch in Wales School (2 awards)|£1,872|
|Pwll CP School|£10,000|
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|Queen Elizabeth High School|£1,000|
|---|---|
|QueensferryCP School|£1,000|
|Radnor PrimarySchool (2 awards)|£11,000|
|Radyr Comprehensive School (2 awards)|£1,405|
|Radyr PrimarySchool|£10,000|
|Raglan VC Church in Wales PrimarySchool|£10,000|
|Rhayader Church in Wales PrimarySchool|£1,000|
|Rhiw Syr Dafydd PrimarySchool (2 awards)|£11,000|
|Rhos PrimarySchool|£4,000|
|Rhydyfro PrimarySchool|£10,000|
|Ringland Primary|£275|
|Risca communitycomprehensive school|£540|
|Roath Park PrimarySchool|£2,000|
|The Rofft School|£1,000|
|RomillyPrimarySchool|£2,000|
|Severn PrimarySchool|£1,000|
|Shirenewton PrimarySchool|£621|
|SkettyPrimary|£10,000|
|Springwood PrimarySchool|£900|
|St Cenydd CommunitySchool|£1,000|
|St Christopher’s School|£900|
|St David’s Church in Wales|£4,000|
|St David's Church in Wales PrimarySchool|£315|
|St David’s R.C. PrimarySchool|£4,000|
|St Gabriel’s and Raphael’s R.C PrimarySchool|£210|
|St Gwladys Bargoed (2 awards)|£1,800|
|St Helen's RC PrimarySchool|£2,000|
|St Illtyd’s Catholic High School (2 awards)|£1,473|
|St Illtyd PrimarySchool|£500|
|St Joseph’s RC Cathedral School|£2,000|
|St Joseph’s RC High School|£2,000|
|St Joseph’s Roman Catholic PrimarySchool|£2,000|
|St Julian’s Infants School|£1,000|
|St Julian’s School|£1,000|
|St Mark’s V A School|£1,000|
|St Mary’s and St Patrick’s Catholic Primary(2 awards)|£5,000|
|St Mary's Catholic Campus,Blessed Carlo Acutis PrimarySchool|£400|
|St Mary’s Catholic School|£1,000|
|St Mary's Church in Wales PrimarySchool|£10,000|
|St Mary's RC School|£10,000|
|St Mellons Church Wales PrimarySchool|£2,000|
|St Michael’s|£10,000|
|St Michael’s (CiW) PrimarySchool|£783|
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|St Michael’s R.C. PrimarySchool|£4,000|
|---|---|
|St Monica’s Church in Wales PrimarySchool|£984|
|St Padarn’s Catholic PimarySchool|£180|
|St Patrick’s RC PrimarySchool|£2,000|
|St Peter’s PrimarySchool (3 awards)|£21,000|
|St PhilipEvans Catholic PrimarySchool|£2,000|
|SullyPrimarySchool|£750|
|Tir-y-berth PrimarySchool (2 awards)|£5,000|
|Tonnau PrimarySchool|£585|
|Tonyrefail CommunitySchool|£513|
|Torfaen Pupil Referral Unit|£10,000|
|Townhill CommunityPrimarySchool|£615|
|Tredegar Park PrimarySchool (2 awards)|£5,000|
|Tredegarville PrimarySchool|£2,000|
|Trellech PrimarySchool|£800|
|TreorchyComprehensive School|£350|
|Treowen C.P. School|£1,000|
|Troedyrhiw CommunityPrimarySchool|£1,000|
|TŷFfynnon PrimarySchool|£10,000|
|TŷGwyn Education Centre|£2,000|
|TynyWern Primary(3 awards)|£6,000|
|Tynewydd PrimarySchool|£2,000|
|Victoria PrimarySchool (2 awards)|£11,000|
|White Rose PrimarySchool|£1,000|
|Williamstown PrimarySchool|£510|
|Willows High School|£99|
|Windsor Clive PrimarySchool|£4,000|
|Woodlands CommunityPrimarySchool|£1,000|
|Woodlands High School|£1,000|
|Y Bont Faen Primary(2 awards)|£5,000|
|YGG Pontybrenin|£792|
|Ynysboeth Junior School|£2,000|
|Ynystawe PrimarySchool|£594|
|Ysgol Aberconwy|£2,000|
|Ysgol Acrefair|£2,000|
|Ysgol Betws|£320|
|Ysgol Bodhyfryd|£2,000|
|Ysgol BorthyGest|£580|
|Ysgol Botwnnog|£184|
|Ysgol Bro Aled|£10,000|
|Ysgol Bro Cinmeirch|£666|
|Ysgol Bro Hyddgen (3 awards)|£2,025|
|Ysgol Bryn Alyn|£1,000|
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|Ysgol Bryn Gwalia (2 awards)|£11,000|
|---|---|
|Ysgol Brynaerau|£408|
|Ysgol Brynhafren CP School|£554|
|Ysgol Caer Nant|£1,000|
|Ysgol Calon Cymru (4 awards)|£12,720|
|Ysgol Calon Y Dderwen|£1,000|
|Ysgol Capelulo|£1,000|
|Ysgol Cefn Meiriadog|£1,000|
|Ysgol Cerrig ydrudion|£10,000|
|Ysgol Ciliau Parc|£435|
|Ysgol Craig yDeryn|£1,000|
|Ysgol Cwm Banwy,Ysgolyr EglwysyngNghymru|£4,000|
|Ysgol David Hughes|£1,000|
|Ysgol Dolafon|£324|
|Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy|£2,000|
|Ysgol Dyffryn Dulas Corris|£964|
|Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle|£657|
|Ysgol Dyffryn Taf|£900|
|Ysgol Dyffryn Trannon|£747|
|Ysgol Edern|£384|
|Ysgol Ffordd Dyffryn|£10,000|
|Ysgol Friars (2 awards)|£3,000|
|Ysgol Gellifor|£4,000|
|Ysgol Gellionnen|£1,000|
|Ysgol Glan Morfa|£10,000|
|Ysgol GolwgY Cwm|£1,000|
|Ysgol GWR Cilgerran|£10,000|
|Ysgol Gyfun Aberaeron|£900|
|Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhondda|£265|
|Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni|£2,000|
|Ysgol Gyfun Emlyn (2 awards)|£1,369|
|Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw|£5,000|
|Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr|£198|
|Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun|£293|
|Ysgol Gyfun Tredegar Comprehensive School|£300|
|Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera|£135|
|Ysgol GymraegAberystwyth (2 awards)|£2,000|
|Ysgol GymraegBro Eirwg|£912|
|Ysgol GymraegBro Morgannwg|£405|
|Ysgol GymraegBryn Y Mor|£10,000|
|Ysgol GymraegCaerffli|£891|
|Ysgol GymraegCasnewydd (2 awards)|£1,900|
|Ysgol GymraegCoedyGof (2 awards)|£10,810|
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|Ysgol GymraegCwm Derwen|£4,000|
|---|---|
|Ysgol GymraegCwmbran (2 awards)|£5,000|
|Ysgol GymraegGlanrafon|£650|
|Ysgol GymraegGwaunyNant|£485|
