Friends of Gwent Music

Activities are centred upon fundraising to support Gwent Music Support Service, Gwent Music groups and advance the musical education of students participating in these groups. This includes providing staffing for courses, musical equipment/scores and supporting student travel/accommodation especially at specific events & tours.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Blaenau Gwent
• Monmouthshire
• Newport City
• Torfaen

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined. in Practice Newport (city of Newport), Torfaen, Monmouthshire, Blaenau Gwent.

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 30 November 2025, it had income of £6,348 and spent £3,358.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Down 10%, from £7,017 in the year to 30 November 2021 to £6,348 in the year to 30 November 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 53% of its income in the year to 30 November 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

7 trustees run the charity.

• Linda Sharon RobinsonChairAppointed 10 June 2017
• Andrew John MartinAppointed 7 July 2021
• Kathryn Julie EvansAppointed 20 September 2025
• Leanne Louise WilliamsAppointed 19 September 2026
• Paula Jane SiddallAppointed 11 May 2024
• Rebecca WakefieldAppointed 11 May 2024
• Simon Glyn LintonAppointed 6 June 2015

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1109579

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

20 May 2005

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 18 DECEMBER 2004 AS AMENDED 3 NOVEMBER 2007 as amended on 03 Aug 2021 as amended on 03 Feb 2024 as amended on 11 May 2024

Council area of its contact address

Newport

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
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