# CYNGOR LLYFRAU CYMRU-THE BOOKS COUNCIL OF WALES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1192269
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Nov. 11, 2020
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1192269


## Contact

- **Address:** CYNGOR LLYFRAU CYMRU, CASTELL BRYCHAN, ABERYSTWYTH
- **Postcode:** SY23 2JB
- **Phone:** 01970624151
- **Email:** castellbrychan@llyfrau.cymru
- **Website:** www.llyfrau.cymru



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND INCREASE THE APPRECIATION AND INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC IN BOOKS, LITERATURE AND READING IN WALES WITHOUT DEROGATING FROM THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BUT IN FURTHERANCE OF THOSE OBJECTS AND NOT OTHERWISE: (A) TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT THE BOOK INDUSTRY IN WALES BY AWARDING GRANTS AND OTHERWISE; (B) TO ENCOURAGE, PROMOTE AND ASSIST THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS AND OTHER RECORDED LITERARY AND ARTISTIC MATERIAL HOWSOEVER RECORDED (WHETHER BY KNOWN MEANS OR BY MEANS AS YET UNKNOWN) IN THE TWO OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF WALES, WELSH AND ENGLISH, OR WHICH ARE OF WELSH INTEREST;(C) TO ORGANISE EVENTS TO SUPPORT THE PROMOTION OF BOOKS, READING AND BOOK SECTOR AS A WHOLE;(D) TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE THE PUBLICATION OF SUCH BOOKS AND OTHER MATERIAL IN WALES.

**Activities:** Elusen genedlaethol sy'n cefnogi'r diwydiant cyhoeddi ac yn datblygu darllen yng Nghymru yw Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru. Rydym yn hyrwyddo llythrennedd a darllen er pleser drwy ystod o ymgyrchoedd, gweithgareddau a diwyddiadau ledled Cymru, gan weithio'n aml mewn partneriaeth gydag ysgolion, llyfrgelloedd a sefydliadau llenyddol eraill. Mae'r elusen hon yn olynu'r elusen flaenorol 505262.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £7497168 | £8222294 | £2861963 | 36 |
| March 31, 2024 | £8287606 | £8667084 | £3585787 | 36 |
| March 31, 2023 | £10412945 | £10016088 | £3960311 | 39 |
| March 31, 2022 | £13428548 | £12349929 | £710604 | 36 |



## Trustees

- **Linda Tomos** (Chair) — appointed July 25, 2022
- Bethan Mair Hughes — appointed Jan. 28, 2026
- Catrin ALWENA Hughes Moakes — appointed April 1, 2021
- Dr Andrew Webb — appointed July 16, 2025
- Dr Caroline Owen Wintersgill — appointed April 1, 2021
- EURONA ALDRICH — appointed April 1, 2021
- Meinir Ebbsworth — appointed Jan. 31, 2024
- Ruth Thomas — appointed Jan. 31, 2024
- Yr Arglwydd Carwyn Jones — appointed April 1, 2021
- Yr Athro Angharad Price — appointed Jan. 27, 2025