Base your animation production in Wales

Animation companies located in Wales can benefit from access to our main production funding streams and also benefit from development funding, trade support, as well as UK Government innovation funding. Creative Wales offers animation companies headquartered in Wales up to £25,000 in non-repayable Development Funding to cover all development costs such as salaries, consultancy, IP rights, legal and script writing. [...] In 2023, Creative Wales launched the Young Content fund, following the closure of the UK’s Young Audience Content (YAC) fund. Creative Wales stepped in to support Welsh businesses to continue the development of new projects. The pilot has seen eight Welsh animation studios awarded a combined £352,545 to develop new bilingual content for children and young people. Award-winning productions [...] Our animation industry is booming with more recent titles made in Wales, such as Kensuke's Kingdom, Luo Bao Bei, Chickpea and Friends, Shane the Chef, The Rubbish World of Dave Spud, My Petsaurus and Rastamouse. But there is plenty of room for more... We are actively encouraging the production of more animated TV series in Wales by offering up to 10% on top of UK animation tax credits for qualifying productions.