|Ysgol GymraegLôn Las|£10,000|
|Ysgol GymraegPenalltau|£10,000|
|Ysgol GymraegSant Baruc|£4,000|
|Ysgol GymraegSant Curig|£10,000|
|Ysgol GymraegY Fenni|£1,000|
|Ysgol GymraegYstalyfera Bro Dur|£540|
|Ysgol GymunedyFali|£10,000|
|Ysgol Gynradd Beaumaris|£750|
|Ysgol Gynradd Bethel|£10,000|
|Ysgol Gynradd Carno (2 awards)|£4,900|
|Ysgol Gynradd GymraegAbercynon|£292|
|Ysgol Gynradd GymraegAberdare|£932|
|Ysgol Gynradd GymraegCalonyCymoedd (2 awards)|£4,371|
|Ysgol Gynradd GymraegLlwyncelyn (2 awards)|£2,720|
|Ysgol Gynradd GymraegPontardawe (2 awards)|£3,000|
|Ysgol Gynradd GymraegRhyd Y Grug(2 awards)|£648|
|Ysgol Gynradd Gymunedol Llechryd (2 awards)|£2,720|
|Ysgol Gynradd Llanddarog(2 awards)|£540|
|Ysgol Gynradd Llanilar|£10,000|
|Ysgol Gynradd Llanrug|£1,000|
|Ysgol Gynradd Rhosgadfan|£10,000|
|Ysgol Gynradd Y Talwrn (2 awards)|£10,417|
|Ysgol Hamadryad (2 awards)|£10,745|
|Ysgol HenryRichard|£864|
|Ysgol Heulfan|£1,000|
|Ysgol Llanbrynmair (2 awards)|£4,360|
|Ysgol Llandegfan|£1,000|
|Ysgol Llanhari|£247|
|Ysgol MaesyCoed|£2,000|
|Ysgol MaesyFelin|£4,000|
|Ysgol MaesyMynydd|£2,000|
|Ysgol Merllyn|£10,000|
|Ysgol Morgan Llwyd|£1,000|
|Ysgol Nantgwyn|£1,000|
|Ysgol Panteg|£1,000|
|Ysgol Parc Y Bont|£830|
|Ysgol Pen Barras|£1,000|
|Ysgol Pen Rhos CommunityPrimarySchool|£1,000|
|Ysgol PenyGarth|£10,000|
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|Ysgol PenyGroes|£200|
|---|---|
|Ysgol PenyPil|£913|
|Ysgol Penderyn|£400|
|Ysgol Penmaes|£10,000|
|Ysgol Pennant|£1,000|
|Ysgol Penrhyn New Broughton CP (2 awards)|£1,900|
|Ysgol Pentreuchaf|£10,000|
|Ysgol Penygelli|£1,000|
|Ysgol Penysarn (2 awards)|£10,891|
|Ysgol Plas Coch|£885|
|Ysgol Pob Oed Caer Elen (2 awards)|£10,325|
|Ysgol Ponthenri|£750|
|Ysgol Pontrobert|£10,000|
|Ysgol PorthyFelin|£2,000|
|Ysgol ReoledigLlanfair Dyffryn Clwyd|£10,000|
|Ysgol Rhiw-Bechan|£10,000|
|Ysgol Rhos Helyg|£378|
|Ysgol Sant Dunawd|£10,000|
|Ysgol Santes Tudful|£900|
|Ysgol T Llew Jones|£900|
|Ysgol Tir Morfa (2 awards)|£1,990|
|Ysgol Treferthyr|£534|
|Ysgol Treffynnon|£1,000|
|Ysgol Treganna (2 awards)|£2,750|
|Ysgol Tudweiliog(3 awards)|£11,130|
|Ysgol Twm or Nant|£1,000|
|Ysgol Wat's Dyke|£4,000|
|Ysgol Waunfawr (3 awards)|£2,325|
|Ysgol Y Bannau (3 awards)|£11,229|
|Ysgol Y Castell|£900|
|Ysgol Y Dderi|£368|
|YsgolyDderwen|£10,000|
|YsgolyFaenol|£10,000|
|YsgolyFfridd|£314|
|YsgolyForyd (2 awards)|£4,612|
|YsgolyLlan (2 awards)|£1,990|
|Ysgol Y Mynydd Du|£10,000|
|YsgolyPreseli|£2,000|
|Ysgol Y Waen|£10,000|
|Ysgol-Y-GraigPrimarySchool (2 awards)|£2,000|
|Total Creative Learningthrough the Artsgrants|£1,219,788|
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## Strategic awards
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Welsh Government strategic funding
National Youth Arts Wales £200,00
£200,000
Venice Biennale of Arts
Farah Allibhai £15,125
Phoebe Davies £15,600
Paul Eastwood £17,600
Heledd Evans £16,350
Rebecca Jagoe £15,880
Rhiannon Lowe £15,000
Cynthia MaiWa Sitei £15,000
Owain McGilvary £15,000
Cinzia Mutigli £15,000
Jennifer Taylor £15,000
£155,555
Memorial awards
Adam Charlton £3,000
Erin Donnelly £3,000
Sarah Garvey £2,500
Elena Grace £3,000
Rebecca Hardy-Griffith £1,250
Acab Shimidzu £3,000
£15,750
Welsh Government Capital awards
Flintshire County Council (for redevelopment of Theatr Clwyd) £23,500,000
Cwmni’r Frân Wen £200,000
Pontypridd YMCA £250,000
Borough Theatre Abergavenny £100,000
Tabernacl (Bethesda) £50,000
£24,100,000
Arts Development
Arts & Business Cymru £50,000
Ffilm Cymru Wales £4,000
Literature Wales £57,103
The National Trust £25,000
£136,103
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|Arts Engagement|||
|---|---|---|
|Aberystwyth Arts Centre||£60,000|
|Artes Mundi Prize||£60,000|
|Chapter||£60,000|
|Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre||£60,000|
|Oriel Myrddin||£60,000|
|Ways of Working||£60,000|
|||£360,000|
||||
|Arts, Health and Wellbeing|||
|Aneurin Bevan UniversityHealth Board||£25,000|
|Engage Cymru||£30,600|
|Hywel Dda UniversityHealth Board||£25,000|
|Powys TeachingHealth Board||£25,000|
|Swansea BayUniversityHealth Board||£25,000|
|WAHWN||£49,660|
|||£180,260|
||||
|Wales Arts International|||
|Georgina Biggs||£11,800|
|Gareth Bonello||£5,625|
|Veronica Calarco||£7,500|
|Cambridge Folk Festival||£6,000|
|Gareth Clark||£3,310|
|Dublin Fringe Festival||£4,900|
|Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru||£12,381|
|Ffotogallery||£7,500|
|Fluxus Art Projects||£20,000|
|Focus Wales(2 awards)||£40,000|
|Ailsa Mair Fox||£1,000|
|David Garner||£400|
|HayFestival of Literature and the Arts||£15,000|
|Head4Arts||£2,674|
|Dylan Huw||£5,000|
|Chembo Liandisha||£2,875|
|National Dance CompanyWales||£5,700|
|Prestatyn and Meliden CommunityAction Group||£4,840|
|Sahar Saki||£1,000|
|AbbySohn||£1,000|
|Tabernacl(Bethesda)||£10,000|
|TŷCerdd||£15,250|
|Siri Wigdel||£7,500|
|Iola Ynyr||£5,000|
|Total Strategic awards
Total Grants Offered||£196,255|
|||£25,819,620|
|||£54,522,935|
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## General Activities Grants by Type
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## What did our grants support?
