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Making Music Changing Lives (MMCL) Creu Cerddoriaeth Newid Bywydau

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1148447CardiffArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£14k2025-03-31
Spending£24ksame year
Spent / received106%5-year average
Size in its cause40th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2012Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Making Music Changing Lives (MMCL) Creu Cerddoriaeth Newid Bywydau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in August 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Making Music Changing Lives (MMCL) Creu Cerddoriaeth Newid Bywydau reported income of £14k and spending of £24k, spending 169% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £18k to £14k (-23%), an average of -6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, Making Music Changing Lives (MMCL) Creu Cerddoriaeth Newid Bywydau sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stow and District Civic Society (£14k), Ffrith and Llanfynydd Community Association (£14k) and Castlemorton Parish Hall (£14k).

Income and spending

£0£6,560£13k£20k£26k2021 Income: £18,3622021 Spending: £19,19920212022 Income: £22,8552022 Spending: £21,93220222023 Income: £26,2412023 Spending: £23,94120232024 Income: £24,0122024 Spending: £23,11620242025 Income: £14,0592025 Spending: £23,8242025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Making Music, Changing Lives is a community music organisation set up in 2009, which aims to provide quality music education that is accessible to all children and young people regardless of social and economic background.

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Stow and District Civic SocietyCheltenham£14k
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