Clough Williams-Ellis Foundation

Registered charity 1165883 · since 2016cloughwilliamsellis.org/Foundation·Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey, Wrexham·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

The Foundation's main work is conserving its own North Wales estates, so a request fits best if it concerns landscape, biodiversity, historic buildings, sustainable farming or energy, Welsh heritage, or rural housing in North Wales, with Snowdonia and Gwynedd given priority.
Its annual report gives no usable grants figure and no grant range, so a grant writer cannot judge a realistic request size from published information and should ask the Foundation directly.
No application process is published in its annual report, register entry or website, so the sensible first step is to use the contact shown there to ask whether a proposal would be considered.
Donations to other causes are made only from time to time, so a small organisation should not assume funding is regular or that the Foundation's giving is open-ended.

Overview

Clough Williams-Ellis Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1165883).

The Clough Williams-Ellis Foundation was originally established to protect its property in North Wales and ensure its conservation for long-term public benefit. Its principal activity is direct preservation and conservation on its North Wales estates, covering countryside, gardens, parklands, historic and architectural buildings, and sustainable agriculture and energy. Alongside this, it makes charitable donations from time to time to other charities, local educational and community causes, and study bursaries. Its annual giving is not stated in the information available.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Foundation's principal activity is direct preservation and conservation on its North Wales estates. Its stated aims include protecting countryside, rural landscapes, flora and fauna; preserving its gardens, parklands, agricultural holdings and wilderness; protecting places of historic, ecological or scientific interest; and promoting responsible access and footpaths. It also aims to restore historic, architectural or artistic buildings, develop sustainable agriculture, woodlands and green-energy projects, provide good-quality rural housing that helps sustain local community, language and culture, and promote awareness of Welsh history and conservation. Alongside this estate work, it makes charitable donations from time to time to other charities, local educational and community causes, and study bursaries.

Themes

Landscape conservation
Biodiversity conservation
Historic building conservation
Sustainable agriculture and energy
Welsh history and culture
Rural housing and communities

Geographic Focus

North Wales: Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy and 3 more counties in United Kingdom. Priority: Snowdonia; Gwynedd.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry, its website or other pages about it. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Clough Williams-Ellis Foundation.

Cymdeithas Elusennol Ynys MônFixed deadlinesGave £542k The Gaynor Cemlyn-Jones TrustNo public processGave £20,639 National Zoological Society of WalesNo public process The Wrexham (Parochial) Educational FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £345k Thomas Howell's Education Fund for North WalesFixed deadlinesGave £309k Country Houses FoundationRollingGave £393k The Gwendoline and Margaret Davies CharityFixed deadlinesGave £208k North Wales Freemasons CharityRollingGave £56,944 John Andrews Charitable TrustRollingGave £342k The Ashley Family FoundationRollingGave £427k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 5 April 2021	£695,064	£771,008	—	Accounts for year to 5 April 2021
year to 5 April 2022	£954,970	£891,329	—	Accounts for year to 5 April 2022
year to 5 April 2023	£1,160,095	£966,066	—	Accounts for year to 5 April 2023
year to 5 April 2024	£1,451,211	£1,017,036	—	Accounts for year to 5 April 2024
year to 5 April 2025	£973,586	£1,028,718	—	Accounts for year to 5 April 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.