|Grants to support Arts Portfolio Wales:
Theatres & arts centres
Theatre production & presentation
Opera
Visual & applied arts
Dance
Music
Arts & young people
Community arts
Literature
Circus & carnivals
Disability arts
_Creative Learning through the Arts_
Other grants:
Strategic awards|Value of
grants
£7,178,737
13.17%
£6,831,417
12.53%
£4,984,327
9.14%
£1,819,373
3.34%
£1,767,293
3.24%
£1,470,624
2.70%
£1,182,904
2.17%
£1,117,721
2.05%
£761,685
1.40%
£199,700
0.37%
£169,746
0.31%
£1,219,788
2.24%
£25,819,620
47.36%
£54,522,935|No of grants|
|---|---|---|
|||16
8
3
10
7
6
4
9
1
1
1
423
126|
|||615|
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## National Lottery Policy Directions
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26(1) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993, and having consulted with the Arts Council of Wales pursuant to Section 26(5) of that Act, have issued the following Directions:
1. In these Directions any reference to a section is a reference to a section of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 as amended by the National Lottery Act 1998.
2. The Arts Council of Wales shall take into account the following matters in determining the persons to whom, the purposes for which and the conditions subject to which it distributes money under section 25(1):-
## Generic
- A. the need to ensure that money is distributed under section 25(1) for projects which promote the public good or charitable purposes and which are not intended primarily for public gain;
- B. the need to ensure that it considers applications which relate to the complete range of activities falling within section 22(3)(b) and in respect of which it has the power to distribute money, taking into account:
- i. its assessment of the needs of the arts and arts activities and its priorities for the time being for addressing them;
- ii. the need to ensure that all regions of Wales have access to funding;
- iii. the scope for reducing economic and social deprivation at the same time as creating benefits for the arts;
- C. the need to further the objectives of sustainable development;
- D. the need for money distributed under section 25(1) to be distributed only to projects where they are for a specific, time-limited purpose;
- E. the need:
- i. in all cases, for applicants to demonstrate the financial viability of the project for the period of the grant;
- ii. where capital funding or setting up costs are sought, for a clear business plan beyond the period of the grant, incorporating provision for associated running and maintenance costs;
- iii. in other cases, for consideration to be given to likely availability of other funding to meet any continuing costs for a reasonable period after completion of the period of the Lottery award, taking into account the size and nature of the project, and for Lottery funding to be used to assist progress towards viability beyond the period of the grant wherever possible;
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- F. the desirability of supporting the development of long term financial and managerial viability of organisations in the arts. In taking this into account the Arts Council shall have regard to Direction D;
- G. the need to require an element of partnership funding and/or contributions in kind, from other sources, commensurate with the reasonable ability of different kinds of application, or applicants in particular areas to obtain such support;
- H. the desirability of working with other organisations, including other distributors, where this is an effective means of delivering elements of its strategy;
- I. the need to ensure that its powers to solicit applications under section 25(2)(A) are used in connection with the pursuit of strategic objectives;
- J. the need to obtain such information as it considers necessary to make decisions on each application, including independent advice when required;
- K. the need to operate within the distinctive policy context in Wales, adding value where appropriate to Welsh Government strategies, to enable the development of opportunities for everyone to flourish within a more successful and sustainable Wales;
- L. the need to promote access to the arts for people from all sections of society;
- M. the need to promote knowledge of, and interest in, the arts by children and young people;
- N. the need to encourage new talent, innovation, and excellence, and to help develop new skills;
- O. the need to support volunteering and encourage volunteering in the arts;
- P. the need to involve the public and local communities in making policies and setting priorities;
## Specific
- Q. the need to promote and support throughout Wales the cultural significance of the Welsh language and the bilingual nature of Wales, including giving effect to the principle of equality between the English and Welsh languages. This should include the addition of specific conditions on the Welsh language in grant offers, an effective monitoring and overseeing of the performance of grant recipients with regard to those conditions;
- R. the need to ensure coherent monitoring, evaluation and reporting systems that support quality service delivery, and to maintain accountability by providing an annual report on the Arts Council of Wales’ lottery funding activity to the Welsh Government. This report should include an analysis of grants made, and the distribution of these by size, type, geographical area, and art form.
