SISTEMA CYMRU - CODI'R TO

Registered charity 1159046 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Prosiect adfywio cymunedol yng Nghymru yw Sistema Cyrmu - Codi'r To. Gan fabwysiadu dull nodedig El Sistema, mae'r cynllun yn defnyddio cerddoriaeth i herio difreintedd a thangyflawni addysgol gan anelu at wella bywydau unigolion a chymunedau.Wedi cychwyn mewn dwy ardal yng Ngwynedd, ein bwriad hir-dymor yw ymestyn ein gweithgaredd i gynnwys cymunedau eraill difreintiedig ar draws Cymru.

Objects

(1) HYRWYDDO BYWYD A CHYNORTHWYO POBL IFANC DRWY (A) DDARPARU GWEITHGAREDDAU CELFYDDYDOL A HAMDDEN ER LLES CYMDEITHASOL, WEDI EU CYNLLUNIO I WELLA EU HAMODAU BYW; (B) DARPARU CEFNOGAETH A GWEITHGAREDDAU SY'N DATBLYGU EU SGILIAU A'U MEDRAU I'W GALLUOGI I GYFRANOGI MEWN CYMDEITHAS FEL UNIGOLION AEDDFED A CHYFRIFOL (2) HYBU CYMHWYSEDD CYMDEITHASOL ER LLES Y CYHOEDD DRWY ATAL POBOL RHAG CAEL EU HEITHRIO?N GYMDEITHASOL, GAN LINIARU ANGHENION Y RHAI HYNNY SY'N CAEL EU HEITHRIO'N GYMDEITHASOL A'U CYNORTHWYO I INTEGREIDDIO I GYMDEITHAS. I DDIBEN Y CYMAL HWN YSTYR 'WEDI EI EITHRIO'N GYMDEITHASOL' YW CAEL EI H/EITHRIO O GYMDEITHAS, NEU O RAN O GYMDEITHAS, O GANLYNIAD I FOD YN AELOD O GYMUNED SY'N DDIFREINTIEDIG YN GYMDEITHASOL AC ECONOMAIDD ( 1 ) TO PROMOTE QUALITY OF LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE BY:(A) PROVIDING ARTS AND LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES FOR THEIR SOCIAL WELL-BEING, PLANNED TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.(2) PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, MITIGATING AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND HELP THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY,OR FROM PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A COMMUNITY WHICH IS SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.

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: Gwynedd, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£241k
Latest spending
£194k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £55,977, meeting the charity's policy target of keeping at least three months of running costs. However, the trustees report that the financial position remains fragile because core activities depend significantly on securing new projects and grants annually.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £56k)
“Mae polisi cronfeydd yn datgan y bwriad i gadw oleiaf 3 mis 0 gostau rhedeg yr elusen a chostau di-swyddo staff mewn cronfa wrth gefn.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £71,618 — grants £71,618 (3); 30% of the £241,287 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Government income: £47,692 — grants £47,692 (3); 21% of the £227,523 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Government income: £61,690 — grants £61,690 (1); 32% of the £195,524 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 07/08/2024, 38 days after the 30/06/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gwynedd

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£241k£194k
31/08/2024£228k£230k
31/08/2023£196k£193k
31/08/2022£149k£195k
31/08/2021£180k£178k

Common questions

Is SISTEMA CYMRU - CODI'R TO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £55,977, meeting the charity's policy target of keeping at least three months of running costs. However, the trustees report that the financial position remains fragile because core activities depend significantly on securing new projects and grants annually. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SISTEMA CYMRU - CODI'R TO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SISTEMA CYMRU - CODI'R TO as a grant recipient include MANTELL GWYNEDD CYF, THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MANTELL GWYNEDD CYFFY2025£23kDatblygu cyfleoedd tiwtora offerynnau pres yn ardal Arfon
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021£10k6% as core costs for an organisation using ‘El Sistema’ method of musical education as a tool to transform the lives of disadvantaged young people and their com

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/01/2026£20kClwb Pawb – One County Under Two Roofs
Postcode Lottery30/09/2024£20kUnrestricted Funding
Postcode Lottery30/06/2023£10kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund13/02/2023£9kWALES COL - Clwb Codi'r To
The National Lottery Community Fund19/10/2022£100kCymunedau Cerdd 2
The National Lottery Community Fund18/12/2019£98kCymunedau Cerdd (Music Communities)
The National Lottery Community Fund15/09/2019£10kSummer Celebration Concerts 2020
The National Lottery Community Fund27/08/2015£4kCodi'r To (Raise the Roof)