Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 6

No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 10

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
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition
This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 32 years

www.communitymusicwales.co.uk

admin@communitymusicwales.org.uk

01685 373535

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/03/23	£334	£351	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£280	£297	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£291	£229	£62	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	£271	£290	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19	£283	£278	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£244	£305	£-61	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/17	£300	£260	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/16	£285	£330	£-45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/15	£420	£408	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/14	£458	£411	£47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/13	£553	£530	£23	£6	£34	£7	0.2	11
31/03/12	£521	£537	£-16	£5	£11	£23	0.5	11
31/03/11	£539	£508	£31	£5	£27	£-17	-0.4	11
31/03/10	£379	£456	£-78	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/09	£356	£395	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/08	£557	£642	£-85	£23	£113	£101	1.9	13
31/03/07	£571	£612	£-41	£17	£198	£191	3.7	12
31/03/06	£624	£567	£56	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/05	£606	£629	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/04	£769	£843	£-74	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

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's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

BBC Children in Need	£61,800
Youth Music	£29,500
Garfield Weston Foundation	£25,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£25,000	30/07/2021	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 ....more 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 development and training programme for community music practitioners with the aim to enhance both the quality of practice and the amount of activity being offered to participants across Wales.
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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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-54

DR ALICIA NICOLE STARK Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Music Director

ELIZABETH BRYAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Programme Delivery Lead

NICHOLAS PAUL CORRIGAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

REBECCA LOUISE RICHARDS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant

SIMEON ANDRES BENAVENTE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Schools Officer

TANYA WALKER-BROWN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Arts Officer And Choir Leader

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

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