Dated: 1 October 2012
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## Lottery Distribution – Grants 2022/23
net of offers not taken up or withdrawn
## Grants to organisations
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Capital grants
Pontardawe Arts Centre £300,000
The Riverfront Theatre and Arts Centre - Newport Live £30,000
£330,000
Business Development – Open Lottery
Articulture £97,285
Artis Community Cymuned £10,000
Arts Active Trust £50,000
Arts & Business Cymru (2 awards) £100,000
Avant Cymru £11,050
Ballet Cymru £48,493
The British School at Rome £49,938
Cardiff M.A.D.E. C.I.C. £49,980
CARN £49,851
Chinese in Wales Association £51,960
Citrus Arts (2 awards) £51,220
Eternal Community Media £10,458
Fflamingo CIC £49,602
Forte Projects £50,000
From the Fields £49,000
Hay Festival Foundation £49,348
Humans Move £12,020
Jones the Dance £10,250
Music @ Aber £29,601
National Youth Arts Wales £8,500
Oriel Myrddin Trust £49,300
Ransack Dance Company £9,900
Rubicon Dance £34,254
Sound Progression £10,000
Tin Shed Theatre Co. £10,000
Tŷ Cerdd £45,650
£997,660
Business Development – Capacity Building
Creu Cymru £51,500
Mercator: Wales Literature Exchange £95,000
£146,500
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|AbergavennyWritingFestival C.I.C.|£12,562|
|---|---|
|Aberjazz|£16,000|
|Aberystwyth Arts Centre|£80,000|
|Arad Goch|£115,000|
|Arcade Campfa|£48,396|
|August 012 Limited(2 awards)|£15,000|
|Avant Cymru|£24,609|
|Ayan Music Wales|£9,626|
|Bangor New Music Festival Society|£9,975|
|Bangor University|£9,963|
|Black RAT Productions Ltd|£26,000|
|Bombastic|£50,000|
|Bryngwran Cymunedol Ltd|£1,000|
|Butetown Arts and Culture Association|£10,000|
|Canolfan a Menter GymraegMerthyr Tudful|£1,500|
|CARPET Spoken Word(2 awards)|£20,000|
|Cathays and Central Youth and CommunityProject|£47,730|
|CB4 Theatre|£4,650|
|Change Wrexham for our Future|£10,000|
|Chapter Cardiff|£9,900|
|ChippyLane Productions|£51,600|
|Citrus Arts|£40,002|
|Clwb Ifor Bach|£2,000|
|The Coach|£1,000|
|Common Wealth(2 awards)|£38,021|
|Companyof Sirens(2 awards)|£30,900|
|Contemporancient Theatre CIC|£7,000|
|Cosmic Music|£8,200|
|Cowbridge Music Festival|£35,000|
|Cwmni Pendraw|£50,000|
|Cwmni’r Frân Wen(2 awards)|£309,500|
|CWRW Ltd|£1,000|
|DirtyProtest Theatre|£4,000|
|EA Productions|£10,000|
|Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru(2 awards)|£199,755|
|Elysium Gallery|£94,509|
|Expo'r Wal Goch(2 awards)|£11,500|
|Familia de la Noche(2 awards)|£54,780|
|Fio(2 awards)|£77,262|
|Fishguard and West Wales International Music Festival|£50,000|
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|Flossyand Boo Ltd|£46,716|
|---|---|
|Focus Wales(2 awards)|£61,000|
|g39|£72,500|
|Galerie Simpson Artists|£167,460|
|Grand Ambition(2 awards)|£74,556|
|Grass Under Foot|£9,295|
|Gravida Collective|£50,000|
|Green Man Trust Ltd|£77,989|
|Gŵyl Beaumaris Festival(2 awards)|£30,000|
|Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival|£10,000|
|Haywire Theatre(2 awards)|£19,349|
|Yr Heliwr Nefyn|£500|
|Humans Move|£41,355|
|Hummadruz|£49,995|
|Impelo|£26,356|
|International Ceramics Festival|£30,000|
|Kitsch & Sync Collective|£1,000|
|Knockengorroch cic|£9,994|
|Light Ladd and Emberton|£10,000|
|Lighthouse Theatre Ltd|£40,000|
|LikelyStoryTheatre|£29,408|
|Literature Wales|£5,000|
|LlandoverySheepFestival|£10,000|
|Llangollen Fringe Festival|£25,000|
|Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod|£83,000|
|Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre|£895|
|London Welsh Centre Trust|£2,500|
|Lucid|£10,000|
|Machynlleth ComedyFestival(tradingas Little Wander Ltd)|£10,000|
|Maynard Abercych|£50,000|
|Memorial Hall and Theatre|£48,701|
|Menter Caerdydd|£50,000|
|Menter Caerffli|£10,000|
|Menter Iaith Abertawe|£1,500|
|Menter Iaith Bro Morgannwg|£15,000|
|Menter Môn Cyf(2 awards)|£14,500|
|Mentrau Creadigol Cymru|£23,830|
|MercuryTheatre Wales|£45,700|
|Mess upthe Mess Theatre Company|£148,232|
|Mewn Cymeriad In Character|£48,000|
|Mid Wales Opera|£99,500|
|Narberth AFC Juniors|£3,150|
|National Dance CompanyWales|£10,000|
|National Theatre Wales|£500|
|Nearside Productions|£15,030|
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|Neuadd Dwyfor|£36,065|
|---|---|
|North Wales International Music Festival|£50,000|
|NOVA|£12,250|
|Off Ya TrolleyProductions|£3,000|
|operasonic cyf|£17,840|
|OPRA Cymru Cyf(2 awards)|£134,000|
|The Other Room|£46,000|
|Papertrail Llwybr Papur|£35,700|
|Parama 2|£49,650|
|Pontio Arts(2 awards)|£60,000|
|Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts Ltd|£10,000|
|Race Council Cymru(3 awards)|£149,835|
|Ramshacklicious|£53,395|
|Ransack Dance Company|£100,000|
|The Riverfront Theatre and Arts Centre - Newport Live|£50,000|
|Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau(2 awards)|£43,200|
