Reglstw•d Chwlty no: 247947
CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIETY FOR WALES
CYMDEITHAS CELFYDDYD GYFOES CYMRU
Report of th• Trusteos
and
Recelpts and Payments Accounts
Yoar End￿ 31 Decembor 2025

CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIEfY FOR WALES
CYMDEITHAS GELFYDDYD GYFOES CYMRU
Ind•x to th• accounts
Ygar Endgd 31 D•C¢m￿r 2025
Pag•
Chaimian'g Inlre4Juclion
Report of tho Twste•B
Ind•p¢ndent examinerfs rewxt
Recelpls and payments a¢{￿nt
Statement of ajsets arKI11obllits8

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Chalmian'• Introductlon
Year End•d 31 DKofflb•r 2025
Tho Tru$t888' Rew the dthg ContemrAThy P4t SOc￿ty Walgs {CW fw the
ygar ended 31 Dseembw 2025.
It hos t￿n a vwy a￿¥0 aTrJ *r£<•sthil ytar the 08 th• Rgwt
Act￿118$ and Achwsmerrt¥ TPYB shows th8 sb3nific8rt rc4e of Ihe St¢W in ￿￿¥not￿9 the vw818rts in Wal&s. l
t int8nd to r6p8at the c(Thm8rts h the R8P)rt wwte•J to fr￿8 M al lts)6e mwnbors whts ¢￿irt￿ne so
gon¢Tousty to delfvw e¥h ￿.
I place on r•cLYd th8 Sod8ty'8 Welul Ihanks to Ihe Offi(*rB And ExtrAtho Curvnltee fly V￿knnQ
tlrgle88ty the SOW. l e4jecl￿ty Ik• to lh￿1 I￿thg ExKulfve Ccffjmltt•8 mwnbw8 siwa B(rA(8tt ond
DOV￿ 8rwk tr tholr contr*Artkm8 overthe yws.
Wo must 8180 r•cy¥Ths0 arKI th￿k al rMnbw4 ¥*Y)M￿a b8hknd the Bcew trArt thfiosè name¥ ¢k¥ nL* app•ar h)
thlB Ra￿rt. Th• So¢14ty derthJ8 on 811 b meny Wt￿ do a fart89t*l¢* ¥1 rol•s.
Whal of lh8 future? In 2025 a wp frryn ￿ Exerth￿ Crynmittee st￿•d to thfr rc40 cl Ihè ￿¥tY In th
next t8n y•arn, rgrnemberkng that th8 Sod¢ty wll c418LYat8 ts ¢•rt•nwy kn 2037. and thalthe art wC￿d In Wabtrs
k8 very dlllergnl frcrfTr what rt was vthan tho was f(xm•d. a 8t•rtry PC4"nL hehd dhcus8kM8
$hJfficant numbw cl Inst#utIo￿ Wdsh a1 *r¥*J to saw u the S¢xW8 rolg In th8 future. None
of th¥ rewn8e8 wern k1enleal, bjt ¥￿e conJ&ont them•s cam IhrowJh. M05t sbnhlrAnty, ov8ryon• wth wh￿7
wtr 8pokn wonted to 8•• th• S)daty IrKroo•• ts In tho ¥Mual arts in WaS0J.
lortrte*m rycws. the Sodty IJ to dgvdop, there af8 8m 01)th￿ c4Jnstraknty, b8lng 8888ntlJly
m• and ¢ost. Th8 ￿ety r¢lkns on *8 wjfvjrtoorn. 11 ltr¢ Sc<4ety ￿ golng to dDveb)p rob In lh8 W•L8h *t wthj, IB
fo8slbl8 to ask fty rrmye voluntwy ttr￿, ty dots th• Sod•ty ha￿ to look at empkJy*g ltyne p*d wofv88lonal
assbstawA? If th? Soc*ty lo go that ￿ule, rt b• fwyled, t•than •oth yoar ft Is borthnq rn
expeMlv• fty Ihg to ma*rt8kn tts fAmnt rnlThJ pay for naw In**llv•i?
are lust S￿n8 01 th• Issu•s Ih•t the Execulfve c￿1￿1¢ &ltr•s$lng In 2026. Tho Socloty roll￿ on tho
support of ts mernbern, and wThAd rg•ly vatyJ8 yw wwj idea•. Hthv Oo you th0￿ the s￿lety
dgvew and what shwkl bg Its r¢48 In Iho lutur87
nd Davl88
ch 2026

