COMMUNITY MUSIC WALES/CERDDORIAETH GYMUNEDOL CYMRU

Registered charity 1009867 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CERDD GYMUNEDOL CYMRU, CIWDOD, COMMUNITY MUSIC WALES, COMPLETE CONTROL MUSIC

TO ENCOURAGE MUSIC-MAKING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND TO PLACE PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON WORKING WITH DISADVANTAGED GROUPS THROUGHOUT WALES.

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Latest income
£257k
Latest spending
£255k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net liability position of £9,130, having overspent its unrestricted funds to cover core costs. The trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis, anticipating an unrestricted surplus in the following year to rectify the position.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-23k; policy: cover statutory redundancy costs should the company cease to trade)
“At 31 March 2025 total funds of the charity amounted to (£9,131) of which £12,491 was held for restricted purposes, leaving the total unrestricted funds stand at (£21,622) However, of this £1,440 is represented by tangible fixed assets leaving (£23,062) as the free reserves of the charity.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“I have identified matters of concern that the charitable company faces challenges in respect to Going Concern and to this end draw the users attention to disclosure made by the Trustees' in note 2 to the Financial Statements.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Community Music Wales (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£257k£255k
31/03/2024£281k£282k
31/03/2023£334k£351k
31/03/2022£280k£297k
31/03/2021£291k£229k

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY MUSIC WALES/CERDDORIAETH GYMUNEDOL CYMRU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net liability position of £9,130, having overspent its unrestricted funds to cover core costs. The trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis, anticipating an unrestricted surplus in the following year to rectify the position. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds COMMUNITY MUSIC WALES/CERDDORIAETH GYMUNEDOL CYMRU?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITY MUSIC WALES/CERDDORIAETH GYMUNEDOL CYMRU as a grant recipient include CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU, THE RAYNE FOUNDATION, The Ashley Family Foundation.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRUFY2023£108kCore funding
THE RAYNE FOUNDATIONFY2024£60kIachau Cerddoriaeth – Music Healing
THE RAYNE FOUNDATIONFY2025£10kIachau Cerddoriaeth – Music Healing
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2025£9k
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2024£9k
CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRUFY2023£3kCost-of-living support

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/03/2026£181k"Camlas: Ein Llwybr, Ein Llais / Our Path, Our Voice"
The National Lottery Community Fund09/08/2024£17kBuilding connections through peer to peer learning
Postcode Lottery27/09/2022£20kForget-Me-Knot, A music project for people living with memory loss
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/07/2013£22k"Medieval Music Mashup: A celebration of Robert ap Huws manuscript in modern times"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/12/2010£22k"My Town 1811 - 2011"

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY MUSIC LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COMMUNITY MUSIC WALES/CERDDORIAETH GYMUNEDOL CYMRU£257k—0below—noted
COMMUNITY MUSIC LIMITED FY2025£194k—0unclear—no doubt
TY CERDD - MUSIC CENTRE WALES FY2025£709k—0unclear—no doubt
Gwasanaeth Cerdd Ysgolion Gwynedd a Môn FY2025£1.0m—0above—no doubt
TRADDODIADAU CERDD CYMRU/ MUSIC TRADITIONS WALES LTD FY2025£202k—0below—no doubt
COR MEIBION DE CYMRU - THE SOUTH WALES MALE CHOIR FY2025£195k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.