|Sherman Theatre|£58,942|
|St. Davids Hall|£62,219|
|Stephens and George Charitable Trust|£10,000|
|Still Reeling|£71,740|
|Sub-Sahara AdvisoryPanel|£152,600|
|The Successors of the Mandingue|£104,860|
|SweetshopRevolution|£55,682|
|Tabernacl(Bethesda)Cyf(2 awards)|£48,672|
|tactileBOSCH Projects|£45,000|
|TakingFlight Theatre Company (2 awards)|£270,900|
|Tape CommunityMusic and Film Ltd|£145,272|
|Teledu Telesgopcyf|£6,000|
|Theatr Gwaun CommunityTrust|£9,204|
|Theatr Iolo|£33,500|
|Theatr Mwldan|£9,780|
|Theatr3|£33,671|
|Tramshed Tech|£2,322|
|Tredegar House Folk Festival Society|£9,850|
|Triongl|£49,500|
|Universityof Exeter|£35,035|
|Urban Circle Newport|£100,550|
|Urdd Gobaith Cymru|£1,500|
|Vale of Glamorgan Festival|£50,000|
|Voicebox|£9,931|
|Welsh Ballroom Community|£9,000|
|The Welsh Chamber Orchestra Ltd.|£50,000|
|Ysgol Glanaethwy|£10,000|
||£5,482,116|
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Connect & Flourish
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|Galeri Caernarfon Cyf|£50,000|
|---|---|
|Ladies of Rage Cardiff|£47,265|
|The Nelson Trust|£50,627|
|NoFit State CommunityCircus Ltd|£158,475|
|St. Davids Hall|£99,950|
|The Wallich|£136,419|
||£542,736|
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Creative Pathways – Criw Celf
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|||
|---|---|
|Aberystwyth Arts Centre|£11,625|
|Arts Active Trust|£92,500|
|Cyngor Gwynedd|£19,045|
|Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre|£36,359|
|Mission Gallery|£71,100|
|Mostyn|£25,683|
|Powys CountyCouncil|£24,750|
|Theatr Clwyd Trust Limited|£46,193|
|£327,255||
|Equalities – Creative Steps||
|---|---|
|Butetown Arts and Culture Association|£48,400|
|Fio|£101,215|
|GrittyFilms Limited|£10,000|
|The Hold Up|£105,930|
|Laku Neg|£22,500|
|Papertrail Llwybr Papur|£14,850|
|The Successors of the Mandingue|£75,759|
|TakingFlight Theatre Company|£150,484|
|Urban Circle Newport|£223,392|
|Welsh Ballroom Community|£10,000|
|WispDance Club|£14,835|
||£777,365|
Annual Report 2022-23 | 196
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International Opportunities Fund
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|4Pi Productions(2 awards)|£9,648|
|---|---|
|Beyond the Border StorytellingFestival|£2,950|
|Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias Cyf|£4,985|
|Celtic Neighbours|£4,488|
|Jones the Dance|£7,050|
|Jukebox Collective|£5,000|
|Mercator: Wales Literature Exchange and Literature Across||
|Frontiers(Universityof Wales TrinitySaint David)|£6,675|
|operasonic cyf|£2,665|
|Re-Live|£5,860|
|Sound Progression|£7,500|
|Vertical Dance Kate Lawrence|£7,500|
|Ways of Working|£3,600|
||£67,921|
|Wales in Edinburgh||
|---|---|
|Diffcult Stage|£2,000|
|Jukebox Collective|£12,550|
|TakingFlight Theatre Company|£5,978|
||£20,528|
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Widening Engagement – Open Lottery
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|Aberystwyth Arts Centre|£9,107|
|---|---|
|The Aloud Charity (2 awards)|£29,017|
|Ardour Academy|£42,742|
|Artes Mundi Prize|£104,290|
|Artis CommunityCymuned|£36,670|
|Awen Cultural Trust|£25,000|
|Ballet Cymru|£73,718|
|Celf o Gwmpas|£10,000|
|ClwbyBont Cyf|£9,000|
|ConwyCountyBorough Council|£50,000|
|Dance Blast|£50,000|
|Elysium Gallery|£49,500|
|Ennyn CIC|£7,180|
|Ffwsar|£10,000|
|Fio|£8,352|
|FlyingBridge Theatre|£50,000|
|Glynn Vivian Art Gallery|£50,800|
|GrittyFilms Limited|£30,000|
|It’s MyShout Ltd(2 awards)|£97,090|
|Jazz Promotion Network|£4,500|
|Jones the Dance(2 awards)|£95,444|
|Makers Guild in Wales|£48,055|
|Menter Iaith Abertawe|£37,640|
|Mess upthe Mess Theatre Company|£9,979|
|Ministryof Life Education CIC|£7,400|
|National Dance CompanyWales|£48,064|
|North East Wales Sinfonia C.I.C.|£10,000|
|Oasis One World Choir|£26,035|
|Peak Cymru|£45,000|
|PeopleSpeakUpLtd(2 awards)|£59,000|
|Pontio Arts|£47,100|
|Pwyllgor Lles LlangrannogWelfare Committee|£9,900|
|Sherman Theatre|£49,713|
|Small World Theatre Ltd|£39,500|
|Sound Progression|£50,000|
|Span Arts Ltd|£53,000|
|StudioMADE|£49,720|
|Swansea CityOpera|£49,750|
|Swansea Print Workshop|£29,600|
|Taliesin Arts Centre|£44,465|
|Tanio|£20,000|
|Theatr Felinfach|£8,730|
|Theatr3|£9,900|
|Y TŷCelf - The Art House Ltd CIC|£28,722|
|TŷPawb(2 awards)|£107,750|
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Widening Engagement – Open Lottery
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|Undegun Arts|£9,800|
|---|---|
|Urdd Gobaith Cymru|£49,428|
|Valleys Kids|£49,368|
|Venue Cymru(2 awards)|£99,700|
|Waunifor Art Club|£10,000|
|Welsh Refugee Council|£10,780|
|Work in Progress|£10,000|
|Ystradgynlais Miners Welfare and CommunityHall Trust Ltd|£51,800|
||£2,022,309|
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Widening Engagement - Sharing Together