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CYMDEITHAS GELFYDDYD GYFOES CYMRU
Report of the Trnst••8
Yaar Endod 31 Docemb•r 2025
The Irustge5 present their rewrt with the financial statements for Iha charity for th6 year endad 31
D8c8mb8r 2025. The tr￿Ste8& have fo1￿￿0d the requwements of the Chari¢M Act 2011 and related
idance.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Relwslered Charity number 247947
Prlnclpal addre
2 Harrlsmith Rowj, Pen￿an, Cardlll. CF23 5DG
Tru•t••• in alphab•llc•l onl•r
S E Bowkett Retired 26 July 2025
D C BrcM)k R88lgned 19 A￿￿8t 2025
E J Cabuts
C G Chllds
G R Davies
l Y Davl89
JGDFOY
P Gill
R C Hannlon
E Hicks
N Hope Elgcted 26 Juty 2025
P Jenkins
J F Poin18
A D Ronton
D Rob￿n8
G S Roper
A Salisbury
J Sallst)ury
C Thomas
P Vlning
Ind•pendont Examln•r
Williams Ross Limited
4 Ynys Bridge C￿rt
Gwaelod y Garth
C8rdMI
CF159SS

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CYMDEITHAS GELFYDDYD GYFOES CYMRU
Report of th• Tw8te••
Ygar Endgd 31 D¢¢•mb•r 2025
STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Govornlng docum•nt
Tha ch8rlty L% conlrc41ed by its c(Thtitulion rules, The reV￿ed objects- lo foster arKI w￿nOte
ng8gement wlth, and appredalrc￿ of. ￿ visual arts Among the pooplg of Wales, _ wefe approved by
tha Charity Commission Sn Juty 2022 and amendad con8tiluliw was adopted by memb8rs of Ihfr
Sodety al an Extraordlnary G8n8ral m￿Ing In December 2022.
R•erultm•nt of Nv4T M•mb•r•
New trustees are invited tojoln Exècullve Committ* by r8comff*nd81*)n from e￿sting mwnbers and
by nomlnations from the memb8rs ofth8 S¢xlgty In general. The Exo¢Utlve Cc4nmKtee t8ke8 the
r88ponslble positlon of f(w8iTrJ on the skll set require(I to fvlfil th8 tasks of thè Sodèty and how th06e
are matcaKd by pr06pecbve tru&ees offerfrKJ thelr garv*e8.
Cod• of Conduct and prnctl
Th• Executive Cornmltteo operates to a Cod• of Con(knct aThl Praclk• {Inctxpwtlng Confll¢t$ of IntergsL
Inv8Stmgnl Policy and Financial CMtrol$. and R15k Managemontl; a Pfocedwg for Rep)rting Serfous
Inc￿entS.. a Procedure CLvn ￿aInts.. 8 for Oealing 8ultylNJ 8rKI Harassmenl;
P￿ICY on AcceptirvJ Prop(wsed Gifts of Al￿￿thS by Wll.. ￿¢j 8 papw on Pawng Trusloe5 for SorvlGe8.
Tho Executive Cornn￿tte8 ha8 an indemnty In$ur8nce and general covw vknkh1oko$ Into ¢onslderalk
the range of und6rtAken •rKI of the mthnber&.
ex•cutlv• Commlttaa Groups
The Executlve Commlttee operalss wlth a numbor of grrArA to ￿t￿M are allott6d 8p8dfic taBk8 and
functk>ns. In 2025 ttw)$6 grDUPS ￿m￿￿ed..
A Management Group. CtyTPri51ng Ihe (fftar8 of tho Sod8ty and lh• Chalr of th8
Ccffimunlcallrm Gr(w.
An Events Group.
A CommunScation8 (>oup, nevly fLYmed kn 2025.
A 901h Annlver8ary Group.
A Ganeral Strategy Gr￿p
ACTivmES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Support for th• vlsual ath. Indudlng •du¢•tlonal and soclal •ctlvltl•A
Publlc Talk*
In 2025 the Socnty ofTuesday evenltvJ taLks. fre8 and D￿n to the puNlc. vlth
onllne events for Ihe first haff of tho year fdkh¥ed by In*ws¢)n events tr￿k1 at Cardrff Schod of Art and
Design in the autumn. These talks focus on the work of conlamp(xary practisffKJ artists. The onling
talks wero gN6n by wtksts Martin Flnnln, Manmd and Gary Barker. The In-perSC￿ tall(s were
glven by scuvor MArk Ildwrds; ath( curat(¥ arKI kn8ty mombw Frances Wc4)dley" and artist arxj

CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIEfY FOR WALES
CYMDEITHAS GELFYDDYD GYFOES CYMRU
R•port of th• trust
Year End•d 31 D•c•mb•r 2025
illustrator Amelia Huw Morgan. An irbJ8asirMJ number of 61udents attorxled the n-por50n talks a5 the
year progressed.
M•mb•r¥' Talks
SIX Saiurdty mming taks lor m•mbers wern held ai ￿Sya￿a Monw)rial Hal in 2025. Tha first speakor
was artlst. historlan aThJ curator Petsr Lord vthose talk wa$ enlitloJ Great Exp8cl8tlons.' The E￿S of
Wales on Edgor HOrt￿rt Thomas. wa8 fdlowed by a talk entitled Consgrvvw Art and Hislory on
Paper by conserv8torEmty O'Reilty. knsl and So¢￿ty member Carl Chapple's tal(8bout hls own work
was enlltled Portr8tts and P6rfonn8nce. ArtlsL hEtorian. curatsx arml S¢￿4&ty mern￿r Ced Thomas gave
a talk on the sl¢xy of the Eumvwales 92 Group. Caramicist Clara Cum68n spjke ab￿1 hgr WO￿ in
Betwe￿ my Flnger and my Thumb. The year (￿cIlthd by a talk from tha Sodety's Pr6sldent Dr Peter
Wakelin On￿￿ed purs4￿ by a k8oar tts art Mcclurn Bmwn.
Study TouY•
A slgnlflcant numbar of sluty tours und8rtaken In 2025. A m4or tour of cow￿ and Duss8ldcrt, l•J
by Ajan and Jono S•li8bury. look place In the spdro. In Cc4ogne Incl￿ a guided IOUT of the
Cathedral and visits to the Wallraf-Flchartz-Museum, tr* Museum Lt&JwvJ. the MAKK and Kolumb8. In
D088eldorf, thero were vi81ts lo Mu8wm Insol Hornbmich arKI DO888ldorf Museum.
Then In OL*ober,18L*el Davlas and Ced ThcAna¥ led 8 n(xth Wales stu0¥ Iijur. Thls Ir￿L￿ded gulded tour8
of unlverslty campus co1￿ctIons In Abwy8WI arKI 88ngor: a prfvate Collect￿ of Roger Ceal palntlng8;
a lo th¢ Royal Cambrlan Academy of Art a pr6sentalk>n by sculptor Davld Nash In his $tudlothpel
and drawiTrJlprint workshop., a ￿51t lo Ortel Mon. v#hich indudod a &weSenta￿On by Prof. Gerda Roper on
the works In her exhitytbon., and a vlslt to MOMA ma¢￿118th.
In addition to th969 major study tours. thwe ￿10 a number ol BIW day evgnt8. Wudkng 80ver81"po
up. vIsA8. C8rf Chappkn and Emity O'Rdlty opemd thelr studk)$ lo member¥. Petw Lord gave a
cotM1uct8d tour of hi$ curat*J exhibition No Welsh Art al Ihe National Llbrary In Abery$tw￿. Wllllam
Glbbs arKI Oavld Mo)re gave a Pfesenlatbn at Y Gaw on 25 ygars of ¢dl8cting by BreckTrxk Art TTUSt.
Nigel Princ8 gave a umjidod lour of the Artes Mundl 11 al Amgueddla Cymru. Clive Hicks-Jenkin8
spoke lo M￿nbor8 about Thg Artof 80(* at Hay Ca8119.
A small group of mambw5 treahj to a tsJratori81 twr of ts Boop Intwnallonal Paintlng Exhibrthjn al
Elysium Galknry. Therg wa8 a vl8lt to Hauger & Wlrth AJ1 Centre io view, inter alk9. m￿hS and Machinos
by Niki de Sant Phalle and Jean Tiryuaty and a day viwl to Lampgler to ￿eW the cdleCt￿n of Illustratad
took8 of the Unlver&ty ofWale8 Trinity St David 8s well as a o)Ilectkn of ecdesl83tlcal lextlles. After
visiting tho univof5ity'5 Chapgl cl Sl Dawd, ￿ twr Cond￿led with a Th￿1￿ to St Peterfs Church to stutty
the thurch's remarkatjle StaIne￿lasS ￿r￿y￿s.
Flnanclal Support to Thlvd path•
Spon8or8hlp was provkjed to Carto Cymru and to lh8 Intemalhjnal Ceramlc8 F8stlval. EIy8lum Gallary &
Studh)8 weré given ful￿1ng for Studio heaters. Art85 Mundi was glven support for the Artes Mundl 11
ex￿b￿kIn guide.

