Community Music Wales/Cerddoriaeth Gymunedol Cymru

Analysis

Community Music Wales/Cerddoriaeth Gymunedol Cymru is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Caerphilly. It was registered in March 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02695368). It says it provides human resources, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Music Wales/Cerddoriaeth Gymunedol Cymru reported income of £257k and spending of £255k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £291k to £257k (-12%), an average of -3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Community Music Wales/Cerddoriaeth Gymunedol Cymru sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Peggy Ramsay Foundation (£257k), Dr Johnson's House Trust Limited (£257k) and Moseley Park and Pool Trust (£257k).