TY CERDD - MUSIC CENTRE WALES

Registered charity 1152853 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TY CERDD

Ty Cerdd's remit is: to bring the music of Wales to audiences across our nation, and to the rest of the world; to protect the legacy of Welsh music of the past, to nurture Welsh music of the present, and drive the development of new composition; to support professionals and non-professionals, performers and audiences, to perform, composer and experience Welsh music.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves were £118,347, with £107,699 classified as free reserves readily available to the Trustees. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Staff costs totaled £240,570, with no employee receiving emoluments exceeding £60,000.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ty Cerdd - Music Centre Wales (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/03/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rachel Kathleen Ford-Evanschair
• Amruta Garud
• Christina Macaulay · trustee of 2 other charities
• Claire Louise Foster
• Gareth Francis Churchill
• Harriet Elizabeth Wybor
• Litang Shao
• Niamh O'Donnell
• Osamagbe Izevbigie

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRADDODIADAU CERDD CYMRU/ MUSIC TRADITIONS WALES LTD.

• TRADDODIADAU CERDD CYMRU/ MUSIC TRADITIONS WALES LTD income £202k
• COMMUNITY MUSIC WALES/CERDDORIAETH GYMUNEDOL CYMRU income £257k
• Gwasanaeth Cerdd Ysgolion Gwynedd a Môn income £1.0m
• SINFONIA CYMRU income £469k
• COR MEIBION DE CYMRU - THE SOUTH WALES MALE CHOIR income £195k
• EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU income £6.7m

Side by side with its peers

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