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CYMDEITHAS GELFYDDYD GYFOES CYMRU
Report of th• Tru¥tw¥
Year End•d 31 D•¢•mb•r 2025
Annual Dlnn•r
Thls y8arf5 Annual Dinrer. which was very wel aitended. w88 at the Cla$voom run by Cardiff &
Vale College. The rn8￿ ¢omprisod a srA<ourse art IherThd tasting ￿￿nu. and after tho meal members
were treated to a hlgNy enIertaIn￿ Dgsert Is18nd Art W88￿talkin from Scthty rn￿ber5 Gerda Roper
and Fiona Ped.
Annual aw*rd#
Tho 2025 CASW sI￿lent Award w&s gNen lo Ambor Mclttram. • post-graduate StLKlenl at Cardiff Schwl
of Art and Design, as part of a rdllng tKogramme a¢ro8S fQSt4Jr&Juale o)urses in Wales. CSAD
announced Amb8rf8 award at its M88te¢ts d8gr88 ¥twJw.
The 2025 CASW N8llon81 Elstedd￿j Pw¢ha86 Prlza wès *warded lo Le8ley Jam88, palntl
Dam bach o'r Celn I IA Littlg of thg Cgfn, 20251 was 80lKted by, and g￿ed to, Wrexham Mu$wm.
The 2025 CASW Hlbbard Awwd wo8 givw to Orlol Plas GlYn.￿WedDmY have corrffii88ion&l a now
work by sculplor Manon Avral.
Glft of artwork• to th• 8ocl•ty
Durlng Ihg year. lh¢ So¢l¢ty ro¢ofvJ ts 081 Rhys Ownond P￿ntsng Hawk 8nd Hellcopler (estuery) from
tha estate of the lat6 Ann Ooslhuiz8n. The work was subsequentty gwlod lo knigueddfa Cymru lo be held
as part of tha nèlierfwl ¢018don. Additlonalty, wlnts by Shanl Rhy8 J8ma8, Laura FC￿d, Davld Tr888 8nd
Davld Nash wor¢ grfi¢d to Swonsoa c4llegg of AIL
Publlc b•n•fft
Thg TnJstg98 have r9v1v￿fjd th8 Chadty Comm188ion'8 gulde11n￿ on ￿￿￿>1￿ bonefil and wreed that the
Society has fulfilled Its obAedves as set CArt In lh8 constitutkm.
E￿lurn Art Llmlt•d
Tho SoGiety has Gontlnued its mgmbwshlp of Ety8lum hrt UmiteAJ.
AGM
The AGM was held on Saturday 26th Juty 2025 at the RNerfffjnl Thèatr6 and Arts Centro. Kingsway.
Newport. Al the moetlng Slgve Bthykett rellred from the Execxrtfvo Cmnittee havlng served tsvo te￿8.
whilg Jeremy Points wa8 elected for a second tem and Nichola Hope w8s elected as a new member of
At the AGM presentsttms were reC4￿j from Amber Mottram. the redFlent ￿ the 2025 CASW Student
Award, and from Gw Jone6, the Dlrector of Oriol Plas GIyTry-Wgddw. the recl)I8nt of the 2025 CASW
Hibbatd Award.

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R•port ol th• TN$t•
Yoar End8d 31 D•¢omb•r 2025
FINANCIAL REVIEW
R•8•lV•6 poIIGy
Th8 eharity regularfy rev￿ its investrnert8 ènd reserve levels to ensure that tt has SLrfficient bjnds to
rate In the forthcoming year. Thi8 is estfimated lo b8 £25.000. This amount Is ￿ld In N8tlonal S8￿n98
& Investrnenl Bords.
Inv•8lm•nt pollcy and obl•ctt¥
The Sedety regulody Ga¥h b810￿ arg helj to er￿urn 6t 1$ M•￿n￿￿ng its Inve8tment
retums.
FUTURE PLANNING
To continue and develop the CASW Student Award. tho CASW Nalthal E16to¢Mlod Pur¢h080
P￿ze and the CASW Hlbbard Award and Its S￿sS to date.
To I￿l￿r dovthp and impkn8nt thg stratogl8s provknAty agrood ID kwoas• the membgr8hlp
of the S(￿1￿ty.
To further deveknp tho S(¢￿8 Wo￿te V*lth Irrtroductlon ol addttional foatvre8.
To wnpble the ￿anning for Ihe celebration of the Scthty'8 Annfvor8ary In 2027.
To develop long.lerm ¥tr•logy fiYth8 future of the SIX￿ty.
Appiove
by 0￿1 of boanl oftru81oe8 on 4 March 2026 arKI slpned b•h8M by,.
Davlgs- Chalrynan

