CANOLFAN GERDD WILLIAM MATHIAS CYF

Registered charity 1084271 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of Music Tuition to all ages

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £58,811 for the year, leading to a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £148,908. The trustees note a concern regarding the decrease in unrestricted cash reserves and highlight that the charity is very dependent on continued funding from the Arts Council of Wales, Gwynedd Council, and The Friends of Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias to cover costs. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue operating on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Gronfa Gymunedol y Loteri Genedlaethol — “Yn dilyn cyfres lwyddiannus o sesiynau peilot yng Nghaergybi, rydym wrth ein bodd yn cyhoeddi ein bod wedi derbyn cyllid gan Gronfa Gymunedo…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (60% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/05/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• WYN THOMASchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anwen Mair Edwards
• Bethan Lloyd Habron-James
• Clive Edmund Wolfendale · trustee of 3 other charities
• Dr Gwawr Ifan · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Iwan Llewelyn-Jones
• Dr Nia Mererid Parry · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Rhiannon Mathias · trustee of 4 other charities
• Geraint Rowland Jones
• Helen Fon Owen
• JOHN MORRIS PRITCHARD BSC FCA · trustee of 2 other charities
• LADY ELINOR BENNETT WIGLEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marian Wyn Jones · trustee of 2 other charities
• STEPHEN POWELL REES
• Sonia Bethan Mellor · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Conwy · Denbighshire · Gwynedd · Isle Of Anglesey · Wrexham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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