# NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 525774
- **Other names:** NATIONAL MUSEUM WALES
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Aug. 6, 1963
- **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=525774


## Contact

- **Address:** National Museum Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff
- **Postcode:** CF10 3NP
- **Phone:** 02920 397951
- **Email:** post@museumwales.ac.uk
- **Website:** www.museumwales.ac.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC:(I) PRIMARILY, BY THE COMPREHENSIVE REPRESENTATION OF SCIENCE, ART, INDUSTRY, HISTORY AND CULTURE OF, OR RELEVANT TO, WALES, AND(II) GENERALLY, BY THE COLLECTION, RECORDING, PRESERVATION, ELUCIDATION AND PRESENTATION OF OBJECTS AND THINGS AND ASSOCIATED KNOWLEDGE, WHETHER CONNECTED OR NOT WITH WALES, WHICH ARE CALCULATED TO FURTHER THE ENHANCEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING AND THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH.

**Activities:** We operate 7 free-entry museums across Wales, plus the National Collections Centre, to further our core objective  of 'the advancement of the education of the public'  in the fields of science, art, industry, history and culture.

**Area of benefit:** WALES




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £49162000 | £44780000 | £177627000 | 611 |
| March 31, 2024 | £49569000 | £46930000 | £175454000 | 733 |
| March 31, 2023 | £40993000 | £44017000 | £167558000 | 710 |
| March 31, 2022 | £38300000 | £38830000 | £103001000 | 812 |
| March 31, 2021 | £34364000 | £37189000 | £96538000 | 817 |



## Trustees

- **Kate Eden** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 1, 2023
- Cai Wilshaw — appointed April 1, 2021
- Daniel Richards — appointed Feb. 9, 2024
- David Aled Jones — appointed Feb. 9, 2024
- Emma Yhnell — appointed Feb. 9, 2024
- Freya Stannard — appointed April 1, 2021
- Hywel John — appointed Jan. 1, 2017
- Janice Victoria Williams — appointed Feb. 9, 2024
- Owen Hathway — appointed April 15, 2023
- Prof John Hunt — appointed Jan. 1, 2023
- Rhys Evans — appointed Oct. 1, 2023
- Richard Thomas — appointed Sept. 23, 2020