Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

COMMUNITY MUSIC WALES/CERDDORIAETH GYMUNEDOL CYMRU

TO ENCOURAGE MUSIC-MAKING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND TO PLACE PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON WORKING WITH DISADVANTAGED GROUPS THROUGHOUT WALES.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£334£351£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£280£297£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£291£229£62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£271£290£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£283£278£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£244£305£-61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£300£260£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£285£330£-45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£420£408£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£458£411£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£553£530£23£6£34£70.2110
31/03/12£521£537£-16£5£11£230.5110
31/03/11£539£508£31£5£27£-17-0.4110
31/03/10£379£456£-78n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£356£395£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£557£642£-85£23£113£1011.9130
31/03/07£571£612£-41£17£198£1913.7120
31/03/06£624£567£56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£606£629£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£769£843£-74n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 33 years

www.communitymusicwales.co.uk

admin@communitymusicwales.org.uk

01685 373535

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout Wales,
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Youth Music£29,500
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Postcode Community Trust£20,401
BBC Children in Need£500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Community Music Wales
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Postcode Community Trust - Forget-Me-Knot, A music project for people living with memory loss
£20,401 27/09/2022
A Music project for people who live with memory loss, their families & carers to help tap into the memories that a person still has.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£25,000 30/07/2021
36
Core funding for development of future strategies
Youth Music - Incubation pilots for Participatory Musicians
£29,500 26/04/2021
Incubation pilots for Participatory Musicians
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Community Music Wales
£61,800 26/06/2019
36
This project will provide music sessions for children and young people from migrant communities. They will increase their confidence, feel more included, and be better able to reach their potential.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 25/01/2019
Core Funding
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Professional development support for community music practitioners
£189,000 27/02/2017
48
Community Music Wales are Wales’s leading music charity whose mission is to empower disadvantaged groups and individuals through participation in music-making. This grant will support Community Music Wales to deliver a four year professional ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Community Music Wales
£13,930 09/11/2016
12
Delivery of a pilot refugee and asylum seeker project across North Wales using music and the arts as a means of breaking down barriers.
Nesta - ACE0318
£54,800 09/05/2014
Digital R&D Fund for the Arts in Wales programme grant to Community Music Wales Grant Ref ACE0318
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Community Music Wales/cerddoriaeth Gymunedol Cymru
£90,000 05/03/2014
Towards the core costs of an organisation that aims to use music to transform the lives of people in disadvantaged communities.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Community Music Wales
£21,700 30/07/2013
Medieval Music Mashup: A celebration of Robert ap Huws manuscript in modern times
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Community Music Wales
£16,800 29/03/2011
the costs of the project working with young people who self-harm including salaries, running costs, administration and accreditation costs
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Community Music Wales/cerddoriaeth Gymunedol Cymru
£30,000 17/11/2010
24
Towards Unrestricted core costs Towards core costs over two years for projects that use music to empower disadvantaged communities
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-55
  • DR ALICIA NICOLE STARK Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Music Director
  • DR EMMA LILE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Archivist
  • ELIZABETH BRYAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Programme Delivery Lead
  • FFION WYN MORRIS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Archivist
  • KARYN MARIE PHELPS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Digital Support Officer
  • NICHOLAS PAUL CORRIGAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director
  • REBECCA LOUISE RICHARDS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant
  • SIMEON ANDRES BENAVENTE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Schools Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/03/1992, number: 1009867
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/03/1992, number: 02695368
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Redhouse
Old Town Hall
High Street
MERTHYR TYDFIL
CF47 8AE

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN WALES BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE IN MUSIC MAKING AND THE PERFORMANCE OF MUSICAL WORKS;TO ENCOURAGE MUSIC-MAKING AND PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY;TO ASSIST GROUPS TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO MUSIC TUITION, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND REHEARSAL SPACE, AND TO PLACE PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON WORKING WITH DISADVANTAGED GROUPS; ANDTO PRESENT, RESEARCH, PROMOTE, ORGANISE, MANAGE AND CONDUCT SUCH PERFORMANCES, PRODUCTIONS, EVENTS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, OR OTHER ARTS ACTIVITIES (HEREINAFTER COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS PRODUCTIONS) AS THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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