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|64 Million Artists|£2,000|
|---|---|
|Cardiff M.A.D.E. C.I.C.|£1,993|
|Creative Lives CharityLtd|£2,420|
|Dance Collective|£2,500|
|Grand Ambition|£2,960|
|Head4Arts|£3,200|
|Mid Wales Opera|£2,000|
|Theatr Iolo|£2,000|
||£19,073|
|Widening Engagement - Anti Racist Wales Action Plan||
|---|---|
|Galerie Simpson Artists|£60,000|
||£60,000|
|Arts Portfolio Wales||
|---|---|
|National Youth Arts Wales|£359,260|
||£359,260|
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Arts and Health – Open Lottery
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|Aesop|£49,836|
|---|---|
|Art and Soul Tribe CIC|£49,480|
|Arts Care Gofal Celf|£27,000|
|Ballet Cymru|£12,314|
|Betsi Cadwaladr UniversityHealth Board|£34,361|
|The BodyHotel|£26,903|
|Breathe Creative|£50,000|
|Caff Isa CIC|£5,000|
|Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias|£42,595|
|Cardiff and Vale UniversityHealth Board|£49,620|
|Cardiff Print Workshop|£5,440|
|CommunityMusic Wales|£47,948|
|Hywel Dda UniversityHealth Board|£45,700|
|Mission Gallery|£43,055|
|Parkinson's UK Cardiff Branch|£10,000|
|PeopleSpeakUpLTD(2 awards)|£93,500|
|Re-Live|£73,000|
|Ruthin Craft Centre|£42,150|
|Theatr Cynefn|£20,000|
|Velindre UniversityNHS Trust|£75,000|
|Welsh National Opera|£25,000|
||£827,902|
|Arts and Health – Arts & Minds Programme, with the support of
the Baring Foundation|||
|---|---|---|
|ABMU(now Swansea Bay)Arts in Health Board||£28,600|
|Aneurin Bevan UniversityHealth Board||£28,600|
|Betsi Cadwaladr UniversityHealth Board||£31,600|
|Cardiff and Vale UniversityHealth Board||£28,600|
|Cwm Taf MorgannwgUniversityHealth Board||£28,600|
|Hywel Dda UniversityHealth Board||£28,600|
|Powys TeachingHealth Board||£28,500|
|||£203,100|
||||
|Creative Learning through the Arts Programme|||
|Arts Council of Wales(General Activities)||£1,000,000|
|||£1,000,000|
||||
|Creative Wales Fellowships|||
|HayFestival of Literature and the Arts Ltd||£25,000|
|Total Grants to Organisations||£25,000|
||||
|||£13,208,725|
Annual Report 2022-23 | 200
## Grants to Individuals
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|Gelsthorpe,Bob|£8,235|
|---|---|
|Iorwerth,Rhys|£1,500|
|Pearce Jones,Angharad|£38,000|
|Price,John|£1,000|
|Tame,Kevin|£750|
|Thomas,Amelia|£10,750|
||£60,235|
|Creative Pathways – Open Lottery||
|---|---|
|Arwel,Iestyn|£10,000|
|Ashe,Ceri|£10,000|
|Ashill,Kathryn|£31,175|
|Awst,Manon|£29,370|
|Bailey,Kieran|£9,000|
|Barnes,Emrys|£9,954|
|Barratt,Anna|£1,296|
|Bell,Ellen|£10,000|
|Booth,Helen|£26,510|
|Bruno,Sebastian|£9,900|
|Buick,Adam|£37,000|
|Burrows,Inga|£10,000|
|Cardew,Tom|£10,000|
|Chambers,Gareth (2 awards)|£28,140|
|Clark,Gareth|£10,000|
|Cliffe,Justin|£40,620|
|Cooke,Ashley|£7,775|
|Crockford,Alun|£9,875|
|Cysewski,Karol|£10,000|
|Darby,Hannah|£10,000|
|Davies,Lowri|£42,000|
|Davies,Mared|£10,000|
|Dear,Bethan|£43,275|
|Dooley,Freya|£22,659|
|Dowdall,Morgan|£7,015|
|Dyson,Catherine (2 awards)|£60,000|
|Ellis,Nancy|£9,983|
|Evans,Chris|£10,588|
|Evans,Sioned|£8,055|
|Falcini,Anna|£8,356|
|Garner,David|£10,000|
|Gelsthorpe,Bob|£15,568|
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|Gibbard,Gwenan|£10,000|
|---|---|
|Goodridge,Francesca|£61,023|
|Gough,Carl|£6,960|
|Gough,Lucy|£9,973|
|Grayland,Charlotte|£7,147|
|Green-Hope,Gemma|£10,000|
|Hallas,Penny|£10,000|
|Hallis,Duncan|£9,750|
|Harris,Tracy|£3,500|
|Hart,Nicola|£9,764|
|Hartel,Sara|£9,300|
|Hobson,Louise|£24,450|
|Hubbard,Abigail|£8,750|
|Hughes,Elin|£10,000|
|Hughes,Siân|£10,000|
|Hussain,Sam|£11,950|
|Hutchinson,Siân|£8,218|
|Iqbal,Jafar(2 awards)|£19,690|
|James,Bethan|£5,340|
|Jenkins,Amy|£5,461|
|Jenkins,Delyth|£10,000|
|Jenkins,Lowri|£10,620|
|John,Leyton|£14,500|
|Jones,Angharad|£6,865|
|Jones,Ann|£10,000|
|Kaeda,Natasha|£39,065|
|Keehan,Bridget|£2,700|
|Light,Deborah|£36,480|
|Linnell,Jeremy|£32,020|
|Llewelyn,Shari|£16,496|
|Lowe,Krystal|£50,000|
|Mair,Rhiannon|£6,455|
|Martin-Jones,Timothy|£700|
|Meilir Ioan,Osian|£24,146|
|Mohammad Nejad,Neda|£5,737|
|Morden,Daniel|£15,571|
|Morton,Kestrel|£10,000|
|Mumford,Sarah|£24,135|
|Necati,Yasemin|£17,801|
|Owen,Geraint|£9,580|
|Paci,Luca|£1,200|
|Park,Ollii|£9,950|
|Parry,Lisa|£7,130|
|Parsons,Alex|£22,150|
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|Pasotra,Tina|£9,810|
|---|---|
|Phillips,Kristian|£9,888|
|Philp,Jack(2 awards)|£57,480|
|Pickard,Ali|£9,759|
|Redgrave,Gaia|£49,866|
|Roberts,Judith|£10,000|
|Saha,Atreyee(2 awards)|£6,700|
|Saki,Sahar|£10,000|
|Samuel,LiynyuyMfkela Jean|£9,000|
|Smith,Andrew|£7,320|
|Stead,Kyle|£20,150|
|Steed,Mackenzie|£10,000|
|Taylor,Billy (2 awards)|£20,000|
|Thomas,Elen|£8,300|
|Thomas,Fergus|£10,000|
|Tinker,Tracy|£6,990|
|Tomos,Cai|£10,000|
|Tristram,Penny|£7,455|
|Walker,Frankie(2 awards)|£20,449|
|Wallace,Liam|£10,000|
|Wood,Tess|£11,720|
|Wright,Anthony|£5,176|
|Wynne-Paton,Catherine|£11,650|