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF
CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIETY FORWALES
CYMDEITHAS GELFYDDYD GYFOES CYMRU
I report i)n the a¢¢ounts of the CharTty for tho yew el¥￿d 31 Decembar 2025. wl*h are get out c*) pages
8and9.
R•Apedlv• rn•pon•lbllltl•• of lTh•t•M •nd •¥amln•r
The chariVB truBlees arg r05ponsibb for the of Ihg accc4Jnts. The chartty's tnJstaa8 consSd
that an audbt Is nol requlrod for thL8 year (under sth 144 ￿ the Chafitigs 2011 (the Charite8 Act)}
and that an independont 8XamInatk￿l8 naed&l.
11 Is my respons1￿lIty to:
examine the aeKounl$ {urKlw sedlon 145 of the Charlt8s Act);
lo follow the procedures down In th8 General Oirections giv￿ by th8 ch￿ Comml88k)ner8
under sectlon 145151{bl of tr* Ch8rfte$ Act)., and
lo state whe1fr￿r partlcular matters hav8 CA>m8 to aur attantton.
BMI• of Ind•p•nd•nt •x•mln•f• r•port
My eXamIna￿On was carrb8d out kn accothnct wllh the General 0*gdk>ns glven ty the Charty
CLJnmlsslon8rs. An exanNnèt￿￿1 Irdudes a review of the acco(mtlng rgo)rds kept by the charlty 8nd
compadson ol the accounts presented wlth Ih)se records. It also Includes consbd8r8t1￿ of any unusu81
Ilerns or dlsclosures In the accounts. WKI seeklryj 8W8n8thJns from you as truste88 C4JncemlrwJ any such
m8ttars. The prc¢odure$ undortakon do rw)t provide al thg evhdence that woukl be requlred in an audli,
and consequ8ndy no opinion is gNen as to whethor tha ACC￿nIS W8Sonl a *ru• arKI fairf Vi*4V and tho
report 18 limited lo Ihose mthr8 sel (xjt in tho slatamant bèlyw.
Ind•p•nd•nt •x•mln•f• •t•t•m•nt
In c0Th￿¢t￿ my 0xam1nalh￿. no m•tt6r has cm lo my atttrWc*):
1) which gives me roas(￿alle c4we kn befieve that in any materlal respgct the requlremonl:
lo keep accounllng records In accordance wlth sectk)n 130 of the Charit88 Att, and
lo prepare accowts accord wth the occountirvj records and comply the aci¥Juntlng
requirements ol the Charités Act have not bean met.
or
2) to wN¢h, In my oFInI￿. ottorikn shouhl bo dra5￿ In ord•r to onabkn a u)dorstandlng of the
ac￿￿nts to bg reach￿1.
Graham Burton FCCA
Wllllams Rou Llmlt•d
Chartered AcGOUntants
4 Ynys Bridge Court
Gwaelod Y Garth
Cardrff
CF15 9SS
D8te:

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R•celpts and Payments Accounts
Y•ar End•d 31 Dec•fflbor 2025
2025
2024
R•¢•lpts
Sub8crlpll)n8
Sale of prints l ¢atafogue8
Donal*)ns. ltsgacles and olhor T￿lP
Bank and tond interest
AdvgrtisNvJ and c¥Jntrlbutbon6
CASW I￿tureS and ovants
Study ￿jr$
Glft ald
7.223
387
22,132
2.176
9.040
225
320
3.108
705
12,933
2,802
1,297
30.430
10.070
48,984
Paym•nt•
Printing and 5tation¢ry
Postago and communication
Admlni51r8
Advertising arKI prom(￿On
Indepgndenl examinerfs fees
CASW lectur88 and evenl8
Study Tour8
Donatk)n$
3.287
1,016
1,189
2.450
150
8.129
1,448
11.7DJ
29,466
2,997
17.300
35,625
Net Income I lexpondlturn)
Bank funds al beglnnlng of year
Bank funds trans1orr￿ to invosthwits
13.359
26.313
19.600)
30,072
160.349
(135.CrfJO}
26.313
Bank funds at •nd of y•ar
The totsl funds for both years are unreslricts

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Stat•m•nt of ass•ts and liabilti
AS 8t 31 D•comber 2025
2Q25
2024
Cash funds
Barclays bank balanca8
25.782
Unity Trust Easy Ac¢a88 A(towrt
2025
2024
Inv••tm•n¢ ••••ts
NS&I B￿K18
50,000
Unlty Trust . 2 year borKIs
85,C
Cambrklga & Count188- 1 ￿r by
35.87S
25.0(K)
170875
The lolal fund8 lor bcth yoors we unrnstrf¢tod.
Th8 flnandal slalements V4we apwmd by order d the board of tru8teoJ on 4 March 2026 a￿1 were
513ned on Its behalf by.
Ro
and Davle8- Chdrman
Chrlslopher