COR MEIBION MORLAIS

Registered charity 508740 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Male Voice Choir

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE ART OF CHORAL MUSIC BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£109k

Latest spending

£104k

Registered

1979

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a profit of £5,103 for the year ended 31 December 2025, following a deficit in the prior year. Total net assets stood at £100,954, which is below the trustees' estimated reserves policy target of approximately £100,000 when considering the specific composition of unrestricted funds. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months.

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

“It is estimated that reserves of approximately £100,000 ought to be maintained for these purposes.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The trustees do not receive any remuneration for their services as trustees. Where trustees undertook other services unrelated to their roles as trustees, their reasonable costs were met.

“The trustees do not receive any remuneration for their services as trustees. Where trustees undertook other services unrelated to their roles as trustees, their reasonable costs were met.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited. Discloses 4 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 28
Government income: £15,750 — grants £15,750 (2); 14% of the £109,295 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 30
Government income: £15,510 — grants £15,510 (3); 28% of the £56,164 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 20/01/2025, 81 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 03/11/2023, 3 days after the 31/10/2023 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

ALLYN CARTER
Byron Young
Gerwyn Evans
Paul Carter

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£109k	£104k
31/12/2024	£53k	£63k
31/12/2023	£56k	£57k
31/12/2022	£17k	£12k
31/12/2021	£17k	£10k

Common questions

Is COR MEIBION MORLAIS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a profit of £5,103 for the year ended 31 December 2025, following a deficit in the prior year. Total net assets stood at £100,954, which is below the trustees' estimated reserves policy target of approximately £100,000 when considering the specific composition of unrestricted funds. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/10/2025	£20k	Sustain the Morlais Hall for the Community
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/05/2010	£5k	Rhondda Exhibition of Music and Dance
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/02/2009	£32k	"Morlais Heritage Project"

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 ICELAND FOODS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COR MEIBION RHOSLLANERCHRUGOG (RHOS MALE VOICE CHOIR).

COR MEIBION RHOSLLANERCHRUGOG (RHOS MALE VOICE CHOIR) income £57k
COR MEIBION PONTARDDULAIS/ THE PONTARDDULAIS MALE VOICE CHOIR income £51k
ST EDMUNDSBURY MALE VOICE CHOIR income £42k
THE MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST income £139k
PONTNEWYDD MALE CHOIR income £26k
CROWBOROUGH CHORAL SOCIETY income £28k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COR MEIBION MORLAIS	£109k	—	below	—	no doubt
COR MEIBION RHOSLLANERCHRUGOG (RHOS MALE VOICE CHOIR) FY2024	£57k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COR MEIBION PONTARDDULAIS/ THE PONTARDDULAIS MALE VOICE CHOIR FY2025	£51k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST EDMUNDSBURY MALE VOICE CHOIR FY2025	£42k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£139k	—	above	—	no doubt
PONTNEWYDD MALE CHOIR FY2025	£26k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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