|Yarnell,Anushiye|£50,300|
||£1,584,704|
|Wales in Edinburgh||
|---|---|
|Allen,Connor|£3,600|
|Chambers,Gareth|£900|
|George,Isaac|£900|
|Lewis,Charlotte|£900|
|Lloyd,Callum|£900|
|Lloyd,Hannah|£810|
|Lowe,Krystal|£900|
|Mair,Rhiannon|£900|
||£9,810|
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|Bonello,Gareth|£7,500|
|---|---|
|Burgess,Cefyn|£5,000|
|Calarco,Veronica|£7,500|
|Cotsen,Jonathan|£4,499|
|Curneen,Claire|£5,000|
|Davies,Rhodri|£3,589|
|De Jesus,Toni|£5,000|
|Dewis,Adeola|£3,130|
|Edwards,Sean|£6,600|
|Greenhalgh,Jill|£4,400|
|Gulczynska,Malgola|£1,830|
|Gwyn,Rhiannon|£3,700|
|Handy,Simon|£3,867|
|Harris,Alan|£3,500|
|Himsworth,Rhys|£5,000|
|Hudson,James|£958|
|Hughes,Elin|£805|
|James,John Mark|£5,000|
|Jenkins,Paul|£1,650|
|Khan,Imran|£5,000|
|Maddock,Angela|£3,793|
|McGill,Eric|£1,010|
|Meilir Ioan,Osian|£7,500|
|Morgan,Nina|£2,500|
|O'Reilly,Kaite|£2,450|
|Pasotra,Tina|£6,670|
|Phillips,Gareth|£4,750|
|Potter,Clare|£3,000|
|Shelley,Ruth|£4,966|
|Taylor,Billy|£4,560|
|Warlow,Jodie|£7,161|
|Wells,Amanda|£6,404|
|Whiting,Amanda|£6,692|
|Williams,Jeremy|£3,100|
|Wright,Joanna|£3,340|
||£151,424|
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|Allen,Connor|£2,000|
|---|---|
|Llewelyn,Shari|£2,000|
|Owen,Angharad|£2,500|
|Saude,Marcy|£2,279|
||£8,779|
|Widening Engagement - Welsh Language|||
|---|---|---|
|Alexander,Myfanwy||£25,255|
|Doyle,Catrin||£31,100|
|Griffn,Llinos||£1,500|
|Ioan,Hedydd||£1,500|
|Keevil,Naomi||£1,500|
|Ladd,Eddie||£30,000|
|Lesdema,Eric||£30,000|
|Ley,Jacqueline||£1,500|
|Mair,Rhiannon||£1,500|
|Owen,Angharad||£1,500|
|Owen,Rhodri||£29,940|
|Spink,Gwenllian||£14,858|
|White,Rhiannon||£29,539|
|Williams,Manon||£30,000|
|Ynyr,Iola||£30,000|
|||£259,692|
||||
|Equalities - Creative Steps|||
|Ahmed,Ameena||£9,421|
|Chitiyo,Dalisizwe||£5,345|
|Doyle-Roberts,Bridie||£10,700|
|Lesdema,Eric||£9,495|
|Total Grants to Individuals
Total Grants Offered
net of offers not taken up or withdrawn||£34,961|
|||£2,109,605|
|||£15,318,330|
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Grants Administered by Ffilm Cymru Wales
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|Brano's Brando's Bride|£24,999|
|---|---|
|A CountryHouse|£21,000|
|A Countrythe size of Wales|£24,999|
|Dead Sheep's Wool|£24,999|
|Effe Yn Blanae|£200,000|
|The French Plan|£24,999|
|Fridays with Barry|£6,600|
|Honey|£100,000|
|Man in myBasement|£100,000|
|Mesmer|£10,000|
|On a Scale of One to Ten|£24,975|
|On the Record|£26,800|
|PigEyes|£24,999|
|A Pub is Bombed|£24,450|
|Retroftted|£24,999|
|SmokingShores|£120,000|
|Spyon Topof the World|£24,800|
|A StarrySkyAbove|£11,400|
|Unicorns|£52,294|
|Vegatarian Tigers|£12,000|
|WeddingFull of Wolves|£24,999|
||£909,312|
|Production||
|---|---|
|Chuck Chuck Baby|£17,250|
|Heart of Darkness|£190,000|
|The Life & Death of Daniel Dee|£130,000|
|Road to Excess|£15,600|
|Timestalkers|£156,760|
||£509,610|
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Exhibition Festivals
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|Abertoir International Horror Festival|£8,000|
|---|---|
|Butetown Film|£3,500|
|Cardiff Animation Festival|£18,543|
|Chapter Arts Centre|£10,843|
|Dyfodol-ism|£13,270|
|Fly! Festival of Black Women's Film|£5,000|
|Focus Wales Film Festival|£4,850|
|Galeri|£10,843|
|Gental Radical Film Club|£6,000|
|The Gogs International Short Film Festival|£12,170|
|Iris Prize Festival|£17,000|
|Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival|£3,530|
|Memo CommunityCinema|£4,000|
|Taliesin Arts Centre|£10,843|
|To Project and Protect|£12,500|
|UnityFestival|£7,800|
|Wicked Wales International Youth Film Festival|£14,509|
|WOW Film Festival|£15,854|
||£179,055|
Total Grants from Ffilm Cymru Wales net of offers not taken up or withdrawn
£1,597,977
Arts Council of Wales 207
## Grants Administered by B B C Cymru Wales
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Horizons: Launchpad Fund
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|Aderyn|£1,720|
|---|---|
|Adjua|£2,000|
|Angel Hotel|£2,000|
|ANGHARAD|£2,000|
|BabyBrave|£1,500|
|Banshi|£1,830|
|Bard Picasso Records|£2,000|
|Breichiau Hir|£1,100|
|CHROMA|£1,715|
|Dactyl Terra|£1,300|
|DD Darillo|£2,000|
|DirtyCarrot Records|£1,999|
|The FamilyBattenberg|£1,400|
|Ffatri Jam|£960|
|French Alps Tiger|£2,000|
|Gillie|£1,600|
|The Goudies|£2,000|
|Hollie Proft|£2,000|
|Jenna Kearns|£1,725|
|Jimbo|£1,500|
|Koash|£2,000|
|Leila McKenzie|£2,000|
|Macy|£1,700|
|ManLikeVision|£2,000|
|Mari Mathias|£1,200|
|Melda Lois|£1,325|
|Minas|£2,000|
|Murder Club|£2,000|
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|NattyPaynter|£1,000|
|---|---|
|The Night School|£550|
|NOOKEE|£1,510|
|Parisa Fouladi|£1,250|
|Phwoar & Peace|£1,500|
|Rhi'N'B|£1,870|
|Sachasom|£1,998|
|Sage Todz|£2,000|
|Samana|£1,681|
|sorrystacy|£1,523|
|Sywel Nyw|£1,500|
|TELGATE|£1,400|
