SOUTH POWYS YOUTH MUSIC

Registered charity 1121625 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance music education for the benefit of children and young people in Brecon and Radnorshire (the area of benefit) by encouraging an appreciation of music making and to develop skills which will empower them to fulfil their personal and musical potential on an individual basis and to enable them to produce ensemble performances of musical excellence.

Objects

3. THE OBJECTS THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE 1. TO ADVANCE MUSIC EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN BRECON AND RADNORSHIRE (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY ENCOURAGING AN APPRECIATION OF MUSIC MAKING AND TO DEVELOP SKILLS WHICH WILL EMPOWER THEM TO FULFIL THEIR PERSONAL AND MUSICAL POTENTIAL ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND TO ENABLE THEM TO PRODUCE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES OF MUSICAL EXCELLENCE.2. PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Area of benefit: BRECON AND RADNORSHIRE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Powys, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£36k

Latest spending

£58k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £21,120 for the year, driven by expenses that included delayed invoices from a tutor and bus hire costs. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that the charity maintains a healthy reserve of £35,020 moving into the next financial year. The trustees have also approved new financial policies, including a specific reserves policy, with the intention of reducing reserves to a more appropriate level of £25-30k over the next couple of years.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £1,716 — grants £1,716 (1); 5% of the £36,492 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £4,995 — grants £4,995 (1); 10% of the £49,733 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 14
Government income: £11,137 — grants £11,137 (1); 24% of the £46,439 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Melanie Newtonchair
Fiona Corbett
John Barnabas Sampson
Meriel Gillespie · trustee of 1 other charity
Sally Martineau

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

Operates in: Powys

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£36k	£58k
31/08/2024	£50k	£51k
31/08/2023	£46k	£50k
31/08/2022	£31k	£27k
31/08/2021	£7k	£8k

Common questions

Is SOUTH POWYS YOUTH MUSIC financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £21,120 for the year, driven by expenses that included delayed invoices from a tutor and bus hire costs. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that the charity maintains a healthy reserve of £35,020 moving into the next financial year. The trustees have also approved new financial policies, including a specific reserves policy, with the intention of reducing reserves to a more appropriate level of £25-30k over the next couple of years.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE UNDERWOOD TRUST	1	£95k
THE ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC	1	£25k
THE HEADLEY TRUST	1	£20k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	1	£15k
CURIOUS MINDS	1	£13k
THE SCOPS ARTS TRUST	1	£13k
THE ALBERT AND EUGENIE FROST MUSIC TRUST CIO	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH WEST MUSIC SCHOOL.

SOUTH WEST MUSIC SCHOOL income £293k
SWINDON MUSIC SERVICE income £1.2m
TRUST MUSIC income £43k
YOUTH MUSIC CENTRE income £114k
STONELEIGH YOUTH ORCHESTRA income £146k
POOLE SOCIETY FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS income £59k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SOUTH POWYS YOUTH MUSIC	£36k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH WEST MUSIC SCHOOL FY2025	£293k	—	0	within	0.0%	no doubt
SWINDON MUSIC SERVICE FY2026	£1.2m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
TRUST MUSIC FY2025	£43k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
YOUTH MUSIC CENTRE FY2025	£114k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STONELEIGH YOUTH ORCHESTRA FY2025	£146k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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