|THELIXX|£2,000|
|Truth|£1,900|
||£70,256|
Total Grants from B B C Cymru Wales net of offers not taken up or withdrawn
£70,256
Arts Council of Wales 209
## Grants Administered by Literature Wales
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Grants
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|Abdullah-Al-Matin Rana,Sheik|£3,000|
|---|---|
|Bradford,Jade|£3,000|
|Davidson,Summer|£3,000|
|Doyle,Jessica|£3,000|
|Edmonds,Taylor|£3,000|
|Gruffudd,Osian|£3,000|
|Handley,Bethany|£3,000|
|Hughes,Sioned Erin|£3,000|
|Hunter,Megan Angharad|£3,000|
|Knight,Alice Lilith|£3,000|
|Manley,Leigh|£3,000|
|Oliver,Rhiannon|£3,000|
|Rind,Hammad|£3,000|
|Taylor,Stacey|£3,000|
||£42,000|
Total Grants from Literature Wales net of offers not taken up or withdrawn
£42,000
Annual Report 2022-23 | 210
## Grants Administered by Tŷ Cerdd
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|Aberystwyth University|£1,800|
|---|---|
|Aubergine Cafe and Events CIC|£1,936|
|Bandiau Pres Cymru|Brass Bands Wales|£825|
|Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias|£2,000|
|Cardiff Countyand Vale of Glamorgan Music Service|£2,000|
|CEG Music cic|£1,800|
|ChromaMusic CommunityGroup|£2,000|
|Citrus Arts|£1,800|
|Cowbridge Music Festival|£2,000|
|Cwmni Mara CIC|£1,500|
|DisabilityArts Cymru|£1,995|
|Grand Ambition CIC|£2,000|
|Joon Dance|£1,800|
|Llandaff Cathedral|£250|
|Music Theatre Wales|£1,500|
|Musicfest Aberystwyth|£2,000|
|National Libraryof Wales|£1,980|
|Seren FfestiniogCyf|£1,980|
|South Wales Youth Band|£1,020|
|St Davids Cathedral Festival|£2,000|
|The Successors of the Mandingue Ltd|£2,000|
|Tônau 2023|£1,800|
|UPROAR|£2,000|
|Urdd Gobaith Cymru|£1,800|
||£41,786|
Arts Council of Wales 211
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|Aberhonddu and District Male Choir|£400|
|---|---|
|Adverse Camber Productions Ltd|£750|
|Bangor Music Festival|£2,000|
|Bangor University|£1,382|
|Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias|£1,700|
|Cantorion Menai|£400|
|ChromaMusic CommunityGroup|£2,000|
|Côr Bro Ogwr|£1,400|
|Côr Caerdydd|£585|
|Côr Teif|£1,000|
|Cowbridge Music Festival|£750|
|Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru|£1,500|
|The F-List for Music CIC|£891|
|Fishguard & West Wales International Festival|£750|
|Footloose CommunityArts|£1,500|
|Hayaat Women Trust|£1,680|
|High Grade Grooves AcademyLtd|£2,000|
|Khamira|£1,500|
|Ladies of Rage|£1,700|
|Little Live Projects|£1,800|
|Live Music Now|£1,800|
|Llandaff Cathedral|£1,000|
|Llantwit Major Chamber Music Festival|£1,900|
|Menter Iaith Rhondda Cynon Taf|£2,000|
|MHA Communities Aberystwyth|£1,363|
|Newport Live|£1,500|
|Newport Philharmonic Choir|£500|
|North Wales International Music Festival|£1,000|
|Oasis One World Choir CIC|£1,370|
|operasonic cyf|£2,000|
|Parama 2|£2,000|
|Pontardulais Town Band|£1,980|
|The Queer Emporium Outreach C.I.C.|£400|
|SOEL Connect|£2,000|
|South Wales Youth Band|£1,700|
|Span Arts Ltd|£1,000|
|The Successors of the Mandingue Ltd|£1,800|
|The Tredgar House Folk Festival Society|£1,440|
|UPROAR|£2,000|
|Vale of Glamorgan Brass Band|£2,000|
|Vale of Glamorgan Festival|£1,400|
|Wrexham Music Festival|£1,800|
||£59,641|
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|The Aloud Charity|£2,000|
|---|---|
|Arts Active Trust|£1,700|
|Arts Connection - Cyswllt Celf|£1,900|
|Bandiau Pres Cymru|Brass Bands Wales|£1,940|
|Bangor Music Festival|£2,000|
|Beacons (Rhondda Cynon Taf CountyBorough Council)|£2,000|
|Beyond Words Thousand Voices CIC|£2,000|
|Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias|£2,000|
|Cardiff Countyand Vale of Glamorgan Music Service|£2,000|
|Cardiff Deaf Centre (tradingas Deaf Hub Wales)|£1,850|
|Cardiff Guitar Festival|£1,800|
|The F-List for Music CIC|£1,600|
|Fishguard & West Wales International Festival|£700|
|Goodwick Brass Band|£1,205|
|Grand Ambition CIC|£2,000|
|Hayaat Women Trust|£1,700|
|High Grade Grooves AcademyLimited|£2,000|
|Little Live Projects|£1,200|
|Live Music Now Ltd|£2,000|
|Llandeilo Fawr Festival of Music|£2,000|
|Llantwit Major Chamber Music Festival|£750|
|Music Theatre Wales|£1,500|
|NEW Sinfonia|£1,800|
|North Wales International Music Festival|£1,000|
|One Heart Drummers|£2,000|
|operasonic cyf|£2,000|
|Penarth Chamber Music Festival|£1,200|
|SiopGriffths Cyf|£1,900|
|Sound Progression|£2,000|
|South Wales Youth Band|£2,000|
|The Successors of the Mandingue Ltd (TSOTM)|£2,000|
|Trac Cymru|£2,000|
|Vale of Glamorgan Festival Limited|£2,000|
|Wonderbrass|£1,700|
|YoungMusic Makers of Dyfed|£2,000|
|Total Grants from Tŷ Cerdd
net of offers not taken up or withdrawn|£61,445|
|||
||£162,872|
Arts Council of Wales 213
## Lottery Grants by Type
## Delegated Authority Grants
Annual Report 2022-23 | 214
General Activities and Lottery Distribution Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2023